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      M 78
      Wallpaper author:
      Thomas Peter

      20 Jan 2026

      M 78

      Nebula M78 (Messier 78, NGC 2068) is a beautiful, bluish reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, about 1,350 light-years away, known as the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky, visible in small telescopes as a hazy patch reflecting light from young stars within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex; it's a popular target for amateur astronomers and is also known as "Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula".

      Hope ya like it!

      Tom

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M78

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      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS

      M 78