[AZ-Observing] Re: New Image - M42
- From: Kerry Weatherford <kwx4d@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 8:20:00 -0700
Jon,
Is this the one you were working on when the three of us froze at Vekol last
month? Awesome image!! Incredible detail - as usual, your images leave me
speechless. Thanks for sharing.
Kerry
---- 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
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> Regards,
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> Jon Christensen
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