Re: [APML] The Pincher - Going Deep

["Stuart Heggie" <Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Chris, a superb shot! Great colours - I wouldn't have thought to use E200 on
a blue nebula - clearly I'd be wrong!
Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <chris@cookphoto.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: [APML] The Pincher - Going Deep


> 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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