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Old 18-12-2009, 06:49 PM
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Trapezium - high res luminance

I took a series of short exposures the night I compiled the Orions Sword image with the intention to use it for adding detail in the bright regions at the core of the nebula, in the end I didn't use it but here I have combined it any way for a bit of interest and to reveal the fine details in and around the Trapezium. I didn't take any good RGB data so it is presented as L+ Ha only.

The image is only about 4' X 4' square so this will give you an idea of the resolution - you can see the proplid proto stars made famous by Hubble in and around the main trapezium stars - bah, who needs long focal length?

It's only 150k so no problems for dial up
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...89199/original

Mike
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