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NGC1788 – L – Final Color-1

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NGC1788 - Chile

NGC1788 – Chile

NGC1788 is a pretty dynamic looking object. It is located on the far western edge of Orion about 1300 ly away.

A bright blue reflection nebula is surrounded by an arch of glowing red hydrogen. Young stars in the nucleus of the activity are only about 1 million years old.
A giant, dust enriched molecular field of gas stretches down from the nucleus. The whole field is overlaid by an open cluster of bright foreground stars.

PlaneWave 12.5″ Astrograph with a ZWO ASI 6200 camera, Astrodon filters, and ASA gearless DDM-85 mount. F/5 LRGB (63/3min L, 22/3min RGB each, all 2×2 bin).