M87

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

M87 has been in the news a bit lately. I thought therefore I would post a slightly reprocessed version of an image of it I took a few years ago. The jet from the black hole is clearly visible. You also get a sense of the enormous number if globular clusters associated with this galaxy. Visually it's pretty boring although bright.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/m...L6303_RC14.htm

[Peter Ward]

What? No black hole? Maaate..need to crank up the AO a tad more.

A fine M87 by any measure

[astroron (Ron)]

Brilliant Steve.
The globular clusters sure stand out
As well as the jet.
Cheers

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Brilliant Steve.
The globular clusters sure stand out
As well as the jet.
Cheers

Thanks Ron. The secret to imaging the jet is short subs otherwise the centre gets burnt out.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

What? No black hole? Maaate..need to crank up the AO a tad more.

A fine M87 by any measure

Thanks Peter. I was quite pleased with it given that it doesn't get very high in my sky.