Via Wikipedia “This object was named ‘The Running Man Nebula’ by Texas Astronomical Society member Jason Ware. Approximately 20 years ago his down stairs neighbor looked at the object and said it looked like a running man. He brought this up a TAS club meeting and the name stuck. Now widely accepted as ‘The RunningContinue reading “Running Man Nebula and Orion”
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Takahashi FSQ 106EDX IV
The 106mm Takahashi FSQ-106EDX IV F5 Astrograph takes its place next to the 130mm Astro-Physics F6.3 Gran Turismo.
NGC 7822
From Wikipedia… NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 800-1000 parsecs distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years.Continue reading “NGC 7822”
Boogie Man Nebula – Lynd’s Dark Nebula 1622
This Dark Nebula is located in the Constellation of Orion. It is about 500 light years distant, versus about 1300 light years for the Orion Nebula. This was taken through a 4 inch Takahashi refractor. A total of 49 RGB filtered images were stacked with 21 H-Alpha images for a total of 22.8 hours ofContinue reading “Boogie Man Nebula – Lynd’s Dark Nebula 1622”
Astro La Vista Observatory 