File:The Carina Nebula in Narrowband.jpg
| Uploaded by | Ivanbok |
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| Upload date | 2017-11-11T07:05:43Z |
| MIME type | image/jpeg |
| Dimensions | 3215 × 2470 px |
| File size | 5.5 MB |
Summary
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English: In this image of the Carina Nebula, the object is represented in a different light as opposed to the earlier true colour image. Instead of the usual RGB method of obtaining true colours of deep sky objects, the image featured here is an emission-line filtered image which represents the nebula's chemical composition. In this case, the nebula is photographed using a modified version of what is known as the Hubble palette, in which three filters to isolate Sulfur, Hydrogen and Oxygen emissions are used. The data from these three filters are then mapped to Red, Green and Blue respectively to create a false colour composite as depicted above. Due to the overwhelming presence of hydrogen in the Universe, most of the objects photographed using this palette will therefore appear predominantly green, a contrast from the usual strongly red colours that ionized hydrogen emits when photographed in natural colour. Photographed with personal equipment |
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| Source | Own work |
| Author | Ivan Bok |
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| This image was uploaded as part of Wiki Science Competition 2017. |
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