Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  42 c Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1977  ·  Sh2-279  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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Running Man Nebula, Awni Hafedh
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Nov 11, 2020 - Running Man Nebula Sh-279, NGC 1977-73-75

I believe Running Man Nebula is the second most photographed target ever only because it is too close to Orion Nebula, the reason it is called the running man is because if you rotate the image 90 deg CCW you will see a shape of a running man within the bright bluish reflection clouds, pretty amazing to be honest and by far it's not an easy target because of those bright stars and the faint reflection nebula.

Equipment used was EdgeHD 9.25" with 0.7x reducer, Astronomik CLS-CCD filter, ZWO ASI1600MC-cool camera and iOptron CEM60 mount.

It was the same night that I capture M42 were I slowed to it and captured 90x180sec at gain 75

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Running Man Nebula, Awni Hafedh