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The Mermaid, Paul Hancock
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The Mermaid

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The Mermaid

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This is a center crop of my my HOO Rosette image. Andy01 mentioned elsewhere that he had it pointed out to him that there was a Mermaid within the Rosette. Once I saw it I couldn't unsee it.

The Rosette is such a complex region of space, its likeness to a rose is obvious but when oriented right and imaged in mono it takes on an ethereal sheen and appears as a skull. Now it turns out it also has a mermaid that swims within the heart of the rose!

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Description: I decided to have a go at reprocessing this one and tried a new FOV. Needs more time, hopefully this spring/summer will produce better weather?

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The Mermaid, Paul Hancock