Tyler, I was so impressed with the article that I saved it. Your work is truly extrordinary. As for the image of the Owl nebula, Fantastic! I look foreward to seeing more of your images. Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Allred" <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:15 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] The Owl Nebula - In Hydrogen Alpha and OIII

Hi all. Thanks for all the nice comments about the article in the Tribune yesterday.

I broke out the scope last night despite the bright moon. I decided to try a little narrowband imaging of the Owl Nebula, M97. I took lots of frames but had to throw away quite a few because of trailed stars. However, I did get 2 hours each of hydrogen alpha and OIII data, which I combined into a narrowband image. I used the OIII data for both the green and blue channels, and the Ha for the red channel. I was pleased that I managed to get just a hint of the larger outer shell, which is rarely imaged. Can you see it? I posted the photo on the SLAS gallery at:

http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1740

Click the small image for the full version.

I also posted it to my website along with some interesting information, at:

http://71.18.228.62/gpage8.html

Click the thumbnail for a "clickable" full resolution version. I hope you like it!

Cheers,

Tyler

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