NGC 1579 reflection nebula in Perseus (robotic, NM)
The Northern Triffid. Located "up North" in Perseus compared with the larger Triffid nebula "down South" in Sagittarius.
Work in progress: 36 x 6 minute exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight.
Discovered by William Herschel on 3rd December 1788.
Rather amazingly, this is classified as a reflection nebula - normally something this pink would be thought of as an emission nebula but the dust surrounding the central bright stars has diffracted the starlight towards the red end of the spectrum.
Im planning to get some more subs and see if I can bring out the dust clouds further. If I do that, I'll drizzle the images which should improve resolution.
NGC 1579 reflection nebula in Perseus (robotic, NM)
The Northern Triffid. Located "up North" in Perseus compared with the larger Triffid nebula "down South" in Sagittarius.
Work in progress: 36 x 6 minute exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight.
Discovered by William Herschel on 3rd December 1788.
Rather amazingly, this is classified as a reflection nebula - normally something this pink would be thought of as an emission nebula but the dust surrounding the central bright stars has diffracted the starlight towards the red end of the spectrum.
Im planning to get some more subs and see if I can bring out the dust clouds further. If I do that, I'll drizzle the images which should improve resolution.