NGC 1579

Combination of 10, 3 minute images using red, green and blue filters.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.
NGC 1579 is a moderately large and fairly bright patch of nebulosity in Perseus.

The above image combined with 23, 3 minure images using an H-alpha filter as the luminance layer.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.

Combination of 10, 3 minute images using red, green and blue filters.
SBIG ST9XE CCD. 12" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.
The patch of blue nebulosity to the upper left is the reflection nebula IC 2067.