NGC1977: The Running Man Nebula
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In the popular sweep of nebulae and stars known as Orion's sword is NGC1977, the Running Man. This is a subtle reflection nebula that scatters blue light across vast lanes of space dust. It resembles the smoky outline of a running man casting a shadow on disco fog as a strobe light flashes.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-01 | |
| Lights: | 178 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 29 m | |
| Ra: | 5h 35m 10.7s | |
| Dec: | -4° 48' 5.126 | |
| Size: | 59.629 x 41.126 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.604 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.635 arcsec/pixel |