ASTRO: Cas A

Cas A is a super nova remnant I've never seen an amateur try and image.
At least a Google search didn't turn up one. Hubble has taken a
shot of it however.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...eases/2006/30/ With a few
hours more time I might be able to image the few faint parts it picked
up that I didn't. I only have 40 minutes under a near full moon (I
can't process them well like Stefan can) so my shot doesn't go all that
deep. Hubble's site says it is a nice round 10,000 light years away.
Or in other words we really don't have a very good handle on its
distance so here's a nice round number. Since this is a dusty part of
the sky seeing 10,000 light years seems nearly impossible. I don't see
any faint fuzzies in the shot to indicate this isn't as dusty as I'd
think.

I was surprised at the vivid colors it displays. I didn't really expect
much color at all but like the Veil SNR it is quite colorful with vivid
red's greens and blues.

So Richard, I expect to see that Stinger and some narrow band data on
this guy!

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10 all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM,
Paramount ME

Rick
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that's one i plan to shoot someday


nice one Rick


"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
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Cas A is a super nova remnant I've never seen an amateur try and image.
At least a Google search didn't turn up one. Hubble has taken a
shot of it however.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...eases/2006/30/ With a few
hours more time I might be able to image the few faint parts it picked
up that I didn't. I only have 40 minutes under a near full moon (I
can't process them well like Stefan can) so my shot doesn't go all that
deep. Hubble's site says it is a nice round 10,000 light years away.
Or in other words we really don't have a very good handle on its
distance so here's a nice round number. Since this is a dusty part of
the sky seeing 10,000 light years seems nearly impossible. I don't see
any faint fuzzies in the shot to indicate this isn't as dusty as I'd
think.

I was surprised at the vivid colors it displays. I didn't really expect
much color at all but like the Veil SNR it is quite colorful with vivid
red's greens and blues.

So Richard, I expect to see that Stinger and some narrow band data on
this guy!

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10 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".

"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
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Cas A is a super nova remnant I've never seen an amateur try and image.
At least a Google search didn't turn up one. Hubble has taken a
shot of it however.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...eases/2006/30/ With a few
hours more time I might be able to image the few faint parts it picked
up that I didn't. I only have 40 minutes under a near full moon (I
can't process them well like Stefan can) so my shot doesn't go all that
deep. Hubble's site says it is a nice round 10,000 light years away.
Or in other words we really don't have a very good handle on its
distance so here's a nice round number. Since this is a dusty part of
the sky seeing 10,000 light years seems nearly impossible. I don't see
any faint fuzzies in the shot to indicate this isn't as dusty as I'd
think.

I was surprised at the vivid colors it displays. I didn't really expect
much color at all but like the Veil SNR it is quite colorful with vivid
red's greens and blues.

So Richard, I expect to see that Stinger and some narrow band data on
this guy!

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10 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".


That is truly beautiful.

Thanks.

Bob

Richard Crisp wrote:
that's one i plan to shoot someday

Dont shoot the stars!!!(pretty please....)

Rick,

amazing image. I'll have to try this one this fall with Halpha and OIII
filters.

Stefan

"Richard Crisp" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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that's one i plan to shoot someday


nice one Rick


"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
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Cas A is a super nova remnant I've never seen an amateur try and image.
At least a Google search didn't turn up one. Hubble has taken a
shot of it however.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...eases/2006/30/ With a few
hours more time I might be able to image the few faint parts it picked
up that I didn't. I only have 40 minutes under a near full moon (I
can't process them well like Stefan can) so my shot doesn't go all that
deep. Hubble's site says it is a nice round 10,000 light years away.
Or in other words we really don't have a very good handle on its
distance so here's a nice round number. Since this is a dusty part of
the sky seeing 10,000 light years seems nearly impossible. I don't see
any faint fuzzies in the shot to indicate this isn't as dusty as I'd
think.

I was surprised at the vivid colors it displays. I didn't really expect
much color at all but like the Veil SNR it is quite colorful with vivid
red's greens and blues.

So Richard, I expect to see that Stinger and some narrow band data on
this guy!

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10 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".