Re: [APML] Winter Hexagon Mosaic

["Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

A sweet image Axel.  I bet it would look great at 30"x40"!
 
Chris


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Chris Cook
Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
www.abmedia.com/astro

-----Original Message-----
From: Axel Mellinger <axm2@canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:08 AM
Subject: [APML] Winter Hexagon Mosaic


>Hi all,
>
>here is another of my recent southern Arizona pictures. Eight individual
>images taken with a 50 mm lens on Kodak E200 were combined into a
>6000x7000 pixel mosaic showing the entire winter hexagon. Here is a
>down-scaled view:
>
>http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~axm/images/winter_hexagon.html
>
>Matching the colors in all eight frames was quite a challenge, especially
>because two images (covering the bottom part of the mosaic) suffered a bit
>from increased skyglow due to the approaching moonrise.
>
>The very faint red filament near the right edge is part of the
>Orion-Eridanus bubble.
>
>Comments welcome.
>
>Clear skies,
>
>Axel
>
>
>-- 
>Axel Mellinger  <http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~axm/astrophot.html>
>
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