Beauty and astrophysics

Michael S. Bessell

doi:10.1071/AS00179

Beauty and astrophysics

Michael S. Bessell^*

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Spectacular colour images have been made by combining CCD images in three different passbands using Adobe Photoshop. These beautiful images highlight a variety of astrophysical phenomena and should be a valuable resource for science education and public awareness of science. The wide field images were obtained at the Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) by mounting a Hasselblad or Nikkor telephoto lens in front of a 2K × 2K CCD. Options of more than 30 degrees or 6 degrees square coverage are produced in a single exposure in this way. Narrow band or broad band filters were placed between lens and CCD enabling deep, linear images in a variety of passbands to be obtained. We have mapped the LMC and SMC and are mapping the Galactic Plane for comparison with the Molonglo Radio Survey. Higher resolution images have also been made with the 40 inch telescope of galaxies and star forming regions in the Milky Way.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	179-184
Number of pages	6
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/AS00179
Publication status	Published - Aug 2000

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