Exposures: Ha: 2hrs; OIII 90 minutes
FOV = 32 x 21 arc minutes
Color processed by assigning OIII to blue; Ha+OII to green; and Ha to red.
Distance to M76 is currently estimated as 780 light years making the average dimensions of the nebula about 1.23 ly across. The UV-light from its nucleus is expanding the outer layers that form the present nebula and emit the hydrogen and ionized oxygen colored in the image.
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