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This mysterious object in the northern part of Orion is colored with blues and greens typical of reflection nebs in the area. But it is extremely faint, and very seldom photographed. I had shot this one before with the ST7E, but the field was too narrow, and did not record the extra blue sections to the lower left, nor the violet hydrogen alpha haze to the right. There are quite a few very bright stars in this image, making it a tough shot to get deep with CCD.

Also notice in the larger versions some of the small galaxies in this image. None of them are charted in Megatar, which normally list the anonymous objects down to 18th magnitude.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST8i NABG
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:40 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .8: 1.2
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 4.0 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  -5 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, RG Sigma, Photoshop, AIP4WIN, PW Pro, RW Debloomer.

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