NGC 1579 (LBN 766, Sh2-222) is a beautiful reflection nebula in the constellation of Perseus. It is sometimes referred to as the "Northern Trifid".
The dark cloud (L1482) owes its distinctive color due to illumination from a heavily reddened (AV ~ 10 mag), bright star, LkH-alpha 101 - a hydrogen alpha emitter.
The distance is estimated to be 2300 l.y. It is located at RA 4h30m14.2s and DEC +35d16m47s. The image is ~42' x 42' and North is toward the upper left. The smaller reflection object toward the left edge is IC 2067.
Data were acquired automatically with CCDAutoPilot and Maxim4.62 using Astrodon LRGB Generation 2 filters and guided by an Astrodon MonsterMOAG with an SBIG ST-402 camera. Calibrations and initial processing were done in CCDStack and final processing was done in Photoshop CS3
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