[APML] The Pincher - Going Deep

["Chris Cook" <chris@cookphoto.com>]

Hi all,

Here's another film collaboration image between Jim Janusz and myself.  This
one is of the faint reflection nebulas IC4592 & IC4601 surrounding Nu Scorpi
in the northern pincher of Scorpius.  This is one of my favorite regions....
Faint and mysterious.   The inky black skies of NM made this deep image
possible.  Total exposure was 80 minutes at f/2.8.  I love how the
reflection nebulas are embedded within an even fainter cloud of dust and
reddish emission nebulosity.  So cool!

I color balanced it to what I thought was as close to "correct" as possible.
The whole field is full of very faint blue and red nebulosity creating a
faint magenta haze across the whole frame.  A tough one to balance out.
Comments are welcome.

So here ya go... film ain't dead yet. <vbg>

http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/IC4592-4601.html

Chris

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