Abell 21, The Medusa Nebula: Another Rendition

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Abell 21, The Medusa Nebula: Another Rendition

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This version is from the same data I posted recently but I used a different processing approach, given it a different look.
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Very nice Bruce, it appears so 3 demential on my screen, love it 😊
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Congratulations Bruce on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD.

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Nice job of bringing out the blue. Congratulations on the IPOD, well deserved.

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Thanks for the TSS APOD, Gordon!!

And thanks to all for the very nice compliments. It is greatly appreciated!
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Hi Bruce. A superb Medusa Nebula image. Excellent contrast and bi-color nebulosity details and I can make out the snakes in her hair. :lol: Thanks for sharing this fine capture with us on here Bruce, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
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Great, very artistic processing, delivers the sense of remnants of the blast drifting away. Congrats on the APOD.
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Congrats on winning the APOD Bruce.
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It's beautiful, Bruce. A winner!
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very nice capture, thx
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congrats on the APOD, well deserved with that capture!
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Greatly improved. Congrats on the award!

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Wonderful! Very well done! Congrats for APOD!
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