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One word, Wow!!!

OK two more words, absolutely amazing.=20

Ditto Kimball's request. I'd like to us the image for wallpaper as well.

Thanks for sharing
Rick

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From: Jon Christensen [mailto:jonc97@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:53 AM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Some CCD Images


Happy New Year everybody!!
Here are some images I took in November and December from Vekol Road.

Here's a widefield shot of M42 & vicinity:

http://members.cox.net/jonc97/images/astro/nebula/m42new.htm

Jay McNeil was kind enough to list some of the more obscure objects that =
can be seen in the picture:

The reflection nebula Vdb 42 - the small bluish reflection=20
nebula around the ~8th mag star at the top near center=20
Wolf's Smoke Ring at bottom near center
Herbig-Haro 1&2 complex at the far right.


Here's the luminance (greyscale) version of the same picture.  In =
tri-color imaging you typically create a greyscale image separately from =
a color image and then lay the greyscale image as a luminace layer over =
the color for the final picture.  I toned down the brightness for the =
color version because I thought it made the colors looked washed out.

http://members.cox.net/jonc97/images/astro/nebula/m42grey.htm

Here's NGC 253, the Sculptor Galaxy:

http://members.cox.net/jonc97/images/astro/galaxies/ngc253.htm

IC 1396 taken through an H alpha filter:

http://members.cox.net/jonc97/images/astro/nebula/ic1396_ha.htm

NGC 1499 - The California Nebula - taken through an H alpha filter:

http://members.cox.net/jonc97/images/astro/nebula/ngc1499_ha.htm

I processed this photo to emphasize the wispy details in the clouds.

Thanks for looking!!


Jon Christensen

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