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File:NGC6960.jpg, featured

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•  Info created by Ken Crwaford - uploaded by The Herald - nominated by The Herald -- Herald talk with me 13:29, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Herald talk with me 13:29, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Request Please add more info to the description. (What is the subject and how is this image taken/made). Thank you, --Ivar (talk) 13:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Wow! And more description. ArionEstar (talk) from Google Translate. 21:00, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Amazing! --Rutake (talk) 10:14, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
• Definitely needs more information to the description. This picture is very interesting but does not look like a regular kind of visible light photograph. So here it should be described how the nebula is presented to us. --Ximonic (talk) 19:32, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

• I did some research. The picture might be quite close to the natural colors but such a view can sometimes be obtained by layering the different ionized elements separately and i'm not sure if some kind of channel filters have been used here. Anyway, this is how it usually goes: red = hydrogen + sulfur, green = oxygen and blue = oxygen + hydrogen. Correct me if i'm wrong... --Ximonic (talk) 22:12, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

AFAICT, and comparing it to other imagery of this object, these are the natural colors, or at least close to it. There are filters involved, but no false colors. Kleuske (talk)

 Done...Herald talk with me 05:51, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

•  Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:44, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --ȸ (talk) 03:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- This is why I love astronomy. Kleuske (talk) 14:28, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 15:17, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Michael Barera (talk) 06:03, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Simply beautiful! Halavar (talk) 17:02, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj (talk) 19:23, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /— TintoMeches, 23:30, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Astronomy