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Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22 degrees of sky

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What do I have to do to get the full-size image? The 7000x1300 pixel image is pretty nice, but I was thinking of making a 1440dpi print on 4 sheets of A3+.

Looks like you'll need to email him directly. https://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com

Re: Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22 degrees of sky

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The full panorama is spectacular: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LK-I6WIOp8w/YE3ejvMEc8I/AAAAAAAAS...

Are those colors real, or just synthesized by the visualization technique?

They are synthesized, from the article "Image in mapped colors from the light emitted by an ionized elements, hydrogen = green, sulfur = red and oxygen = blue."

Re: Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22 degrees of sky

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are those colors real, or just synthesized by the visualization technique?

They are synthesized, from the article "Image in mapped colors from the light emitted by an ionized elements, hydrogen = green, sulfur = red and oxygen = blue."

What do the real colors look like?
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