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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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    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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    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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    The star 42Ori NGC1973 NGC1975 NGC1977 The star 45Ori the Running Man Nebula

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