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Northern Trifid Nebula, NGC 1579, mhtandy
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Northern Trifid Nebula, NGC 1579

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Northern Trifid Nebula, NGC 1579, mhtandy
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Northern Trifid Nebula, NGC 1579

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NGC 1579 is a diffuse nebula and star-forming HII region. It lies within the much larger California Molecular Cloud in Perseus.

I braved some seriously cold temperatures to get this image, but I think it was worth it. Seeing was poor, but BlurXTerminator helped greatly with reducing star "bloat". It's the first time I've imaged without a focal reducer/corrector on this telescope - I finally got the right spacers and connectors to achieve focus without it. That little bit of extra focal length really made a difference!

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Northern Trifid Nebula, NGC 1579, mhtandy