Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year. [4] M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that includes NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071.

2023年11月21日 · Messier 78 is a dark diffuse reflection nebula in the constellation of the hunter, Orion. It is very close to Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) and IC 434 (The Horsehead Nebula). M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection in the night sky and looks great when photographed with a telescope, but can also be captured wide-field using a camera and lens.

2016年10月3日 · Using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) - also known as the 'dust buster' - astronomers are able to see details that would have otherwise remained hidden behind cosmic dust, which in visible light makes M78 appear like a blur in the night sky.

2016年10月5日 · This richly detailed view of the star formation region Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

使用 拉西拉天文台 的MPG/ ESO 2.2米望遠鏡上的廣域成向儀拍攝的M78圖像。 M78 或 梅西耶78，也稱為 NGC 2068，是在 獵戶座 的一個 反射星雲。 它於1780年被 皮埃爾·梅尚 發現，並在同年被收錄至 夏爾·梅西耶 的類似 彗星 天體目錄 [3]。 M78是在包括 NGC 2064 、 NGC 2067 、和 NGC 2071 這一組星雲中最明亮的瀰漫反射星雲。 這個群體屬於距離地球大約1,350 光年 的 獵戶B分子雲複合體 [2]。 M78使用小 望遠鏡 看起來是一個斑塊，並有 視星等 10等和11等的兩顆 …

2024年8月25日 · A box in the ground-based infrared image of M78 at left shows the location of Hubble’s close-up infrared view on the right. ESO/VISTA (ground-based image) M78 was discovered in 1780 by Charles Messier’s colleague Pierre Méchain.

M78 is classified as a reflection nebula because the dust particles are reflecting starlight from the intensely hot, young stars beneath it. VISTA, the infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, captured an exquisite portrait of this star-forming region in 2016.

2016年10月5日 · In this newly released image of Messier 78, young stars cast a bluish pall over their surroundings, while red fledgling stars peer out from their cocoons of cosmic dust. To our eyes, most of these stars would be hidden behind the dust, but VISTA sees near-infrared light, which passes right through dust.

M78 is a magnitude 8.3 nebula in the constellation of Orion, and is located at a distance of about 1,600 light years. Also visible are NGC 2071, the blue reflection nebula to the center left, and NGC 2067, the nebula above M78 across the dark rift. …

2016年10月5日 · In this new image of the nebula Messier 78, young stars cast a bluish pall over their surroundings, while red fledgling stars peer out from their cocoons of cosmic dust. ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) sees near-infrared light, which passes right through dust, permitting astronomers to probe deep into the ...