NGC1977

Running Man Nebula

NGC1977

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Object Info

Type

Reflection Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,460 ly

Capture Details

Date

January 31, 2009

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Ha 6x5 (bin 1x1), R 3x5, G 3x5, B 3x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop