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      Messier 78
      Wallpaper author:
      Thomas Peter

      30 Mar 2026

      Messier 78

      Here's my take on a great data set published by Bernard Miller in Telescope Live. It was taken with his CDK17 and is 21 hours of total exposure time.

      M 78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion lying about 1,300 light-years from Earth.

      Hope ya like it!

      Tom

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M78

      20 credit

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      Bernard Miller
      T-17
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Reflection Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI Proline PL16803
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 86.6908 Dec 0.0792
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Northern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        United States of America
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        14 Dec 2020 - 13 Jan 2021
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      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance17059h19
      Red7584h19
      Green7584h19
      Blue8004h18

      Messier 78