Helix outer bow shocks: 38 hrs H-alpha

[topheart]

A wonderful effort to show the fainter out regions like this.
Well done!
Congratulations!
Cheers,
Tim

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by topheart

A wonderful effort to show the fainter out regions like this.
Well done!
Congratulations!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim. We had a lot of fun with this one.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Just plain astonishing. Established a very high bar with this one folks - well done.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

Just plain astonishing. Established a very high bar with this one folks - well done.

Thanks muchly, Ray. That is very encouraging.

Best,
MnT

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Fantastic image M&T !

Would be interesting to see if combining data from other significant integrations already done by various IIS members would add any noticable detail.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Fantastic image M&T !

Would be interesting to see if combining data from other significant integrations already done by various IIS members would add any noticable detail.

Thanks Suavi!


In the spirit of pooling images, the deepest shot that we can find is a GALEX Spitzer WISE infrared and ultraviolet combo. Their article says that it looks amazingly similar across a huge wavelength range.

It does show faint extensions to the right that are out of field in our image.

We'd love to know of other very deep images, either amateur or professional.

Best,
Mike and Trish

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Gee whiz MnT!! An incredible effort and a result that justifies the effort.

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

M&T - hubble called - they want their telescope back!

Amazingly detailed image. Superb!

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Gee whiz MnT!! An incredible effort and a result that justifies the effort.

Thanks muchly, Rodney!

Originally Posted by dpastern

M&T - hubble called - they want their telescope back!

Amazingly detailed image. Superb!

Thanks D. NASA just turned up with a giant catapault on a low loader. They're tightening the slings now. They refused our offer of a full jar of vegemite as a swapsie.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

I'll just echo what's already been said about this superb, amazing result!
... and put in a request for a full deep NB version now please

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Thanks muchly, Andy. Much appreciated.

[Atmos (Colin)]

http://www.astrobin.com/full/311097/C/

Here is your competition MnT

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Naaah Col, while that's pretty ok, that's little better than my now rather mediocre version done back in 2009 (was a marathon effort for me then) with the 6" Starfire and insensitive and noisy 11000 chip.

Mike and Trish's image on the other hand...well, it is clearly in the orbiting space observatory league!! see attached image by GALEX!



Mike

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

http://www.astrobin.com/full/311097/C/

Here is your competition MnT

Thanks Colin, that's a lovely shot. They used a 20 inch scope, same 16803 camera chip, hugely higher and drier location, and nice colour, but far fewer hours of H-alpha than ours.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Naaah Col, while that's pretty ok, that's little better than my now rather mediocre version done back in 2009 (was a marathon effort for me then) with the 6" Starfire and insensitive and noisy 11000 chip.

Mike and Trish's image on the other hand...well, it is clearly in the orbiting space observatory league!! see attached image by GALEX!



Mike

Thanks Mike! We had some pretty strong wind here the other day, and it almost was an orbiting space observatory.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Matchin it with today's CFHT APOD he he he...

Mike

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Thanks Mike. We did submit it. Your kind comparison is as close as we've come to notoriety so far.

Theirs is much sharper, especially showing the far distant galaxies more clearly, but I reckon the outermost and faintest H-alpha bow shocks toward top left are clearer in our image.