Monday, December 19, 2016
Filaments of the Veil Nebula in visual spectrum
At this Autumn season I have shot several well known targets in constellation Cygnus.
My purpose was show them little differently by selecting some less imaged details to show.
This new image is a four panel mosaic showing the complex, filament like, structures in Veil Nebula supernova remnant. Original full resolution photo is about 11.000 x 4000 pixels! Total exposure time is around 35 hours. The final photo looks like a giant alien space plant...
Filaments of Veil
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A closeup
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A horizontal version
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Orientation in Veil Nebula
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This wide field photo of the Veil Nebula was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times for all three panels
H-alpha, 30 x 1200 s = 10 h
S-II, 24 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 8 h
O-III, 51 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 17 h
O-III, 51 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 17 h
Images used for this mosaic
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Extremely dim supernova remnant in Auriga, Sharpless 224
I started this imaging project at Spring season 2016. At that time I was able to capture only eight hours of lights due to shortening nights. Now I have shot about 20 hours of new exposures for this supernova remnant in Auriga. This object has a very low surface brightness and it's heavily diffused.
Supernova remnant Sharpless 224, Sh2-224, locates in constellation Auriga at distance of about 14700 light years. It has an apparent size about 60 arc minutes, the real size is around 235 light years. This is a very dim target and lots of exposure time is needed to reveal any details out of it. Beside Hydrogen alpha, there are also weak emission from ionized oxygen, O-III, and ionized sulfur, S-II.
Sh2-224 in mapped colors
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red=sulfur, green=hydrogen and blue=oxygen.
Sharpless 224 in visual colors
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Wide field images of the area
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This photo is from March 2009. QHY9 astrocamera, Canon EF 200mm f1.8 camera lens and Baader narrowband filters. Total exposure time is around 15h. Original photo with technical details can be seen HERE
12 panel mosaic of constellation Auriga
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Mosaic image is from March 2012. This panoramic mosaic spans about 21 degrees of sky.
That's 42 full Moons side by side. QHY9 astrocamera, Canon EF 200mm f1.8 camera lens and Baader narrowband filters. Total exposure time is around 70h. Original photo with technical details can be seen HERE
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 21 iterations, added at 25% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f7 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Canon EF 200mm f1.8 camera optics (For S-II and O-III channels)
Mount
10-micron 1000
Meade LX200 GPS 12" (For S-II and O-III channels)
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
QHY9 (For S-II and O-III channels)
QHY9 (For S-II and O-III channels)
Astrodon filter, 5 nm H-alpha
Baader filter, 8,5 nm O-III
Baader filter, 8 nm S-II
Exposure times
H-alpha, 84 x 1200s binned 2x2 = 28h
O-III, 12 x 600s binned 4x4 = 2h (Year 2009, Canon EF 200mm f1.8)
S-II, 12 x 600s binned 4x4 = 2h (Year 2009, Canon EF 200mm f1.8)
Total 32h
A single uncropped, calibrated and stretched 20 min. H-alpha frame as it comes from the camera
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Filaments of the Veil Nebula
At this Autumn season I have shot several well known targets in constellation Cygnus.
My purpose was show them little differently by selecting some less imaged details to show.
This new image is a four panel mosaic showing the complex, filament like, structures in Veil Nebula supernova remnant. Original full resolution photo is about 11.000 x 4000 pixels! Total exposure time is around 35 hours. The final photo looks like a giant alien space plant...
Filaments of VeilPlease, click for a large image
A closeup
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A horizontal version
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Orientation in Veil Nebula
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This wide field photo of the Veil Nebula was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times for all three panels
H-alpha, 30 x 1200 s = 10 h
S-II, 24 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 8 h
O-III, 51 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 17 h
O-III, 51 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 17 h
Images used for this mosaic
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
A panoramic view to the North america Nebula
Total exposure time is 9 hours for this relatively bright area.
Great Wall of Cygnus
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A closeup
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Image in visual spectrum
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R=Hydrogen + Sulphur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + ~10% Hydrogen.
Hydrogen, glowing a red light, dominates the color scheme.
Orientation
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This wide field photo of the North America and Pelican Nebulae was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times for both panels
H-alpha, 15 x 1200 s = 5 h
O-III, 6 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 2 h
S-II, 6 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 2 h
Total 9 h
Monday, December 12, 2016
Dark filaments in Cygnus
This winter season I have been shooting some well known and relatively bright objects in Cygnus, My purpose was show them little differently by selecting some less imaged details to show.
Dark filaments of Cygnus
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Visual colours
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R=Hydrogen + Sulphur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + ~10% Hydrogen.
Orientation
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This wide field photo of the North America and Pelican Nebulae was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times
H-alpha, 9 x 1200 s = 3 h
S-II, 3 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 1 h
O-III, 3 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 1 h
O-III, 3 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 1 h
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Pelican Nebula, a two frame mosaic
At November 30 I published a new photo about dark filaments between North America and Pelican Nebula. Later I found out, that my shot was overlapping with my older photo of the Pelican nebula. This image is combination out of those two images.
Pelican Nebula
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Technical details
Can be found HERE, for the upper part of the image
And HERE, for the lower part of the mosaic image above
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
A detail photo of the dark filaments in Pelican nebula
I have shot lights for this image back in October 5 but found time to process them just now.
The complex cloud of dust and gas locates in front of the ionized gas clouds. Ionized gas, mainly oxygen in this photo, is emitting light and due to that we are able to see the dark formation,
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An experimental starless version
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Orientation
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Area of interest is marked as a white rectangle
This wide field photo of the North America and Pelican Nebulae was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
This wide field photo of the North America and Pelican Nebulae was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times for all three panels
H-alpha, 6 x 1200 s = 2 h
S-II, 6 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 2 h
O-III information is taken from an older the wide field shot seen above, ~2 h
O-III information is taken from an older the wide field shot seen above, ~2 h
Total 6 h
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
A little different view to the North America nebula, part III
This photo is result from my mosaic project for this Autumn season. My purpose was to image the North America Nebula, NGC 7000, and show it little differently, than usually. This object is a popular target among astro photographers, I found some rarely imaged areas and made my composition out of them. There are three panels used for this mosaic, total exposure time for all three emission line is around 16 hours.
A detail from the North America nebula as a three panel mosaic
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An experimental starless version
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Image in natural colors
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R=Hydrogen + Sulphur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + ~10% Hydrogen.
Couple of individual image panels
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Orientation
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This wide field photo of the North America and Pelican Nebulae was shot with Canon EF 200 mm f1.8 camera lens, QHY9 astrocam and Baader narrowband filters.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times for all three panels
H-alpha, 18 x 1200 s = 6 h
O-III, 18 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 5 h
S-II, 18 x 1200 s binned 2x2 = 5 h
Total 16 h
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Filaments of the Veil Nebula in natural colors
This is a new version of the Filaments of Veil photo. It shows the nebula complex in visual spectrum. Most strong emission line is hydrogen alpha, H-a, it can be seen as a red color. Blue hues are from an ionized oxygen, O-III.
My latest image is a composition of exposures from several nights, months and years. Couple of weeks ago, when we had some clear night last time, I took couple of shots from Veil Nebula. This time my purpose was to show some rarely imaged details and structures in this complex ball of expanding gas, leftovers from a massive explosion, the supernova.
My latest image is a composition of exposures from several nights, months and years. Couple of weeks ago, when we had some clear night last time, I took couple of shots from Veil Nebula. This time my purpose was to show some rarely imaged details and structures in this complex ball of expanding gas, leftovers from a massive explosion, the supernova.
I combined this new material to my older images of the area. Total exposure time for this five panel mosaic is around 37 h.
Filaments of the Veil in natural colors
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Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements,
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 21 iterations, added at 25% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f7 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times
New material from this Autumn season, total exposure time 15 h
H-alpha, 15 x 1200s = 5h
O-III, 15 x 1200s binned = 5h
S-II, 15 x 1200s binned = 5h
Older material used for this mosaic image
Pickering's Triangle mosaic, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2015/09/pickerings-triangle-my-first-light-for.html
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Filaments of the Veil Nebula, Part II
This is a new version of the Filaments of Veil photo. Composition is much better now, I think. I added one more panel to the mosaic image and now I have a vertical composition. It's somehow more dynamic and complexity of gas filaments stands out well.
My latest image is a composition of exposures from several nights, months and years. Couple of weeks ago, when we had some clear night last time, I took couple of shots from Veil Nebula. This time my purpose was to show some rarely imaged details and structures in this complex ball of expanding gas, leftovers from a massive explosion, the supernova.
I combined this new material to my older images of the area. Total exposure time for this five panel mosaic is around 37 h.
Filaments of the Veil Nebula
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Colors are from the ionized elements, Hydrogen, Sulphur and Oxygen.
S-II = Red, H-alpha = Green and O-III = Blue.
S-II = Red, H-alpha = Green and O-III = Blue.
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 21 iterations, added at 25% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f7 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times
New material from this Autumn season, total exposure time 15 h
H-alpha, 15 x 1200s = 5h
O-III, 15 x 1200s binned = 5h
S-II, 15 x 1200s binned = 5h
Older material used for this mosaic image
Pickering's Triangle mosaic, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2015/09/pickerings-triangle-my-first-light-for.html
Witch's Broom Nebula, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2015/10/a-new-image-witchs-broom-nebula.html
Monday, November 21, 2016
Filaments of the the Veil Nebula supernova remnant
My latest image is a composition of exposures from several nights, months and years. Couple of weeks ago, when we had some clear night last time, I took couple of shots from Veil Nebula. This time my purpose was to show some rarely imaged details and structures in this complex ball of expanding gas, leftovers from a massive explosion, the supernova.
I combined this new material to my older images of the area. Total exposure time for this five panel mosaic is around 37 h.
Please, click for a full size image
S-II = Red, H-alpha = Green and O-III = Blue.
A closeup
Orientation
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 21 iterations, added at 25% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f7 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times
New material from this Autumn season, total exposure time 15 h
H-alpha, 15 x 1200s = 5h
O-III, 15 x 1200s binned = 5h
S-II, 15 x 1200s binned = 5h
Older material used for this mosaic image
Pickering's Triangle mosaic, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2015/09/pickerings-triangle-my-first-light-for.html
Witch's Broom Nebula, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2015/10/a-new-image-witchs-broom-nebula.html
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
A rare image out of the planetary nebula in Cassiopeia, KjPn8 (PN G112.5-00.1)
Few year back I added this small target in Cassiopeia to my imaging plan. Now we had few clear nights and I was able to finalised a new photo out of it. This is a very dim target and it located just next to famous Bubble Nebula. Total exposure time was around 11 hours for Ha and O-III.
PN G112.5-00.1
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Image is in natural colours from the emission of ionized elements, H-alpha and O-III.
An experimental starless version to show the actual PN better
A bright spot at the centre of the planetary nebula KjPn8 is the central disk (Diameter 4 arc seconds).
An experimental starless version to show the actual PN better
A two frame mosaic with the Bubble Nebula
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INFO
KjPn 8 (PLN 112-0.1) is an unusually-shaped (14' x 4') planetary (PN) nebula located in the Constellation of Cassiopeia at RA 23h 24m 10s and DEC +60d 57m 30s. It is partially embedded in hydrogen nebulosity from the often-imaged Bubble Nebula complex (NGC 7635, Caldwell 11) and the open cluster, M52, located off the upper right side of this image. North is up and the field is ~ 35' x 35'. Lopez et al. (Astrophys. J, v538, 233-240, 2000) describes KjPn 8 as an "extreme polypolar planetary nebula with a large scale structure characterized by a giant biconical envelope". Steffen and Lopez (Astrophys. J. v508, 696-706, 1998) suggest that the strange tubular structure results from the action of a bipolar, rotating episodic jet whose direction has changed with time. The radial velocity measurements suggest a distance of ~5,200 light years. They suggest that it formed from two distinct and consecutive PN-like events starting with a binary core have stars of similar mass. One event led to the very long structure (NW-SE). The other (NE-SW) extends between the bright pinkish lobes that are enriched in OIII. They further suggest that KjPn 8 may be a rare object in the Milky Way Galaxy. (Source, http://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/kjpn-8-tubular-planetary-nebula/ )
Orientation
Technical details
Processing work flow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 25% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha
Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III
Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II
Exposure times
H-alpha, 21x 1200s = 7h
O-III, 12 x 1200s binned = 4h
Total 11 h
A single uncropped, calibrated and stretched 20 min H-alpha frame
A single uncropped, calibrated and stretched 20 min H-alpha frame
Monday, November 7, 2016
Eastern Veil in light of an ionized oxygen
A two frame mosaic of the Eastern Veil Nebula was my first imaging project for the Autumn season 2016. For the colour image, I shot three emission lines, hydrogen alpha, Sulphur II and oxygen III. This new image shows the emission of the ionized oxygen alone.
Eastern part of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant in O-III light alone
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The full colour image and technical details can be seen HERE
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