Site and content copyright Robert Allevo 2002-2008
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NGC 1977 |
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RUNNING MAN NEBULA
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Technical Details |
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| Optics | 12" Meade operating at f/9.2 (2815mm) |
| Mount | Losmandy Titan - Enhanced by Scott Oates |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME, CFW8-a |
| Filters | Tru Balance LRGB. |
| Date | Feb. 1, 2005 |
| Exposure | LRGB = 65:15:15:15 minutes - 5 minute integrations |
| Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS |
| Guiding | Self guided |
| Binning | Lum - 1x1, RGB - 2x2 |
| Location | My back yard observatory in East Hartland, Ct. |
| Notes | NGC 1977 is a part of the Orion nebula and is about 1500 light years distant. The dark lanes are composed of mostly interstellar dust. |