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COLOR / FOCUS. ENHANCED HYDROGEN GALAXY IMAGING. By Chris Schur. Introduction. What is Enhanced Hydrogen Imaging? Reasons for obtaining images this way: Highlights a wealth of normally unseen details Can be done with standard CCD equipment and telescopes
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ENHANCED HYDROGENGALAXY IMAGING By Chris Schur
Introduction • What is Enhanced Hydrogen Imaging? • Reasons for obtaining images this way: • Highlights a wealth of normally unseen details • Can be done with standard CCD equipment and telescopes • Produces images complimentary ultra deep remote observatory shots • Demonstrates the dynamics of galaxies in a dramatic fashion • Additional acquisition time is minimal • Tremendous Visual Impact with small additional effort • The Process Revealed…
The Process:An Overview • First make a standard LRGB • Take additional Ha frames • Subtract Red data from Ha data • Add difference to Red, Green, Blue • Recombine color image
Details of the Combining Process: M101 Standard LRGB initial image
Conclusions • Additional time spent very worthwhile • Galaxy dynamics revealed graphically • Here is a fresh approach to astroimaging • Home results rivaling the ultra long exposures done at remote observatories