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Originally Posted by texta
That is awesome!
Never seen a picture quite like it. Love it.
How did you know what the depth data was for the picture Evan? That is, what was closer and what was further?
Awesome technique. Thanks for the work!
Mark
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Thanks mate
At the moment the final image is perhaps more art than science (I'm still getting used to the conversion process). Generally speaking if the star is brighter then it's likely to be closer to the viewer, bearing in mind though, of course, the nebulosity and any effect the star may be having - stellar winds etc.
Having said that, there is a real science side to it as well - If you obtain parallax information for the stars and do your research, you can accurately (within reason of course) portray many of the stars in their proper dimensions (relative to one another and the DSO).
Cheers
Evan