Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori
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M42 in colorimetric correct representation, Markus A. R. Langlotz
M42 in colorimetric correct representation
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M42 in colorimetric correct representation

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M42 in colorimetric correct representation, Markus A. R. Langlotz
M42 in colorimetric correct representation
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M42 in colorimetric correct representation

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This is a reworked version of an older M42 taken in my observatory.



Our latest scientific research project - which will be soon disclosed as a paper on our website - gives a methodology to define correct colors for narrowband emitters (here it is H Alpha and OIII) in the astronomical image processing workflow. Based on mathematical color transformations we could calculate exact (R;G;B) values for all astronomically relevant emission bands.

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M42 in colorimetric correct representation, Markus A. R. Langlotz