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M51 - How to visualize Near Infrared light?, Andreas Dietz
M51 - How to visualize Near Infrared light?
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M51 - How to visualize Near Infrared light?

M51 - How to visualize Near Infrared light?, Andreas Dietz
M51 - How to visualize Near Infrared light?
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M51 - How to visualize Near Infrared light?

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... still looking for a pleasing way to visualize the NIR portion of deepsky objects. Here I've decided to add the NIR channel as a subtle orange tone. The other option would be a more reddish or purple tone, but those colors are already occupied by Ha, SII and OIII ;-)

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