The Wizard Nebula
This target is a sorcerer’s cauldron of star formation with a new sparkling jewel shrouded behind nearly every glowing structure and even behind the dark areas representing the wizard’s hands. The tableau is energized by intense radiation and strong stellar winds emanating from the bounty of young stars, lighting up clouds of molecular oxygen along with omnipresent hydrogen gas.
I shot two nights with the one-shot color camera, then switched to monochrome for two nights of four minute narrowband exposures, altogether about 10 hours of data. The final picture is a blend of the two approaches with the color camera providing red-orange color tones while the narrowband frames contribute the blue accents.
The Wizard Nebula
This target is a sorcerer’s cauldron of star formation with a new sparkling jewel shrouded behind nearly every glowing structure and even behind the dark areas representing the wizard’s hands. The tableau is energized by intense radiation and strong stellar winds emanating from the bounty of young stars, lighting up clouds of molecular oxygen along with omnipresent hydrogen gas.
I shot two nights with the one-shot color camera, then switched to monochrome for two nights of four minute narrowband exposures, altogether about 10 hours of data. The final picture is a blend of the two approaches with the color camera providing red-orange color tones while the narrowband frames contribute the blue accents.