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Community photo entitled LDN 1622, the Boogeyman nebula by Steven Bellavia on 02/25/2025 at Smithfield, VA

LDN 1622, the Boogeyman nebula

On 02/25/2025 11:00 pm by Steven Bellavia | Website | Smithfield, VA

The Boogeyman Nebula, LDN 1622, is a dark nebula in the Orion constellation. It's made of dust and opaque gas that blocks light from a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas. It is About 10 light-years in diameter, and 500 light years from earth.
Reflection nebula, vdB 62, is the bright white area, near the top. VdB 63, LDN 1621 and LDN 1624 are also in the image. The brightest star is 59 Orionis
LDN1622 is one of the 1,802 dark nebulae in a catalog compiled in 1962 by American astronomer Beverly Turner Lynds

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