Hello,
I am sorry about the long post. but
I am very excited about releasing this image as it represents my first real contribution to science. A couple of years ago I was asked to join an international group of astrophysicists and professional astronomers led by Dr. David Martinez-Delgado of the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. What is rare about this team is that a few of the team members are amateur astronomers like me. The coordinator of this small team is my good friend R Jay Gabany who does incredible work from his remote observatory in New Mexico. He is the first amateur star stream hunter to be published. Our function is to take deep images of galaxies, looking for the fossil remnants of galaxy cannibalism called star streams.
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxi...55/NGC1055.htm
Here is a direct link about the pilot galaxy survey:
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/..._overview.html
Thanks for taking the time to look . . .
Kindest Regards,
Ken Crawford