Taking advantage of the uncharacteristic run of clear nights in the past two weeks, this image took me 6 nights of travelling back and forth with my imaging rig (and on work nights
) to my dark sky location outside Newcastle.
Hope you like it
...well...round one of the processing anyway
**It's good to press F11 on your keyboard to view in full unobstructed screen mode too
Close up view, traditional orientation (1meg)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...63597/original
Wider field view, alternative orientation (850k)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...61131/original
This version has been processed to enhance the subtle but awsome "starburst" OIII structures normally overpowered by the stronger more detailed Ha data
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...67607/original
and here is acomparison with an image by the 4m Blanco in Chile and Hubble space telescope with my image
:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...78031/original
Mike