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ASTRO: M106
Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot
better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot
better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick Very cool!!! Set is as wallpaper now :-) Menno |
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Neither. That is caused by a heat tube going up the scope. This was
back when frost was a problem. Heating the camera got rid of it but the heat then went up the baffle tube creating the elongated stars. The same elongation is seen in 3 second images I used to center the galaxies. Now that temps are warm again the problem will be less but still, if I forget and don't open the observatory early and let things cool the first shots of the night will show this effect just from heat trapped in the scope and camera by day. Rick J McBride wrote: Great image Rick. This is not one of my favorite galaxies but you did it well with good processing. I see that your star images are a little bloated toward 4 O clock. Is that the way the software is assembling them or did the scope slip out of alignment during the winter. I had an image a couple of times that the software wouldn't stack, so I had to do it manually. Usually this happens when the object is low in the sky. Joe "Rick Johnson" wrote in message ... Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |
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TheCroW wrote: Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick Very cool!!! Set is as wallpaper now :-) Menno I'm not sure it's that good but thanks for the compliment. Rick |
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Great image Rick. This is not one of my favorite galaxies but you did it
well with good processing. I see that your star images are a little bloated toward 4 O clock. Is that the way the software is assembling them or did the scope slip out of alignment during the winter. I had an image a couple of times that the software wouldn't stack, so I had to do it manually. Usually this happens when the object is low in the sky. Joe "Rick Johnson" wrote in message ... Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |
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The core is well defined Rick. Well done! Clear Skyz, LA
"Rick Johnson" wrote in message ... Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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Good job on that one Rick. Nice detail in the inner regions especially.
-- Regards, Doug W. www.photonsfate.com -- "Rick Johnson" wrote in message ... Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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Doug W. wrote: Good job on that one Rick. Nice detail in the inner regions especially. I thought the 10 minute subs and one hour would be about the same exposure as my 6" f/5 gave at 30 minutes with 5 minute subs but the outer parts were way underexposed compared to the 6" shot. That left me too little signal to do much with. That's why the inner part is sharper. I could work with it and not get noise in the picture but the outer arms just didn't have enough signal for that. Looks like I'll need to go to 30 minute subs as you often use for enough signal to work with. That usually brings out the satellites. Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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Rick, I'd wish I had a version of M106 as good as this one. You also get
much better colour than myself, I wonder if it's just me or if colour is more affected by light pollution than luminance. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... TheCroW wrote: Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick Very cool!!! Set is as wallpaper now :-) Menno I'm not sure it's that good but thanks for the compliment. Rick |
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I'm sure it is. The high clouds sure give me fits getting color right
as they will hit one color worse than others. The frost problem would scatter red light like crazy across the frost parts of the frame even though you really didn't see it in a calibrated red frame. But put it with blue and green and the red blobs and bands would show up strongly. Green is most bothered by light pollution I've read. Don't have any here so no real experience with it. I've completely changed my color methods. I should go back and see what that does to M17. Rick Stefan Lilge wrote: Rick, I'd wish I had a version of M106 as good as this one. You also get much better colour than myself, I wonder if it's just me or if colour is more affected by light pollution than luminance. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... TheCroW wrote: Another one I originally did with the 6" F/4 last spring. Looks a lot better with the added focal length of the 14" scope. Seeing wasn't great but better than average. The edge on to the right is NGC 4248. Since they have rather similar red shifts I assume they are part of the same group even if it is so much smaller. Several distant faint fuzzies can be seen, two right through M106. They seem somewhat reddened for the trip though its spiral arms. 14" LX200R@F/10, L=6x10' RGB=3x5' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Rick Very cool!!! Set is as wallpaper now :-) Menno I'm not sure it's that good but thanks for the compliment. Rick |
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