Foreground Milky Way Dust Filaments In Galaxy Photographs
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Foreground Milky Way Dust Filaments In Galaxy Photographs |
| Author(s) | Harry Hamlin Ricker |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-05-17 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | astronomy, interstellar dust, galaxies |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Foreground Milky Way Dust Filaments In Galaxy Photographs" is an article by Harry Hamlin Ricker published on 17 May 2019 on Beyond Mainstream.
Using photographic effects filters to enhance digital images, Ricker examines dust filaments belonging to our own galaxy that appear projected against the bright background of external galaxies. His thesis is that the classification and interpretation of galaxy photographs is significantly affected by this foreground material — that features read as belonging to a distant galaxy may in fact lie between it and the observer.