Haven't seen this in beginner

[Karlzburg]

I haven't seen many do this nebula, so I did.

M78

120 x 38 subs ( my eyelids were winning by the time I got around to this)
darks
ISO 800 all controlled through APT
RC8 on prime focus
Canon dslr cooled

[casstony]

Looks interesting Karl; I'll be keen to try this one some time.

[mental4astro]

Nice get, Karl :thumbsup:. This is exactly the approach that I like - off the beaten track and tackling stuff that others tend to ignore.

There are many such examples of otherwise lovely nebulae that are forgotten by a much flashier object in the same constellation, in this case there's two, M42 & B33 (the Horse Head). There's a few other such treasures lurking about:

NGC 3576, the Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina

NGC 5286, GC in Centaurus

NGC 5189, the Spiral Planetary Nebula in Musca

NGC 6357, the War & Peace Nebula in Scorpius

There's a host of others that are very pretty on their own, just largely unknown due to a showier big brother object. I love chasing these down too :)

Alex.

[Atmos]

It’s a pretty fault Nebula so you’ve captured it quite well with the amount of data you have :thumbsup:

[casstony]

I got a bit of M78 last night Karl, but lost another 40 minutes worth due to user error.
This is 6x4 minutes. I'll definitely go back to this one since it has reasonable brightness and it's not too small.

[casstony]

Alex, thanks for pointing out other interesting targets. Even if I don't get good pictures of objects, the attempt helps to learn about where and what they are.

[ChrisV]

Karl - nice one. Push the boundaries!!

Alex- I've tried War & Peace, both the novel & the DSO. Really difficult and neither ended well. I must get back to both of them.