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This nebula sits
            squarely in the middle of a huge dusty nebular complex and represents
            only the illuminated portion buried in the thickest part of the
            dust. The normally rosy pinks of emission are muted to a peculiar
            orange color by this dust, as are all of the stars inside and
            behind the nebula, making most of the fainter stars in this image
            a deep rust color as well. Only the foreground stars have their
            normal coloration, making for a distinctive 3D appearance. At
            the upper right, a faint white nebula is part of the star lit
            reflection nebula which permeates this region and subtle blues
            have been drained away by the overpowering coloration of the
            dust.

            
NGC1579 is 8 arc
            minutes in size and very dim visually, around 12 th magnitude.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: Meade DSI Pro  w/Lumicon Newt Easy Guider
Exposure:  RGB = 2.5h
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.2
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  35 F
CCD Temperature:  -30 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL:  Calibration, deblooming (Starizona Debloomer), aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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