Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1579
NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula), Andy W
NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula)
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NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula)

NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula), Andy W
NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula)
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NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula)

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Open cluster M67.

Usually open clusters are relatively young in age, but this one is ~4 billion years old!

'Messier 67 contains more than 500 stars and is often studied for the insight it provides into stellar evolution.

Messier 67 was discovered by the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779.'

https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-67-king-cobra.../

My image is just over two hours of exposure time shot with a ZWO ASI 533mc pro camera through my 6" Newtonian acquired with the ZWO ASI Air Pro.

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NGC 1579 (Northern Trifid Nebula), Andy W

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