Iceman: Thanks for your nice words. This little FD is a real gem!
Starkler: You’ve got a good eye for detail. I thought the same thing as you. I know it’s strange to see so many blue stars, however they are really blue (young newly formed stars like M45), if you look carefully you can see orange and white stars in the image as well :-). NGC 2070 is a big stellar nursery. What is not shown in the image is right at the core there are more bright blue stars which light up the nebula.
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Here is the pure RGB version.
http://www.southern-astro.com/imgs/g...-RGB-Small.jpg
http://www.southern-astro.com/imgs/g...0-RGB-Full.jpg
Cheers,
Brad
