Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  The star 56Ori  ·  The star 59Ori
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LDN1622 The Bogeyman Nebula, Randal Healey
LDN1622 The Bogeyman Nebula
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LDN1622 The Bogeyman Nebula

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LDN1622 The Bogeyman Nebula

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(LDN) 1622 appears against a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas only easily seen in long telescopic exposures of the region. LDN 1622 lies near the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, close on the sky to Barnard's Loop - a large cloud surrounding the rich complex of emission nebulae found in the Belt and Sword of Orion. But the obscuring dust of LDN 1622 is thought to be much closer than Orion's more famous nebulae, perhaps only 500 light-years away.

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  • LDN1622 The Bogeyman Nebula, Randal Healey
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LDN1622 The Bogeyman Nebula, Randal Healey