IC405, an emission/reflection nebula surrounding the star AE Aurigae (bright star to the right of the center). Imaged here with a narrowband Hydrogen Alpha filter.
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The central region zoomed-in and cropped:
"Flaming Star" Nebula, IC405 in H-alpha
Re: "Flaming Star" Nebula, IC405 in H-alpha
Breathtaking Andy, unbelievable detail- I can feel the heat!
Bruce D
Re: "Flaming Star" Nebula, IC405 in H-alpha
Andy I have run out of adjectives to describe all the wonderful images you have provided to this site. All of them are inspiring, what ever you do , don't stop sending them for all of us to enjoy
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Re: "Flaming Star" Nebula, IC405 in H-alpha
14+ hours of exposure! And I'll bet you've got almost the same amount of processing time invested. No one will ever accuse you of having a short attention span Andy.
Pete
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Re: "Flaming Star" Nebula, IC405 in H-alpha
Thanks, guys!
Pete, yes, the data collection and the processing are both very time consuming! The processing on this one went a little quicker since it was monochrome. For LRGB and Hubble palette, I do much of the most time-consuming processing on the individual L/R/G/B or S/H/O masters before combining them and doing more processing on the color image.
Pete, yes, the data collection and the processing are both very time consuming! The processing on this one went a little quicker since it was monochrome. For LRGB and Hubble palette, I do much of the most time-consuming processing on the individual L/R/G/B or S/H/O masters before combining them and doing more processing on the color image.
Andy
Re: "Flaming Star" Nebula, IC405 in H-alpha
Always a pleasure viewing your works of art.
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"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." - Louis Pasteur