Re: [APML] OT: 240 Galaxies in 3 square degrees of Virgo

[Dominic Cantin <dominiccantin@yahoo.ca>]

Very nice image Jerry !

 

I'm sure there's more than 240 galaxies in this image ... when I look at the full resolution , there's a lots of "fuzzy balls" that are not circled !

 

Thanks for the view.

 

Dom :)

Jerry Lodriguss <lists3@astropix.com> wrote:

> I've just posted a picture of the heart of the Virgo Cluster that shows 240 
> galaxies in a 3 square degree field.
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> It's at:
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> http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOWCASE/VIRGO.HTM
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> The field of view is 2.5 x 1.25 degrees in a 5 inch refractor working at 
> f/6 taken with a Canon 1D Mark II DSLR camera.
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> 10 individual exposures of seven and a half minutes each were averaged 
> together in a single image.
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> I've also posted the full-resolution image with an overlay at:
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> http://www.astropix.com/IMAGES/SHOWCASE/VIRGO240.JPG
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> Warning! It's a 540kb JPEG that opens up to a 23mb file!
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> There is also an enlargement of galaxy M87 where the jet coming out of the 
> galaxy's nucleus is visible.
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> Thanks for looking,
>
> Jerry
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> Photoshop for
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