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Image of the day 03/02/2014

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M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang
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Image of the day 03/02/2014

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M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang
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Description

The original is a normal visible-light RGB image.

Ver.B is a near-IR (825nm and above) gray-scale image.

Ver.C combines the near-IR and visible images, where B is the visible B+G, G is the visible R, and R is the IR.

Ver.D is a reprocessing uploaded in 2020, to give it a more modern touch.

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    M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang
    Original
    M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang
    B
    M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang
    C
  • Final
    M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang
    D

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M8, M20, NGC 6559, Wei-Hao Wang