NGC 1977 "Running Man"

[E_ri_k]

Had an almost perfect night the other night, clear as and no wind. Squeezed in 22x 1.5 Minutes Seconds and 6x 3 Minute of NGC 1977 after work. Got it as centred as I could and cropped it, there is a little coma in the corners (Saving for a corrector!) Pretty happy with the focus also, had trouble fine tuning it in the past, but made a motorised focuser out of an old stepper motor, which has helped alot.

[Tommy B]

I rarely see this object imaged without M42 in the frame but this shows that it really is a great object on its own. Great image well done.

Might give this a go myself at some point as my last M42 shot couldnt quite get it in frame.

[SlipperySquid]

Really nicely processed there! I think the focus looks good, though I don't know where the extra diffraction spike has come from? (maybe a reflection?).

An often overlooked nebula with Orion usually taking center stage but I think you've really done the running man justice

Clear skies,

Matt.

[steppenwolf]

Good to see this one on its own as it deserves more attention than it gets. Took me a while to realise which was the correct orientation to see the Running Man as arguably (but let's not argue!) it can be seen in two totally different orientations!

[Tom OD]

Nice processing. I like the colour and smoothness of it.

Tom

[E_ri_k]

Thanks guys, not sure where the extra diffraction spike come from, most of my images have that extra one?? I was going to shoot M42 last night, but I cant fit the whole thing in the frame.

Thanks for the good feedback!