M78 with a bit of Barnard's loop and lots of dodgy reflections (James Clark)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: HD38002 · HD38049 · HD38050 · HD38119 · HD38238 · HD38248 · HD38310 · HD38311 · HD38479 · HD38529 · HD38589 · HD38733 · HD38768 · HD38769 · HD38856 · HD39033 · HD39068 · LBN 933 · LBN 934 · LBN 938 · LBN 939 · M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · PK204-13.1 · VdB59 · VdB60

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M78 with a bit of Barnard's loop and lots of dodgy reflections

Revision title: Best I could do about those damn reflections

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M78 with a bit of Barnard's loop and lots of dodgy reflections

Revision title: Best I could do about those damn reflections

This was the first session with my 106mm refractor in our new home. Loads of reflections, completely out of control as you can see in the initial image. The revision shows my attempt to repair (well, hide) these reflections and the end result wasn't too bad all things considered.
This part of the sky is so beautiful, I will definitely come back to it when I've got some better light protection

The data was collected over 13, 14 and 16th October 2023 but I've listed it all as 16th - as nobody really cares about that detail

NB There is an EdgeHD image on M78 from the same 3 nights to be posted which had no reflection issue, even though the scopes were only a couple of metres apart.

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RA (center)	05h47m35s.45
RA (top/left)	05h47m12s.90
RA (top/right)	05h42m12s.86
RA (bottom/right)	05h47m57s.30
RA (bottom/left)	05h52m58s.33

Dec (center)	+00°39′28″.5
Dec (top/left)	+02°09′07″.1
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Dec (bottom/right)	-00°50′09″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+01°18′43″.3

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Revision title: Best I could do about those damn reflections

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