Horsehead Nebula from IR Hubble Data, Steve Milne

Horsehead Nebula from IR Hubble Data

Horsehead Nebula from IR Hubble Data, Steve Milne

Horsehead Nebula from IR Hubble Data

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This is data from the 'Hubble Legacy Archive'.

I used the F160W and F100W FITS files, mapping the F110W to Blue, the F160W to Red, and using a 50:50 mix of both for a 'synthetic green'.

This is not, of course, 'true colour' - this is infrared data. I have not processed IR data before: I was not expecting 'realistic' star or galaxy colour. Furthermore, the image has a blue-ish cast. However, this does seem to be apparent in other versions of the image that I have seen published in books.

I left the background significantly lighter than I would do in my usual LRGB or NB processing. It just seemed more pleasing that way. PixInsight and PS were the only software packages used in processing the final version.

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