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as of 05/03/2024 7:10 p.m.
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General Info
| Type | Diffuse Nebula |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Right ascension | 5h46'45.800'' |
| Declination | +0°3'45'' |
| Magnitude | 8.300 |
| Distance | 1,600ly |
| Size | 8 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC2068, M78 |
| Discovered | 1780 Pierre Mechain |
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The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
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Tyler (4830)
10" Dobsonian
10 points
HamilTiller (5560)
Celestron 127eq
10 points
After showing off the Orion and Marion nebulas in Orion, I decided to take a look at M78. No nebulosity was visible to me, but the cluster of stars within it were very pretty.
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