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M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Dec 9 00:00:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2222
Last evening, my brother Anthony & I Observed several objects with out 5" computerized MAK. For the first time, both of us finally observed M78 which is a small nebula in Orion. We also observed NGC178 which is a galaxy in Cetus. The other first timer that we saw was the Asteroid Psyche. We also saw M1, The Crab Nebula. We also saw several double stars & other objects. It was a fun night.
M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1408
It can be easily found with a wide field scope. It appeared comet like with about 2 stars surrounded by it.
M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1092
M 78 is faint and elongated, it surrounds two 10th mag. stars.
M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 10 07:15:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 748
A faint, small nebula, found by star hopping at low power. Fairly easy.
M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Nebulosity surrounding 2 stars
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