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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.

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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

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