Hello,
It has been awhile since I posted and I am sorry I have not kept up with everything going on here. Lot's of amazing images have been done by all of you and I miss the southern skies very much. Our weather in Northern CA has been terrible and I have snow again this morning!
I have been able to finally get enough data over the last few months to complete this project of the Medusa Nebula. I have presented this in two different color mapping schemes - one mapped to "natural" color and the other with Ha mapped to orange. I met Professor Travis Rector at AIC2005 where he became one of my image processing mentors. He has produced several planetary nebula with Ha as the burnt orange color which it is easier to see the faint stuff.
Below the Zoomify image you will find an image that you can mouse over and see the two types. Click on it and you will be taken to the "super natural" mapped color image.
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/Medusa/Medusa.htm
If you are interested, here is a link to Dr. Travis Rector's images taken with professional systems and the mosaic 1 camera ($2.5 million CCD system).
http://aftar.uaa.alaska.edu/gallery/...filter=digital
Thanks for taking the time to look . . . .
Kindest Regards,