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Old 08-08-2013, 10:34 PM
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The Fenrir Nebula

Recently Paul Haese found this little gem. Rolf (SkyViking) noticed that it bears a striking resemblance to the monster wolf in Norse mythology - Fenrir. See a brief description of the myth here - http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/fenrir.html

So, here is my rendition of the Fenrir Nebula (SL17) in Scorpius. Not surprisingly, given it's quite a faint Ha signal embedded in a dense star field, this was quite a tough subject to process. Getting the right balance between neb and stellar profiles was a challenge. I also wanted to be careful not to let the Ha blend obliterate the subtle colour tones visible in the LRGB version. I think I got the balance right (there's nothing out there to compare with other than Paul's rendition). I'm pretty happy with it anyway.

Small:
http://upload.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/151189317/large

Large: (Use <Cntrl +> and <Cntrl -> in your browser to zoom in and out)
http://upload.pbase.com/gailmarc/ima...89317/original

Cheers, Marcus
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