Jay McNeil, a well-known American amateur deep-sky observer, recently discovered a new nebula in the Lynds 1630 cloud near M78 in Orion while imaging. It is a cometary-type reflection nebula in the 15th to 16th magnitude range and may be an FU Orionis object.
Jay's discovery image is posted at http://wkaa.net/gallery/mcneil/m78Lrgb
See http://wkaa.net/gallery/mcneil/mcneilnebul...ulalum90labeled for a cropped image.
A comparison image is available at http://www.balinka.com/m78c.jpg
Visual sightings of McNeil's Nebula through large aperture amateur scopes have already been reported.
Dave Mitsky
Jay's discovery image is posted at http://wkaa.net/gallery/mcneil/m78Lrgb
See http://wkaa.net/gallery/mcneil/mcneilnebul...ulalum90labeled for a cropped image.
A comparison image is available at http://www.balinka.com/m78c.jpg
Visual sightings of McNeil's Nebula through large aperture amateur scopes have already been reported.
Dave Mitsky
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