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by glen youman
Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Re: APOD 2006 May 25 - NGC 1579 - Trifid of the North
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Re: APOD 2006 May 25 - NGC 1579 - Trifid of the North

The caption associated with the subject APOD stated that the NGC 1579 is an emission/reflection nebula. I believe that is not correct and is doing a dis-service to amateur astronomers. I've researched all web available scientific papers on this object and cannot find a single paper that supports the...