Figure 3

Examples of different Mosaic Techniques

 

A) Mosaic of Andromeda Galaxy using a 40 frame high resolution greyscale mosaic matched with a lower resolution RGB image

Greyscale mosaic focal length = 2000mm

RGB image focal length = 530mm

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B) Mosaic of the Rosette Nebula using a 9 frame high resolution greyscale mosaic matched with a low resolution RGB image

Greyscale focal length = 2700mm

RGB focal length = 300mm

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C) Composite Image of the Cone Nebula Region using a higher resolution image of the central region layered on a lower resolution background image.

 

Background image focal length = 530mm

High resolution layer focal length = 2700mm

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D) Color Mosaic of the M42 region composed of 9 separate LRGB frames

focal length = 2700mm

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