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["Jon Christensen" <jonc97@xxxxxxx>]

Chris,


Glad you liked my image.  The core doesn't seem monochromatic to me at all, 
however.  There is lots of subtle color there.



Jon Christensen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Schur" <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: New Image - M42


Jon, a nicely processed image, the blue halo is
stunning.  The core is a bit monochromatic, perhaps it
needs a bit more RGB data.

Chris
--- Jon Christensen <jonc97@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
> Here's an image where I combined the tremendous
> resolution achievable with my long focal length
> telescope (F/9) with the wonderful light gathering
> capability of my short focal length telescope (F/3).
>  It's a photo of M42 that consists of deep color
> data taken with the F/3 scope and luminance data
> taken with the F/9 scope.  I had to use a mosaic of
> images to create the luminance image because one
> shot by itself only captured a small area of the
> nebula.  The 100% sized image is 35 megapixels and
> the tif format file 100 megabytes.  My computer had
> a hard time coping with this large an image.  The
> data was acquired over 3 nights in December and
> January.  There really is a lot going on in this
> nebula when you take a close look!
>
>
http://www.christensenastroimages.com/nebula/m42_2007.htm
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
> Jon Christensen
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Take Care,

Chris
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