'Hercules' from Sierra Remote

[Martin Pugh]

Hello everyone - next off the processing line is M13.

Got a bit to say about this, so bear with me.

When I drilled down to the core, this single green star stood out like a sore thumb. The colour data is properly calibrated, and this star is perfectly formed, but why it is green is beyond me (I dont think this is Barnard 29)

So:

Two versions of the image linked below:
The first is how I processed the image before I spotted this green alien.
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/M13LRGBv2.jpg

Revealing this star in a fully stretched/processed image is very difficult, so I reprocessed the core and blended it into this second version.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/M13LRGBv1.jpg

To see the green star in all its glory, click here (http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/Heart-of-M13.jpg):

Also in the image at lower right is NGC 6207 - the owner of SN 2004A, but no longer visible in this image.

cheers
Martin

[Peter Ward]

Just wonderful stuff Martin. Sublime. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Peter.M]

Is that a teensy planetary i spy to the left of the globular? Awesome!

[gregbradley]

Wonderful image Martin.

Superbly processed.

Greg.

[naskies]

Wow - another amazing image. Your remote observatory sounds intruiging... do you have a link to some details about it?

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks everyone.

Yes Dave, there is a link to Heaven's Mirror observatory here:

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/Heavens_Mirror.htm

thanks for checking it out.

Martin

[naskies]

Thanks for the link. Wow, what an amazing set up! :eyepop:

[BarbLahey]

Beautiful image!:thumbsup:

[dvj]

Ooooh my eyes, my eyes!

[Stevec35]

Incredible image Martin. I was going to post a M13 image myself but I don't think I'll bother now.

Cheers

Steve

[marco]

Impressive image and set up Martin. With that seeing and your skills I am expecting a costant flow of stunning images now from the 17" :thumbsup:

Marco

[multiweb]

Another corker Martin. Beautiful sharp field. It's quite amazing to see so many background galaxies. It adds real depth to the whole vista. :thumbsup:

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks very much folks.

Marc, what you say is what I enjoyed most about this image - look closely, you can see background galaxies between the stars! Amazing!

thanks for looking
Martin

[Leonardo70]

Congratulation Martin, another amazing result... and a dream setup/location. I'll wait for the next ones.

All the best,
Leo

[John Hothersall]

Thats amazing resolution, I had a look at my M13 when I was in the UK and there is a green star too in my image I never noticed and some cyan looking stars as well.

John.

[skysat]

I decided to do some detective work and see if I couldn't figure out how to find Barnard 29 and the green star. The green star appears to be star 202 on Barnard's M13 list. It's variable. I wonder how many days it was between your first and last exposure? I downloaded the APOD hires BMP and looked at it in MS Paint. Star 29 (the blue one) is at x=1068, y=1117. You can see all of this for yourself by looking at Publications of the Yerkes Obs., Vol. 6. Look here:

http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1931PYerO... 6....1B&db_key=AST&page_ind=69&plate_select=NO&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_THMB&classic=YES

The section on M13 starts on p. 62. M13 star positions start on p. 67.
Randy

[iceman]

Congrats on APOD today martin! Wow you're on a roll!

[atalas]

Excellent work as always,and congrats on today's APOD Martin.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks everyone. Yes, 2 APODs in one month. Pretty happy about that.

Randy - excellent detective work, and many thanks for that.

Martin

[TheDecepticon]

Truly great stuff, Martin!:thumbsup:

[alpal]

What a great photo & an APOD as well!

Keep up the top work.

[stevous67]

Beautiful work Martin, congratulations also on the APOD's!

Steve

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks again everyone.

cheers
Martin

[Fabiomax]

I'm a little late for the compliments ... breathtaking images...
Cheers,
Fabiomax