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Trifid Nebula (starless)

The Trifid is a beautiful combination of hydrogen emission (red) and starlight-reflection (blue). We often remove stars digitally to process dimmer parts of the image without blowing the stars out; here, I liked how that looked so well I didn't restore the stars. Right in the Milky Way, the starfield is so dense that it would really distract from the cloudy gorgeousness of the nebula itself.
Trifid Nebula (starless)

Trifid Nebula (starless)

The Trifid is a beautiful combination of hydrogen emission (red) and starlight-reflection (blue). We often remove stars digitally to process dimmer parts of the image without blowing the stars out; here, I liked how that looked so well I didn't restore the stars. Right in the Milky Way, the starfield is so dense that it would really distract from the cloudy gorgeousness of the nebula itself.