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LDN1251 star forming dusty molecular cloud, Stephan Linhart
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LDN1251 star forming dusty molecular cloud

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LDN1251 star forming dusty molecular cloud, Stephan Linhart
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LDN1251 star forming dusty molecular cloud

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LDN1251, a very faint dust molecule cloud and active star forming area. It is "only" 17 light years away. There are also some nice spiral galaxies visible behind the interstellar matter.

This image was taken under Bortle 4 to 3 skies with no moon present. Definitely needing a lot of exposure time to get enough signal to play with.

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Description: Cropped a little to address dithering artifacts.

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Description: More Punch! Hope it is not too much ;)

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Description: Removed a bit of the punch as it could be too much!

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LDN1251 star forming dusty molecular cloud, Stephan Linhart

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