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Started by gregbradley, 01/21/2007 02:14PM
Posted 01/21/2007 02:14PM Opening Post
RCOS 12.5 inch, 5:45 of Ha, 75 mins of colour. SBig STL11000CM camera, Tak NJP mount.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/73344297/large

Greg.
Posted 01/21/2007 02:24PM #1
Nice detail in the emission zones but the photo has an interesting mottled texture to it overall. Do you know what causes that?
Ivan
Posted 01/21/2007 11:14PM #2
It is short on colour time so it is mainly Ha. The Ha darker areas tend to be mottled so you are probably seeing that. It doesn't show on my monitor but that's another barrier to image processing - the monitor's performance.

I'll shoot some more colour once I capture this amazing comet that is around at the moment.

Greg.
Posted 01/22/2007 04:11AM #3
Beautiful shot!

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
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