Today's APOD is NGC 1579.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090130.html
"Colorful NGC 1579 resembles the better known Trifid Nebula, but lies much farther north in planet Earth's sky, in the heroic constellation
Perseus. About 2,100 light-years away and 3 light-years across, NGC 1579 is,
like the Trifid, a study in contrasting blue and red colors, with dark dust lanes prominent in the nebula's central regions..."
This image is from wikisky.org:
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/dunlo...34246584432066
It is about half way between M45 and Capella.