Thursday, February 3, 2011
M27, the "Dumbbell Nebula", as a Stereo Pair 3D
3D-experiment with the M27
Parallel vision 3D
Cross vision 3D
NOTE! This is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some known facts and an artistic impression.
M27, the "Dumbbell Nebula", as an anaglyph Red/Cyan 3D
You'll need Red/Cyan Eyeglasses to be able to see this image right.
Note, if you have a Red and Blue filters, you can use them! Red goes to Left eye.
A closeup
NOTE! This is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some known facts and an artistic impression.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
M27, the "Dumbbell Nebula", reprocessed
Since my processing technique gets better and weather doesn't give any support, I have reprocessed some older images. There is now star colors added and other processing is tweaked too.
Messier 27, the "Dumbbell Nebula"
Ra 19h 59m 36.340s Dec +22° 43′ 16.09″
Be sure to click to an image to see it in large size!
Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission. This composition is very close to a visual spectrum.
Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission. This composition is very close to a visual spectrum.
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as a Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light years. It has a large angular diameter as a planetary nebula, about 8 x 5,6 arc minutes. (Rarely imaged outer halo is not included, it can be seen in my image. With an outer shell, the diameter is over 15'' (more than a size of the half a Moon))
Planetary nebulae are shells of gas shed by stars late in their life cycles after using up all of their nuclear fuel. The star then ejects a gaseous shell, which is illuminated by its extremely hot central star, a core left from the original star. n this image, the central star is clearly visible at very center of the nebula. M27's central star has a magnitude of 13.5 and is an extremely hot blueish dwarf with a temperature of about 85,000 K.
Our own star, the Sun, is expected to undergo the same process in a couple of billion years.
Be sure to click to an image to see it in large size!
Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
Star colors are mixed from the NB channels, Red=H-a, G=O-III and B= 85%O-III + 15%H-a.
A closeup
no other processing, than calibration, stacking and nonlinear stretching.
In the final image, light deconvolution with a CCDSharp software was added, 30 iterations.
(Value 3 in CCDSharp)
Image is shot with a QHY9, Baader narrowband filter set and the Meade lx200 GPS 12" telescope..
Original versions from November 2009, with technical details:
Sh2-274, the "Medusa Nebula" as a Stereo Pair 3D
Parallel vision 3D
Cross vision 3D
Other 3D-formats:
Original 2D:
NOTE! This is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some known facts and an artistic impression.
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