NGC1977-1981

"The Running Man Nebula and cluster"

Constellation- Orion

Right Ascension: 5h  35m 15 s

Declination: -4° 48' 6"

Distance:  1500 light years

Visual Brightness: mag 7

Apparent Dimension:   40 x 25 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- December 17, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  LRGB, L = 6 x 240 seconds binned 1x1, RGB = 6 x 240 seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in Astroart 5 and Photoshop CS5