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Old 07-09-2008, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Alchemy View Post
... the blacks are really BLACK... me id like them just a little bit lighter. ive seen others and they have that similar look too, so it might be the done thing.

cheers clive
Actually Clive, those blacks I think you are pointing out are actually molecular clouds and they "are" black. The dark clouds around the Swans neck are some of the darkest examples in the Milky Way too, like large blacker versions of the Bok Globules in the Lambda Centauri nebula.

Mike
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