LDN 1622, the Boogeyman Nebula

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Written By Charles Lillo
LDN 1622, the Boogeyman Nebula, appears as a dark, claw shaped cloud silhouetted against glowing red hydrogen emission and dense Milky Way star fields.

Image Title: LDN 1622 Boogeyman Nebula

Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis

Date image was taken: December 12, 2025

Location: Greece

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Equipment :
OTA : Askar SQA85
Mount : EQ8
Camera : ATIK APX60 mono
Guiding : TS 50mm finderscope via Lodestar X2
Focuser : Pegasus V3 Focuser
Filters : Baader Ha & Astronomik R,G,B
SoftWare :
DSS - Pix - Cs
Exposure:
Ha : 15h
RGB : 3h
Location : Interstellar Observatory - Greece

Name: George Chatzifrantzis

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