NGC 1973/5/7

                                   (Running Man Nebula)

 Reflection Nebula

 In constellation Orion

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NGC 1973, 1975 & 1977 are divided by darker regions

 which together suggest the shape of a running man.

  The blue colour is interstellar dust being reflected by

 hot young stars. NGC 1977 is located around

1,500 light years away and is 7.4 light years across.

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RA 05^h 35^m 15.45^s

DEC -04° 48′ 23.6″

NGC 1977 has a magnitude (brightness) of 7.0

and its size is 40'.0 x 25'.0

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Imaging Scope : Takahashi Epsilon 160

Focal Length = 530mm [image cropped to fit]

Imaging Camera : Canon EOS 350 DSLR

EQ6 Pro GEM Mount

Guide Scope : William Optics Megrez 80FD

Guide Camera : GSTAR-EX Video

Autoguided using GPUSB & Metaguide

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32 x 120 second exposures [64 minutes]

at ISO 800. Imaged during 1/4 moon lit skies

Baldrine, Isle of Man, British Isles. 21:30 on 11/02/2008.