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M78 from Utah

Started by geomorph, 11/26/2005 05:18PM
Posted 11/26/2005 05:18PM | Edited 11/26/2005 05:23PM Opening Post
Seeing Thomas Davis' beautiful version of M78 got me excited to try reworking my old data of that object. I have learned a little more about processing since I captured the data for this image, so I thought I might be able to improve upon my original offering. My color is not as rich as Tom's, but it turned out OK anyway. Here is the result.
Cheers,
Tyler

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Posted 11/26/2005 06:46PM #1
Lovely shot Tyler!
Gotta love the effect those dark lanes have on the nebula... wink


Thanks for sharing!

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
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Posted 11/26/2005 10:11PM #2
Tyler,

The nebula is a little soft in detail but all-in-all a nice image!!

My version and yours have a very similar FOV -- that's neat! I love the colors of this region.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_000022.htm

Best,

Tom

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Posted 11/26/2005 11:37PM #3
Tyler, really nice image - good job on the rework.

Jim Thommes

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Posted 11/27/2005 03:01AM #4
Posted 11/28/2005 01:44AM #5
very nice! Its amazing to me how I can get such different results from the same data when I reprocess just a few months later. All in the learning curve I guess.....Vince