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NGC1977 (NEAR ORION NEBULA)

NGC1977 (NEAR ORION NEBULA)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Orion
  • Location: RA: 05h 35m 06s Dec: -04d 44m 00s
  • Magnitude: 7.0
  • Type: Diffuse Nebula/Open Cluster
  • AKA: Running Man Nebula, OCL 525
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 7 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned,
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B binned 3x3
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 12/14/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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