Re: APOD: M42: Inside the Orion Nebula (2013 Mar 20)
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:46 pm
by neufer
stephen63 wrote:
Mike Swanson wrote:
What percentage of the Orion Nebula is artistic (doctored) compared to an actual photo?
Any part of the image that has a non linear stretch applied to it is artistic (doctored). However, what you see in the image was picked up by the camera, so where do you want to draw the line?
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Re: APOD: M42: Inside the Orion Nebula (2013 Mar 20)
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:09 pm
by Chris Peterson
Mike Swanson wrote:What percentage of the Orion Nebula is artistic (doctored) compared to an actual photo?
What does "artistic" mean? What does "doctored" mean?
The image is an "actual photo", and every structure seen in it is physically there, with its color representing its composition. In other words, while the image has aesthetic qualities, there's nothing unscientific or physically inaccurate or misleading about it.
