Folks - I figured out a way of generating 3-D night-sky images.

Last night, I took images of M51 in both B and R filters. I processed them carefully and reduced them to two single very clean images (dark subtracted,flat-fielded etc). I then used the "merge" function in MaximDL and grabbed my trusty red/blue 3D glasses.



I have to say, the image was stunning - real 3D popped right out of the screen. I've never seen M51 like that before.

If anyone wants the process I followed, let me know.

Cheers
Dave

Any chance of uploading your result?

At over 250 Mb, not really. But I can burn it onto a CD/DVD if you post me one...

Do you have stereo glasses?

dmcdona wrote:

Do you have stereo glasses?

Naahh, I just use blue highlighter on the left side of my monitor and red highlighter on the right half.
Works a treat every time...

On a more serious note, I have done pseudo-3d images a couple of times before.
It works best with images of a galaxy and plenty background stars.
1. Copy and past the image adjacent to itself.
2. Leave left image alone.
3. Move galaxy on right image by a few pixels.

Example attached of M51.
If you can cross your eyes slightly, you will see foreground stars with background galaxy.

Here's one with M51 in the foreground and the stars in the background.