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Old 20-11-2006, 10:01 AM
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The Running Man nebula NGC1977

Hi everyone,

Here's an image I did of the Running Man Nebula in Orion.

The image is composed from 8 x 3 minute exposures with my modified Canon 300D at prime-focus of my 12" f/5 GSO telescope with Baader Coma Corrector and Baader UV/IR Cut Filter installed.

The GSO 12" scope is mounted on an old/now extinct Samson equatorial mount and manually guided with a 4.5" newtonian guidescope.

In this image, I was quite surprised to see the darker nebula adjoining the running man nebula (at right and lower right of pic).

There is a higher resolution image here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc1977.html


best regards to all
Paul Mayo
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