ʻAlohilohi nā ao ʻālohilohi o ke kinoea a me ka lepo i kēia kiʻi Hubble o kahi mea Herbig-Haro i kapa ʻia ʻo HH 45. ʻO nā mea Herbig-Haro kahi ʻano nebula i ʻike ʻole ʻia e hana ʻia i ka wā e hoʻokuʻi ʻia ai ke kinoea wela e kahi hōkū hānau hou e hui pū me ke kinoea a lepo a puni ia ma nā haneli mau mile i kēlā me kēia kekona, e hana ana i nā nalu ʻālohilohi. Ma kēia kiʻi, hōʻike ka polū i ka oxygen ionized (O II) a hōʻike ka poni i ka magnesium ionized (Mg II). Ua makemake nui ka poʻe noiʻi i kēia mau mea no ka mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e ʻike i nā haʻalulu a me nā alo o ka ionization.
Aia kēia mea i loko o ka nebula NGC 1977, ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o ka paʻakikī o ʻekolu nebulae i kapa ʻia ʻo The Running Man. ʻO NGC 1977 – e like me kona mau hoa NGC 1975 a me NGC 1973 – he nebula noʻonoʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopuka i ke kukui ma kāna iho, akā e hōʻike ana i ka mālamalama mai nā hōkū kokoke, e like me ke kukui alanui e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka noe.
Ua nānā ʻo Hubble i kēia māhele e ʻimi i nā jet stellar a me nā disiki hoʻokumu honua a puni nā hōkū ʻōpio, a nānā i ka hopena o ko lākou kaiapuni i ka ulu ʻana o ia mau disks.