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Moths to a flame: West of Rigel, Brian Boyle
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Moths to a flame: West of Rigel

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Moths to a flame: West of Rigel

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First, an apology.  

I am not sure how to post a mosaic of two images previously posted to Astrobin. As a revision to one, both or as a new image?   I have chosen the latter course, so I am sorry if I have have got this wrong. 

While I didn't start out with the intention of a mosaic image (the Witch Head and LBN907 made for good targets in their own right), after the kind words that people have said about the images, I thought it be fun to put together a mosaic of this region, with the traditional orientation (N up, E left).

While the mosaic doesn't provide anything really new, it is remarkable how the various dust clouds/IFN all appear to point east, as if attracted toward the light of Rigel.    It also highlights just how much stuff is out there, relatively speaking.

Space may be "big, really big"  but it also full of stuff*, really full of stuff*.   Although this is at low galactic latitudes, there is also a surprising amount of stuff also at higher galactic latitudes.   [As an extragalactic optical astronomer, I remembered being somewhat chastened by images from IR missions in the 80s and 90s to learn just how much stuff* in our galaxy, I was looking to draw inferences about the Universe at large. ]

Enough of the ramble, enjoy. 

*Inert popular vernacular here.

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Description: Almost a year since I took this image. Learned a little more about post-processing and good ways to stretch images and reduce stars.

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Moths to a flame: West of Rigel, Brian Boyle