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Planetary nebula NGC 6302 - the Bug nebula

656nmos.zip:A zip'ped FITS file taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 camera of the planetary nebula NGC6302 - the Bug Nebula through a narrow-band 656 nm filter (H-Alpha). 6.3 MB
658nmos.zipA zip'ped FITS file taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 camera of the planetary nebula NGC6302 - the Bug Nebula through a narrow-band 658 nm filter ([SII] - sulphur). 6.5 MB

ngc6302_composite.zip: A zip'ped Photoshop 16 bit (.psd) example file that contains a full three-colour image of the datasets taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 camera of the planetary nebula NGC6302 - the Bug Nebula, imported into Photoshop with the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator, 23.3 MB.
The third layer is composed as an average of the two other layers, and has been given a green hue.

ngc6302_composite_8bit.zip: A zip'ped Photoshop 8 bit (.psd) example file that contains a full three-colour image of the datasets taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the planetary nebula NGC6302 - the Bug Nebula, imported into Photoshop with the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator, 8.8 MB.
The third layer is composed as an average of the two other layers, and has been given a green hue.