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Elephant’s Trunk nebula, Manuel Peitsch
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Elephant’s Trunk nebula

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Elephant’s Trunk nebula, Manuel Peitsch
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Elephant’s Trunk nebula

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This is one of the panels I used for my first mosaic (see link above). Given the unfavorable weather conditions, I am spending some time experimenting with different post-processing approaches. Here I have reduced the star sizes in GIMP to bring out the nebulosity.

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Elephant’s Trunk nebula, Manuel Peitsch

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