Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  The star 56 Ori
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LDN1622 (Bogeyman Nebula), richard bamfield
LDN1622 (Bogeyman Nebula)
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LDN1622 (Bogeyman Nebula)

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LDN1622 (Bogeyman Nebula), richard bamfield
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LDN1622 (Bogeyman Nebula)

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LDN1622, the Bogey Man Nebula. 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.
Well, this was a tricky one. Took the data over 3 nights last week, but lost a lot of data due to random clouds. Still sign of high haze as the bright star top left is quite fuzzy. Didn't help that I got a cable snag, that disconnected my filter wheel, so one night all I collected was luminance.

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LDN1622 (Bogeyman Nebula), richard bamfield