Thanks, Bill! Jon Christensen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Christensen" <jonc97@xxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:52 AM 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 > nebula around the ~8th mag star at the top near center > 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 > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.