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Started by jthommes, 01/21/2008 01:20AM
Posted 01/21/2008 01:20AM Opening Post
Greetings All,

The new year has been very busy for me in areas not astronomical (work has been particularly demanding), so its been about two weeks since a post. I found some time for processing on M77 data. Image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/M77.htm
(be sure to click on the image for full size)

There is a faint outer disk on M77 - I think I got just a hint of it.

C8 at f/8.0
Artemis285 LRGB filters
G11/Gemini
Guiding - Megrez II 80 mm at 1350 FL, DSI Pro, K3CCDTools

An earlier image from 2003 is here:

http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/M77.htm

Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/
Posted 01/21/2008 02:51AM #1
That is nice Jim, I like it. Good details in the spiral arms. smile

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Posted 01/21/2008 01:05PM #2
Awesome shot Jim! 8)
Love the detail in the Galaxy core... beautiful! wink

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Posted 01/22/2008 04:34AM #3
Floyd, Ivan, Thanks for the comments.

Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/
Posted 01/22/2008 06:33AM #4
Jim, nice core. grin The outer disks is two-tiered and will show up on longer exposures. You are showing the effects of the brighter disk. There is more of this object than meets the eye! 8O
Joe.