How many galaxies are inside your Helix...?

[strongmanmike]

Check this out :eyepop:

Helix Nebula (http://www.chart32.de/images/phocagallery/galleries/planetary-nebulae/ngc7293_lrgbhao3_80.jpg)

Mike

[Stump]

That's ridiculous

[LewisM]

:eyepop:

And I though the recent Horsehead DEEP was intense, now this!


It's images like those that really make me want to slap people that say life only exists on Earth...:screwy:

[Larryp]

Fantastic!

[Mark_Heli]

Is it real? Surely there are no galaxies in front of the Nebula???

Or are these galaxies shining through the nebula???

[Larryp]

The galaxies are in the background, and can be seen through the nebula:)

[Ross G]

Beautiful photo Mike.

What an amazing capture!


Ross.

[astroron]

Fabulous image,but I see no details ,such as who took it ect,am I not getting all the image :question:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Stump]

Ron, if you hover over the image in this link all the details are there

http://www.chart32.de/index.php/index.php/nebulae-n/planetary-nebulae

[johnnyt123]

The polar align,ent on this scope is perfect. Otherwise impossible to get an image with such detail. Splendid absolutely splendid!!!

[dvj]

Great shot Mike! That 12-inch is working really well! :thumbsup:

[Peter.M]

Amazingly some of these are in my helix HA image. Although they show up as nothing more than a faint star. This is quite amazing, thanks for posting Mike.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, I moved it to constant sub arc sec seeing in Chile and enlarged the mirror to 32"...worked a treat, kicking myself for not doing it earlier :doh: :thumbsup:

Mike

[strongmanmike]

As Manus said Ron here is their front page, it's a team using a Philip Keller 32" corrected Cassegrain (http://www.chart32.de/) at Cerro Tololo

Mike

[pmrid]

Great stuff Mike - the move to Chile is sheer genius - and of course having an aperture of 32" at F7 means you're guiding at a FL of about 18 feet. Not bad for an EQ6. :lol::lol::lol:

Peter

[strongmanmike]

Yeh I Sidoniod my Swan (http://www.chart32.de/images/phocagallery/galleries/nebulae/m17_s2hao3_80.jpg) too, much better at 7000ft up in the Andes...wonder if that black magic tool Pix-Insight was used to process this :question: :lol:

Seeing is everything then aperture helps!

MIke

[jjjnettie]

I was checking out how many galaxies were in the region just last night.
It's amazing isn't it. Some show some nice detail too. If one had longer focal length you could be kept busy imaging for some time.

[multiweb]

:eyepop: Pretty amazing pictures. Top scope and location. Really like the swan.

[RickS]

Pretty amazing image, huh!

I have a few of the brighter galaxies making a faint appearance in the Ha data I have been collecting, but I think you'd need broadband data to see them well. I'll find out when I get around to collecting some LRGB data too...

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Wow!!:eyepop:

We :bowdown: before you dark master!

Seriously amazing Mike!!

How the hell did you process the galaxies to bring them out of the nebulosity like that??

Just beautiful to look at.:thumbsup:


Cheers,

Justin.

[tornado33]

Would someone kindly give me robotic acess to that scope? Id settle for just a few hours! The hard part would be figuring out what to image in such gorgeous high resolution and depth.
The Ant Neb pic by that scope is darn impressive too, right up there with HST detail. This is a brilliant wider field pic too.
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/RCW102_STL11K_RC_HaRGB.htm
Scott

[SkyViking]

Wow, it's just packed full of galaxies.
That Swan image is just ridiculously great, looks like an amazing setup they have!

[Paul Haese]

I think I count one in my helix shot. Mind you that is narrowband and clearly about a million times less light gathering capacity of that 32" beast.

Beautiful data and it must be so much fun working with the data that scope gathers. Thanks for posting the links.




Hey Justin, these aren't Mikes.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Oop's!:ashamed:

My apologies.

Justin.

[strongmanmike]

:question:...really?? :doh:....bugger, nearly got away with it :lol: