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strongmanmike2002 | all galleries >> Images taken prior to 2012 >> Starfire 152EDF Images (prior to May 2011) >> NGC 6744 The Pavo Galaxy >> Previous images of NGC 6744 > NGC 6744 Enhanced Luminance
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NGC 6744 Enhanced Luminance

This luminance only version has been enhanced to showcase the spread of very faint
Galctic Cirrus dust across the image. This dust shines very feebly at just 27mag/squ arc sec
or about 100X fainter than the natural sky background at Wiruna!

NB: The spotlight effect, lower left in the image, is an internal reflection from an out of
field star that has become more noticable with the enhancement.

See a full size, full res, full frame colour version here (13.5meg):
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/103970854/original

See an amplified UK Schmidt photo by David Malin:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/104041958/original


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