Group of reflection nebulas
Exposure: L, R, G, B. Each 60 min (Lum 1x1, RGB 2x2)
Date: Dec 30, 2008 - Jan 1, 2009
Comments: This group of reflection nebulae includes, among other things:Top left of center: NGC 2071.
Lower center left: M 78, aka NGC 2068, the brightest and bluest member of the group.
To the upper right of M 78: NGC 2067
Below NGC 2067: NGC 2064. There is a yellow-orange binary pair of stars to its left.
Below NGC 2064 (On the very bottom edge of the image - rusty red in color): McNeil's Nebula.
© Don Scott
The Holin A. Grotch Observatory