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Reflection nebula · Orion

M 78

Also known as NGC 2068

Shot with Askar FRA400 ×1 · Seestar S30 ×1

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Type

Reflection nebula

Constellation

Orion

Position (J2000)

5h 46m 46s · +0° 04′ 45″

Discovered

by Pierre Méchain in 1780

Pictures

2

Typical integration

7 h

Magnitude

8

visual

Size

4.5′

Distance

~1,600 ly

Best months

Nov–Jan

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.