The Super Winds of M82

[Ken Crawford (KenC)]

This is one galaxy that that was on my bucket list. The "Super Winds" are really amazing structures that reach out much farther that I thought. I used an AstroDon Red Continuum filter to enhance the contrast of the plumes near the core.

Be sure to use the full screen button below the image so you can click to zoom and pan around the details.

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/M82/M82.htm

Thanks for taking the look .. . .

Kindest Regards,

[h0ughy (David)]

too fine an image Ken - exquisite

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Amazing image Ken. So many background galaxies too.

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Very well done Ken! The full screen does come highly recommended, you almost feel like you are flying into it.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Superb, Ken

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That's stunning, a fantastic image of M82 indeed. Great processing and colours as usual Ken. It's amazing how far those red filaments extend.

[gregbradley]

What a remarkable image! What are these jets/winds made of? Hydrogen gas? Its remarkable because they seem as extensive as the galaxy itself.

Greg.

[LewisM]

I think someone has been watching those Digging out the details tutorials

[blink138 (Pat)]

'ken oath, i love it!
i have seen other pics of this galaxy and wondered what the hell it was about
pat

[allan gould]

Extraordinary rendition. Makes all other images of this galaxy pale by comparison.
Allan

[Ken Crawford (KenC)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

What a remarkable image! What are these jets/winds made of? Hydrogen gas? Its remarkable because they seem as extensive as the galaxy itself.

Greg.

Thanks so much for all the kind comments!

The core has an amazing production of stars (Starburst Galaxy) and the winds and pressure waves are producing the hot gas that is flowing out. They have very good contrast in Ha and if one was to go deeper they would show even better. The Red Continuum data was extracted from the core area which left nice resoultion of the plumes around the core.

Thanks again to all for the encouragement ! It rekindles the fire in the belly for imaging . . .

[rally]

Thanks Ken,

That's one of the things I love about astrophotography and astronomy in general - just when you think you know or understand something it all gets unravelled with new theories backed up by new discoveries and new interpretations, just when you think that there isnt any other possible view or rendition of a popular object, something like this pops up and turns your perception on its head.

Such a great image for its beauty as well as its revelation.

Keep em coming !

Rally

[avandonk]

Don from Astrodon is a smart fella. Ken Crawford has shown what the Astrodon Red Continuum filter is really for. To isolate very dim nebulousity without the associated bright stars so image processing is far more straightforward.

Software elimination of stars is all well and good to give an idea of what is possible.

Ken has shown that the surgical precision of subtracting stars with the continuum filter is the way to really image all the very dim nebular stuff.

Wonderful image Ken.

Bert

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Certainly the best image of M82 I've seen Ken.

Cheers

Steve

[Ross G]

What an amazing galaxy photo Ken.


Beautiful!


Ross.