Re: [APML] OT: Deep M81 (12 Hours) (My image...really!)

["Robert Gendler" <robgendler@worldnet.att.net>]

Hi Michael,
Thats Holmberg IX, a 17th magnitude irregular companion galaxy.
Rob Gendler
email: robgendler@att.net
Web Site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Barlow" <mikeba@rochester.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] OT: Deep M81 (12 Hours) (My image...really!)


>     Above the core, almost to the top of the picture is a fuzzy cloud.  I
> haven't studied galaxies so I don't know if this is normal or if it's an
> artifact of the camera and/or software.  Is it an artifact, is it a
separate
> gas cloud, or is it a part of the galaxy?
> BTW, it's a nice shot!
> Michael A. Barlow
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Gendler" <robgendler@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:40 AM
> Subject: [APML] OT: Deep M81 (12 Hours) (My image...really!)
>
>
> > Finally an image I can call my own <g>. This is a composite
> > image of M81 with data from both my 12.5" RC and a small
> > contribution from a 20" RC which I was trialing remotely at
> > New Mexico Skies. Actually the 20" data made a very small
> > contribution. The luminance is about 8 hours total and RGB about
> > 4 hours. RGB and 6 hours of luminance from Connectuicut.
> > http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M81RCComposite.html
> >
> >
> > Rob Gendler
> > email: robgendler@att.net
> > Web Site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com
>
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