Re: [APML] M63 B&W

["Volker Wendel" <volker@spiegelteam.de>]

Tony,

 

I saw a few very nice M63-shots before, but this....I donīt find words for it!!!

 

I never thought, that there are so many interesting background structures. Did you crop this image or is it full frame? Iīm very interested in that mysterious "worm" in the lower left...

 

Volker

www.spiegelteam.de

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Tony Hallas

To: astro-photo@seds.org

Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:04 PM

Subject: Re: [APML] M63 B&W

Hello,

 

     I had a request for this image from my friends at SBIG... I think they were trying to do me in... in the frame of the galaxy is this bright star... I call it "the star from hell" because even with short exposures it blooms like mad... something you never have to worry about with film or antiblooming chips...

    Anyway, I think I got it under control... there is a lot showing up in this image that usually falls off with film... there is the dusty central core but the galaxy goes out quite a ways from there. In the bottom right corner is some mysterious "thing"...  and there are the usual faint galaxies all over the place. I'll try to get the RGB data over the next few days and try out the "histogram match" theory.

     Guess that's about it...

 

http://www.astrophoto.com/M63BW.htm

 

     Have a good one,

 

          Tony