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The constellation Orion hosts some of the most famous and recognizable nebulae from its namesake to the Running Man, Horsehead, and Flame. Look a little west and you'll find Messier catalog item #78, a lesser known reflection nebula that surrounds a stellar nursery and is blanketed by interstellar dust.
🧭 Where is it? View this image via World Wide Telescope.
Telescope:   Celestron EdgeHD 9.25
Length:   1645mm
Aperture:   235mm
F-stop:   f/7.0
Sessions:   2
Captured:   2023-02-23 to 2023-02-24
Lights:   56
Exposure:   300
Total exposure:   4 h
Ra:   5h 46m 47.9s
Dec:   +0° 07' 16.971
Size:   32.877 x 24.509 arcmin
Radius:   0.342 deg
Scale:   0.287 arcsec/pixel