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EzyStyles
22-02-2008, 10:53 AM
hi guys,
took this monday morning of M87 or Virgo A. Was trying to see if i can capture the jet scream shooting out of it, i have seen ppl that have . Maybe my focal length :(
Anyway its 10 x 7 mins at ISO 400
Hi Res here: http://www.ezystyles.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=433553&g2_enterAlbum=0
Cheers
Alchemy
22-02-2008, 02:17 PM
no jet streams :sadeyes:
still youll never know if you dont try. these items make a difference from the usual m42, eta carinae, type of thing. Good on you for trying.
tornado33
22-02-2008, 03:23 PM
Nice shot though
Do the jets emit Ha light? If so maybe a HA or a deeper nebula filter would work?
Scott
A nice capture Eric, you are certainly capturing some nice faint fuzzys.
Cheers
spearo
22-02-2008, 06:03 PM
nice shot Eric,
there does seem to be something at 23:00 on the edge of M87, is that what you were after?
frank
EzyStyles
22-02-2008, 06:49 PM
Hi Guys,
well well wellll looks like the jet is deep within the image :) I think short burst exposure might reveal it even better.
Heres an inverted version. I'm not quite sure whether the jet has HA content?
Heres some info on M87:
M87 is an exceptional galaxy. Though of similar diameter to our own Milky Way galaxy, being spherical rather than just a thin disc in shape, it contains vastly more stars, several trillion in number. Deep exposure photographs show that it extends far beyond the 7 arc minutes shown in most photographs, perhaps to half a degree across. It is surrounded by a swarm of globular clusters. M87 also has a jet visible on short exposure photographs. This jet is an outflow of material ejected from the region of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. The jet is the source of intense radio emission and thus M87 is termed a radio galaxy and has been given the name Virgo A.
Bassnut
22-02-2008, 07:53 PM
Sheesh Eric, every object lately is small for your FL, can you fit an extender?
strongmanmike
22-02-2008, 09:35 PM
Well Eric ma boy looking at that comparison shot I'd say you have indeed bagged yourself the jet in M87 - matches perfectly.
Nice work
Mike
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