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The Cosmic Lantern 📸 Messier 78 (M78) is a gorgeous reflection nebula about 1,350 light-years away. It’s part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, a massive star-forming region also home to the famous Orion Nebula. Through a telescope, M78 appears as a soft, bluish glow against the dark backdrop of space—like a cosmic lantern hanging in Orion’s Belt. This is an isolated version of M78 you may have seen in my recent wide field photo of the area.

@weatherandsky It was INTENSE! I felt bad for anyone on the roads when that came through

RT @tw__astro: Venus on Monday evening under good seeing, captured in false-colour UV light. The white SPR is prominent here at top, with…

@randymilanovic Astro mod is a must for Barnards Loop!

@rcolesooner Probably not a good fit - quite a lot of Photoshop in it

@AbhLafiel Haha thanks brother

RT @AbhLafiel: The wait is over. 20hrs of imaging, 3 month wait due to weather. My 4 panel mosaic of our neighbor the Andromeda galaxy. Z…

@X_Excelsior Yeah! JUST clears the treeline - for a few hours

RT @erfmufn: Google has given me a major glow up. @AstroBackyard

@erfmufn Now that I've been to Byron Bay we're basically the same person

@himansusing01 Hmm. Never thought of it that way. Really makes you think

@AstroImages Should be a great fit!

@SkidKidd Thanks, Simon!

@AbhLafiel Do it! 300mm is WAY too short for this object

@SkidKidd They have responded already and recommended sending it back for a replacement! I'll provide an update later on

@deepskyfinder Yeah - I try to get some b-roll and images before adding my mess of cables lol