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Two Distinct Views of this Beautiful Nebula
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NGC 1977
The Running Man Nebula






































Telescope Takahashi FSQ-106N refractor
CCD Camera Starlight Xpress SXV-H9
Mount Takahashi EM-200
Guidescope Takahashi FS-60C refractor
Filters Astrodon RGB Filters
Dates October 30 and 31, 2005
Location Somerdale, NJ
Subexposures 6 - 10 minute exposures through each filter
Total Exposure Time 3.0 hours
Image Processing Software Maxim DL, Sigma, CCDStack, Neat Image and Photoshop CS2