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LDN 1622
LDN 1622 — Boogeyman Nebula
Dark Nebula
· OrionAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Dark Nebula
- Constellation
- Orion
- Right ascension
- 5h 52m 00s
- Declination
- +1° 45′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 60′ × 40′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- November, December, January, February, March
- Catalog IDs
- LDN 1622
About this target
Prominent dark cloud silhouetted against faint hydrogen emission near Orion. Approximate imaging footprint.
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Astro-Physics
660mm f/6.0 · 110mm aperture
Frames 49% of APS-C FOV