Awesome Image Tyler :) I hope now my mount is tweaked out I can get longer exposures M51 to get some more of that good faint stuff out :) David On 5/5/10 5:47 PM, Tyler Allred wrote:

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Hi all.

I finally got another opportunity to image last night and decided to collect luminance data all night on M51, the Whirlpool galaxy. I managed to get 80 frames of 300 seconds each, for a total of 400 minutes. The seeing was pretty good for Utah, and I managed to get some really nice detail for such a small instrument (AP130 EDF at F/6). Take a look at this link.

http://www.allred-astro.com/gpage8.html

Be sure to click the images a few times to get the full version.

Cheers,

Tyler

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Beautiful. ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:47:24 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Woops I forgot to add a subject line - M51 Luminance Image from last night -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+tylerallred=earthlink.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+tylerallred=earthlink.net@mailman.xmission.co m] On Behalf Of Tyler Allred Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:30 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] (no subject) Hi all. I finally got another opportunity to image last night and decided to collect luminance data all night on M51, the Whirlpool galaxy. I managed to get 80 frames of 300 seconds each, for a total of 400 minutes. The seeing was pretty good for Utah, and I managed to get some really nice detail for such a small instrument (AP130 EDF at F/6). Take a look at this link. http://www.allred-astro.com/gpage8.html Be sure to click the images a few times to get the full version. Cheers, Tyler _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

Great detail Tyler. And I really liked the edge-on down in the corner. patrick On 05 May 2010, at 18:47, Tyler Allred wrote:

Hi all.

I finally got another opportunity to image last night and decided to collect luminance data all night on M51, the Whirlpool galaxy. I managed to get 80 frames of 300 seconds each, for a total of 400 minutes. The seeing was pretty good for Utah, and I managed to get some really nice detail for such a small instrument (AP130 EDF at F/6). Take a look at this link.

http://www.allred-astro.com/gpage8.html

Be sure to click the images a few times to get the full version.

Cheers,

Tyler

Patrick, I like the little edge-on galaxy just above and left of the companion. The image is actually full of very tiny galaxies if you look carefully. I especially see them when I stretch the data really hard, which I like doing just to see what is there. I had a good time comparing my shot to the Hubble image of M51. Of course, there is no real comparison, but it is still fun to look at details in mine and then see what it really looks like in the Hubble version. Cheers, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:33 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Woops I forgot to add a subject line - M51 Luminance Image from last night Great detail Tyler. And I really liked the edge-on down in the corner. patrick On 05 May 2010, at 18:47, Tyler Allred wrote:

Hi all.

I finally got another opportunity to image last night and decided to

collect

luminance data all night on M51, the Whirlpool galaxy. I managed to get 80 frames of 300 seconds each, for a total of 400 minutes. The seeing was pretty good for Utah, and I managed to get some really nice detail for such a small instrument (AP130 EDF at F/6). Take a look at this link.

http://www.allred-astro.com/gpage8.html

Be sure to click the images a few times to get the full version.

Cheers,

Tyler

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Thanks Daniel. That is really useful and cool. I may use it to make a labeled version of my image. But I am off to work now. Cheers, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of daniel turner Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:21 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Woops I forgot to add a subject line - M51 Luminance Image from last night Somewhere along the line I picked up this picture of M51 along with dozens of it's neighbors, their names and magnitude. It may help identify some of the players in this busy field. DT http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3367 --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Woops I forgot to add a subject line - M51 Luminance Image from last night To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 9:43 PM Patrick, I like the little edge-on galaxy just above and left of the companion.  The image is actually full of very tiny galaxies if you look carefully.  I especially see them when I stretch the data really hard, which I like doing just to see what is there. 

I had a good time comparing my shot to the Hubble image of M51.  Of course, there is no real comparison, but it is still fun to look at details in mine and then see what it really looks like in the Hubble version.  Cheers, Tyler

-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:33 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Woops I forgot to add a subject line - M51 Luminance Image from last night

Great detail Tyler.

And I really liked the edge-on down in the corner.

patrick

On 05 May 2010, at 18:47, Tyler Allred wrote:

...

Hi all. 

I finally got another opportunity to image last night

and decided to collect

...

luminance data all night on M51, the  Whirlpool galaxy.  I managed to get 80 frames of 300 seconds each, for a total of 400 minutes.  The seeing was pretty good for Utah, and I managed to get some really nice detail for such a small instrument (AP130 EDF at F/6).  Take a look at this link.

http://www.allred-astro.com/gpage8.html

Be sure to click the images a few times to get the full version.

Cheers,

Tyler

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