Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  LDN 1621  ·  LDN 1622  ·  VdB62  ·  VdB63
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The Scary Dark Man Nebula LDN1622, Göran Nilsson
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The Scary Dark Man Nebula LDN1622

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The Scary Dark Man Nebula LDN1622, Göran Nilsson
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The Scary Dark Man Nebula LDN1622

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I think this nebula may not have a name so I suggest the Scary Dark Man Nebula

This is an RGB image made from POSS2 red and blue filter data with a synthetic green channel (a 50:50 mix of red and blue). All processed in PS CS5.

POSS2 is a 1990ies sky survey based on monochrome glass plate images (red or blue filtered) taken with a 1.2-m Schmidt camera at the Mt. Palomar Observatory. Data is available at:

http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form

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The Scary Dark Man Nebula LDN1622, Göran Nilsson