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Old 10-05-2010, 06:16 PM
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MZ3 Ant Nebula - close up

Hi Guys

Well, I think this the most tragic pic Ive posted , its woefull, but given the size and wasted time trying to image it, I just had to share it and put it in the "done that" folder.

I can only find on the web just one other pic by an amature, and on a 300D , a ballsy effort by an aussie Scott Adler .

This planetary neb is just 25 arcsecs in diameter and the hardest ive tried to image by far. The Ha was not bad brightness wise, but the SII/OII, despite 20min exposures was practically non-existant.

Anyway, 5hrs each of Ha,SII,OIII in that order (reverse Hubble) mapped as LRGB, Ha 10 min subs and SII,OIII 20min subs .

Absolutely croped to hell, upsized 4 times, deconed and sharpened within an inch of its life .

Colour is totaly random and subjective, given Hubble was the only reference and of course unmatchable.
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