I spent 20 hours shooting the Horsehead nebula to create my most intricately detailed photo of this region. This area is surprisingly large, and if it were brighter it would appear much larger than the full moon. Make sure you zoom in! [OC]PrimalZed t1_j98qurj wrote
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> That's not because this area isn't incredibly vibrant, but because your eyes can't resolve color when things are this faint. It's like trying to see the color in flowers in moonlight, you can't.
Is that to say that the red haze here is stuff reflecting light, not emanating it? If so, what is the light it's reflecting emanated from?
ajamesmccarthy OP t1_j98sd1x wrote
The blue stuff is reflecting starlight, the red stuff is actually glowing fluorescent. The nearby stars ionize the hydrogen and make it glow.
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