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Old 22-06-2009, 05:48 PM
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As a matter of interest, what wavelengths do you think the Hubble image would have used and would it be realistic for an amateur to have a crack at it, it really is an amazing image.

Trevor
Hi Trevor yes I had a crack 3 years ago with the 6" Starfire at producing a kind of imitation of that Hubble shot:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...27072/original

Then a colaborative effort produced this more natural RGB colour pallet:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...55503/original

Mike
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