Astrophotography

Beautiful image Aubrey! I hate so say this, but that is a heck of a lot better than any image I have ever been able to get of M51!

Will try to get the data and work it before tonight's meeting.

Aubrey

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Nice job on the Whirlpool. See if you can get time to process the data I took with the PIXIS camera this morning.

Willie

> On Apr 23, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> Its been a sorry time for AP in 2018 but I did get enough time to image a wide field of
> M 51 Whirlpool galaxy over three nights. This is the first time with a refractor. I did shoot a nice image of M51 that is close up with the Meyer 24" several years ago and looking forward to doing it again with the new telescope upgrade.
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> This is about three hours of data and was shot over three different nights. Plate solving makes that much easier than in the old days.
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> There are about 60 or so galaxies in the background and you can find two or three easily. IC 4263 and IC 4277 are the largest at M 14.5 and 15.7.
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> Enjoy
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Thanks Dave and Dean for comments.

Aubrey

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Nice image Aubrey. Nice round stars.
Dave


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From: "Astrophotography" <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org>
To: "jde209@netzero.net" <jde209@netzero.net>
Subject: M51 Whirlpool... <<$195245913139$>>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:46:15 -0500




Its been a sorry time for AP in 2018 but I did get enough time to image a wide field of
M 51 Whirlpool galaxy over three nights. This is the first time with a refractor. I did shoot a nice image of M51 that is close up with the Meyer 24" several years ago and looking forward to doing it again with the new telescope upgrade.

This is about three hours of data and was shot over three different nights. Plate solving makes that much easier than in the old days.

There are about 60 or so galaxies in the background and you can find two or three easily. IC 4263 and IC 4277 are the largest at M 14.5 and 15.7.

Enjoy

Attachment(s):
File: M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg (1.8 MB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/1952459_0_M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg

Nice image Aubrey. Nice round stars.
Dave


---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Astrophotography" <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org>
To: "jde209@netzero.net" <jde209@netzero.net>
Subject: M51 Whirlpool... <<$195245913139$>>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:46:15 -0500




Its been a sorry time for AP in 2018 but I did get enough time to image a wide field of
M 51 Whirlpool galaxy over three nights. This is the first time with a refractor. I did shoot a nice image of M51 that is close up with the Meyer 24" several years ago and looking forward to doing it again with the new telescope upgrade.

This is about three hours of data and was shot over three different nights. Plate solving makes that much easier than in the old days.

There are about 60 or so galaxies in the background and you can find two or three easily. IC 4263 and IC 4277 are the largest at M 14.5 and 15.7.

Enjoy

Attachment(s):
File: M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg (1.8 MB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/1952459_0_M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg

Aubrey,

Nice job!

You can see how M51 appears to be gobbling up another smaller galaxy in
one of its arms.

Dean


On 04/23/2018 07:46 AM, Astrophotography wrote:
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>
>
> Its been a sorry time for AP in 2018 but I did get enough time to image a wide field of
> M 51 Whirlpool galaxy over three nights. This is the first time with a refractor. I did shoot a nice image of M51 that is close up with the Meyer 24" several years ago and looking forward to doing it again with the new telescope upgrade.
>
> This is about three hours of data and was shot over three different nights. Plate solving makes that much easier than in the old days.
>
> There are about 60 or so galaxies in the background and you can find two or three easily. IC 4263 and IC 4277 are the largest at M 14.5 and 15.7.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Attachment(s):
> File: M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg (1.8 MB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/1952459_0_M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg
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Nice job on the Whirlpool. See if you can get time to process the data I took with the PIXIS camera this morning.

Willie

> On Apr 23, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Its been a sorry time for AP in 2018 but I did get enough time to image a wide field of
> M 51 Whirlpool galaxy over three nights. This is the first time with a refractor. I did shoot a nice image of M51 that is close up with the Meyer 24" several years ago and looking forward to doing it again with the new telescope upgrade.
>
> This is about three hours of data and was shot over three different nights. Plate solving makes that much easier than in the old days.
>
> There are about 60 or so galaxies in the background and you can find two or three easily. IC 4263 and IC 4277 are the largest at M 14.5 and 15.7.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Attachment(s):
> File: M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg (1.8 MB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/1952459_0_M51-WHIRLPOOL_GALAXY_V2_ST_FR_ID_SM.jpg
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>
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Its been a sorry time for AP in 2018 but I did get enough time to image a wide field of
M 51 Whirlpool galaxy over three nights. This is the first time with a refractor. I did shoot a nice image of M51 that is close up with the Meyer 24" several years ago and looking forward to doing it again with the new telescope upgrade.

This is about three hours of data and was shot over three different nights. Plate solving makes that much easier than in the old days.

There are about 60 or so galaxies in the background and you can find two or three easily. IC 4263 and IC 4277 are the largest at M 14.5 and 15.7.

Enjoy