Ascorbic Acid crystals under polarized light

[sjastro]

A microscope image of Ascorbic acid which is a major constituent of Vitamin C tablets.

The crystals were dissolved in water and allowed to recrystallize between two polarizing filters which is used ordinarily for planetary imaging.

The microscope was interfaced to a Pentax K-r.

Regards

Steven

[RickS]

Very pretty, Steven!

I vaguely recall an image of M1 that mapped different polarisation directions to the RGB channels. It was quite an interesting view.

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb]

Very groovy. :cool3:

[Regulus]

That's very cool Steven and reminds me of something I saw in the early 70's that had something to do with acid :-)

[sjastro]

Hi Rick,

M1 is one of a few targets in polarized light.
The Egg nebula is another one.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030409.html

I have been able to fit the polarizing filters to an SBIG filter wheel but have found no targets as yet.



Yeah man.:thumbsup:



I wonder what a polarized image of LSD is like.:lol:

Regards

Steven