Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  HD36843  ·  HD36938  ·  HD36958  ·  HD36998  ·  HD37058  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1977  ·  Sh2-279  ·  The star 45 Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil I (c Ori  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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SH2-279 RUNNING MAN NEBULA

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SH2-279 RUNNING MAN NEBULA

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RUNNING MAN NEBULA (crop)  Sh2-279 is an HII region and bright nebula including a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion. It is the northernmost part of the asterism known as Orion's Sword, located 0.6° north of the Orion Nebula. The reflection nebula embedded in Sh2-279 is popularly known as the Running Man Nebula.  Sh2-279 includes three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975 and NGC 1977 [4], divided by darker nebular regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest nebulosity, subsequently listed as NGC 1977  I remember the data: Newton 200/800 reduced to 760mm Camera Omegon vTec 571 c Filter Optolong Astronomy Filter L-QEF 42 exposures of 300" 72 exposures of 10" Dark 40 Flat 40 DarkFlat 40

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SH2-279 RUNNING MAN NEBULA, mirko tondinelli