Thanks for having your latest look at this data set guys.
Doug was right though, the lane in the previous verison did blend slightly too much into the glow of the galaxy, so I have tried to better define the dust lane and also reveal that the huge halo is not a uniform spherical glow but has distinct shells and large scale dark patchy structures:
Sized to fit perfectly on a 21" moniter in full screen mode - press F11 (2.6meg):
http://upload.pbase.com/strongmanmik...05041/original
Cheers
Mike
....still love playing with this data