NGC1977

Running Man Nebula

NGC1977

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Object Info

Type

Reflection Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,460 ly

Capture Details

Date

February 13, 2010

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 10x5, R 7x5, G 7x5, B 7x5 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop