30 Jun
2006
30 Jun
'06
12:31 p.m.
Deb, Excuse my extreme ignorance, but I don't know what the f stop was. I know the focal reducer comes with different rings that affect how far the chip is from the telescope, and I had it about medium range, I think. The chip is really small and I suspect you could not get the cluster in the same view as the galaxy with it, particularly on a 12" telescope like mine. With a smaller scope maybe you'd manage it, but I don't know. Anyway, it's a dilly. I am wondering if it is interacting with another galaxy to cause the arms to be in such a peculiar orientation. One almost seems to double back the wrong way. Or maybe that's part of the galaxy it's interacting with. I'd like to know more about this one. Thanks, Joe