Astrophotographer Jan Erik Vallestad has photographed the comet 12P, which is visible now, and his processing has unveiled amazing details.
This incredible image of the comet 12P shows a spiral pattern in the comet’s core. This is the result of processing to bring out additional detail. | Credit: Jan Erik Vallestadcaptured beautifully detailed photos of the city-sized comet 12P and, thanks to special image processing techniques, revealed a fantastic spiral formation surrounding the comet.
When Vallestad originally photographed the comet on March 9th, it had a lovely green glow and bluish tail as it headed toward the Sun. As it gets closer to the Sun, its coma has become easier to see. It glows green thanks to its high levels of dicarbon, However, a spectacular spiral shape is hidden in the green glow, which Vallestad uncovered using special image processing. Fellow astrophotographer Juris Seņņikovs of Latvia achieved similar results by following Vallestad’s lead with image processing. Seņņikovs’ image wasthat he processed his image in the specialized astrophotography software Pixinsight to stretch the tonal ranges in his image and reveal otherwise hidden colors and details.
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