Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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SH2-279, The Running Man and M-42, Jim Medley
SH2-279, The Running Man and M-42
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SH2-279, The Running Man and M-42

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SH2-279, The Running Man and M-42, Jim Medley
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SH2-279, The Running Man and M-42

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SH2-279, aka The Running Man Nebula, sprints across the sky, cape waving behind him as he dashes above M42, the Great Nebula in Orion. I was up until after midnight chasing this racer. Literally chasing this guy, he was in the east when I started and was heading south, almost due south when I finished. 20 lights, at ISO 800, 10 darks (camera in the freezer compartment of my office fridge), no flats, no bias. External temp around -10 deg C. Camera sensor temp at +10 deg C, no need for a cooler last night!

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