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Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
In the soup alright Rick! But despite that, you have used your PI skills to bring out that IFN nicely. I remember Mr Mandel talking about his discovery at an AIC a few years ago.
It does appear in the image as if the IFN 'curves' around the outline of the galaxy. Intriguing.
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Thanks, Martin. I would have liked to hear that talk!
It's funny how it looks like the IFN and galaxy are interacting. I think that NGC7497 gives a very similar impression:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/272652/0/. Same with M81 too. I assume it's just our brains filling in patterns that don't really exist.
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Originally Posted by Atmos
Very interesting Rick, not one that I've seen before. The IFN has a colour that I'm not used to, possibly because you've actually put in the time RGB 
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Thanks, Colin. The IFN colour is pretty much as PCC painted it so I think it's real