NGC1977 Running Man

[david_taurus83]

Sticking with Orion this week, was awarded a few hours clear sky last night despite the forecast for cloud and fog. Managed to nab 3 hours on this before the moon got too high as well though the nebula is fairly bright itself anyway. Also a good opportunity to get some more testing on the 200P. Have learned from last night that flats are needed each night and PHD calibration is worth redoing after a meridian flip! So far, I haven't touched collimation since it went on the mount!

First image from the rejuvenated 200P

45 x 60s each LRGB binned 2x2

 

[kirkster501]

Very nicely done. Great detail and lots of the dust clouds that you haven’t lost by stretching too harshly.