Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  HD288306  ·  HD288307  ·  HD288310  ·  HD288312  ·  HD288313  ·  HD39572  ·  HD39715  ·  LDN 1622
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LDN1622, The Bogeyman Nebula, Chris Plonski
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LDN1622, The Bogeyman Nebula

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LDN1622, The Bogeyman Nebula

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LDN1622, commonly known as the Bogeyman Nebula, is a dark nebula lying in front of a red cloud of ionized hydrogen gas cloud in the constellation of Orion just outside of the famous Barnard's Loop. It's much closer than many of the other more famous nebulae located in this constellation such as the Orion Nebula which is 1300 light years away and 24 light years in diameter.  In comparison, LDN1622 is only about 500 light years away and about 10 light years in diameter.

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