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IC4268 – Prawn Nebula, Neil Corke
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IC4268 – Prawn Nebula

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IC4268 – Prawn Nebula

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Description

Another Southern hemisphere gem, the Prawn Nebula located in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way.

The final image comprises of two 30-hour sets of data captured by my friend Martin Pugh in Australia.   The first with an Astro-Physics RH305 telescope, the second at a higher resolution with a Planewave CDK17 for the nebula area, all of which I blended together.

I tried out J-P Metsavainio’s tone mapping method to combine the narrow band channels which balances these very well.

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Title: Version 2

Description: Reduced brightness and colour saturation

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IC4268 – Prawn Nebula, Neil Corke

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