webcubus on Nostr: Work in progress! This is only 4 hours of integration time on NGC 1579, the Northern ...

Work in progress! This is only 4 hours of integration time on NGC 1579, the Northern Trifid Nebula. Even with this short integration time, the dust is evident and will definitely pop out more if I can get 20 or 30 hours on this object. These are 5 minute exposures using my Optolong L-Quad.

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