Pfft. No sign of that protoplanetary disk the Hubble imaged.
In all seriousness though, what a tour de force of resolution! Check out the bow shock around the star ont the right hand side of the frame.
Nice.
Cheers,
Andrew.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful image Peter - we are so small and insignificant on a cosmic scale, yet we are surrounded by such epic grandeur - and we have the gifts to appreciate its beauty and the intellect it unlock its secrets. And all we have to do is look up! A great pick-me-up for a Friday (or any other day for that matter).
Such a feeling of solid three-dimensionality. Perhaps four-dimensionality, as it looks like it's in roiling active twisting churning motion. Makes us want to write poetry.
Nice one Peter! I reckon tonight is even better.
Had another look swimming around. The details in the nebulosity, darker dust lanes and shock fronts is hubblesque! Quite something to look at.
Nice one Peter! I reckon tonight is even better.
Had another look swimming around. The details in the nebulosity, darker dust lanes and shock fronts is hubblesque! Quite something to look at.
Thanks Marc. The original 4k x 4k .tiff shares many recognisable features with the Hubble image, but the 18k x18k Hubble data still makes my effort look a little like it was done using crayons..but mine’s still got “the vibe” ... I use quality crayons
"1.5 arc sec FWHM's across the entire field"
Sydney has excellent seeing conditions right now.
This is a most unusual time.
The best I ever saw in Melbourne was 2 arc seconds.
Many nights it was over 7 arc seconds.
"1.5 arc sec FWHM's across the entire field"
Sydney has excellent seeing conditions right now.
This is a most unusual time.
The best I ever saw in Melbourne was 2 arc seconds.
Many nights it was over 7 arc seconds.
cheers
Allan
Thanks Alan...indeed unusual conditions, but the time I took finally optimising the optical system was also worth the effort.
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Oh wow, that is really stunning. I knew your setup was precise but wow, that is way better than I thought.
A new standard there.
Greg.
Ta Greg, I’ll take that as a very big tick in the box from the man who has a penchant and means for some seriously top-shelf gear.
I actually had no intention of doing “another m42” and it was Marc’s comment about resolving the trapezium that motivated me to point the scope at it in the first place. Looking at the raw data I thought the star profiles looked remarkably tight, it was only then that I decided to stick with it.
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I've come to the realisation that M42 is quite difficult to do well, and because there are sooo many images of it, fancy telescopes rarely spend time there due more exotic subject matter that many, including yours truly, deem more worthy.
I must admit I was wrong. M42 is great!
Despite some software glitches, which caused me to lose some imaging time last night, I finally managed to get my take on this icon of the sky.
Certainly has more of a 3D feel and dimension to it than most others on the internets. More uniquite in that respect. Then again, most images are with refractors or smaller newtonians