Category: narrowband images

These images use narrow filters that let in only a small sliver of light. Images produced in this way can approximate natural color but are more typical mapped psuedocolor images. While the color isn’t the actual color, ti allows greater detail and contrast than broadband filters.

Valentine Rose Nebula

I’m not sure where this got its name from. It doesn’t look especially rose-like to me but “Valentine Rose Nebula” is easier to remember than Sh2-174 or LBN 598 so I’ll go with it. 🙂 This is a planetary nebula in Cepheus and is about 1,000 light years away. It is less symmetrical than most…

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