Messier 78

I always feel that M78 gets overlooked by many amateur imagers, who tend to concentrate on other objects in the Orion Molecular Cloud (like M42, M43 and the Running Man Nebula complex). M78 is a similarly complex group of nebulae, consisting of NGC 2064, 2067, and 2071. Two stars,  HD 38563A and HD 38563B, power the nebula and give it its reflected glow. The complex also contains young T-Tauri stars in the process of formation, as well as 17 Herbig-Haro objects.

This image was captured with the 8 inch f/3.9 newt and a Mallincam AG1.2G; it is a stack of 30 or so images. The imager did an excellent job of capturing the subtle colors in the cloud (it reminds me a little of a Turner painting). Below is the Astrometry.Net platesolved image, which labels some of the features of interest.