Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
18 Feb 2026
NGC 1975 - The Running Man Nebula
This is an image of NGC 1975, also known as the Running Man Nebula. It is a nebula complex about 1,500 light years away in the constellation Orion. It is located about a half a degree north of M42, the Orion Nebula. This dataset comprises almost 19 hours of exposure time.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1975 - The Running Man Nebula
18 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Diffuse Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI Proline PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.8254 Dec -4.6847
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................United States of America
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................19 Nov 2018 - 23 Feb 2019
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 1886 | 7h20m | 14 |
| Red | 1029 | 4h | 14 |
| Green | 943 | 3h40m | 14 |
| Blue | 943 | 3h40m | 14 |