Last month, I presented frightening examples of scattered light — literal ghost images! This time we look at another scary picture and conquer our fear by completely fixing the issue.
Image #1 shows an inverted, high-contrast image of NGC 2903 (a beautiful galaxy in Leo) with a band of light stretching across the field. I chose to display an inverted version to make certain the light comes across in print. But even normally displayed on a monitor, the glow is apparent and unwelcome.
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