Well, I have revisited the Sombrero Galaxy. I was getting some good seeing that night and guiding was well behaved so I thought I would give this object a try. I did the luminance on a 2x2 bin in an attempt to get some strong signal - I think this was a good move. I also took a few 1x1 bin. The ole C8 can still catch a few photons.
Full size image and exposure / processing details are at:
http://jthommes.com/Astro/M104.htm
(click on the image for full size)
Scope - C8 at f/7.5
Camera - Artemis285 IRB, RGB filters
G11/Gemini
Guiding - Megrez II at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, K3CCDTools
Earlier image from 2004 is here:
http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/M104.htm
Full size image and exposure / processing details are at:
http://jthommes.com/Astro/M104.htm
(click on the image for full size)
Scope - C8 at f/7.5
Camera - Artemis285 IRB, RGB filters
G11/Gemini
Guiding - Megrez II at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, K3CCDTools
Earlier image from 2004 is here:
http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/M104.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/
