Has anyone imaged the Cartwheel Galaxy?

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has imaged the Cartwheel Galaxy (ESO 350-40)?
I have an image I took in 2005, but couldn't find any other amateur images of it at the time.
http://www.geocities.com/hwy37/deepsky/cartwheel.html

I would love to see this one imaged with one of the big CCD cams There must be some one who has done it?

[DavidU (Dave)]

Good shot !
Yes, it would be good to see it done with new equipment.
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/alapre.pl...+59&button=RGB

[gregbradley]

Do you know what its RA and Dec coordinates are?

Greg.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Do you know what its RA and Dec coordinates are?

Greg.

The Dec RA is in the link above

[sjastro]

I imaged this around 2000 using a C11 at f/10 and a ST-7.

http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/cartwheel.html

Regards

Steven

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's an interesting looking object.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by DavidU

The Dec RA is in the link above

So it is. Thanks David.

It seems to be a very small image scale so to use a large CCD on that you'd need massive focal length like 4 metres.

Greg.

[AlexN]

I've seen an image of it taken with a Meade 16" ACF sct + STL11000M on Cloudy Nights once.. I'll see if I can dig it up later tonight.. suffice to say that was a 4m focal length, and from what I remember, the person who posted it said it was a struggle even with self guiding and a PME under the scope... at that kind of focal length you're always VERY luck to catch anything but a blur!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Great shots, guys....considering it's a very hard target for amateurs to image.

Alex...this might be a candidate where self guiding is a waste of time. Too narrow a FoV. Would be better off with a guidescope and autoguider.

[Hagar (Doug)]

I did one some time back when I first got the Vixen VC200L and I know Peter Ward imaged it also just after me. Both were posted here on IIS.

http://www.darkskyau.com/cm/displayi...=64&fullsize=1

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery27.html

It is located in Sculptor near NGC253 but is small and very dim at about Mag 16 I think. ESO 350-40

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Might be a candidate for the Gstar-Ex then.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Might be a candidate for the Gstar-Ex then.

Yes....good idea, pity I'm not setup at the moment. Anyway, the Moon's in the way and this fuzzy will need a dark night. Want to have a go Jeanette??

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My gstar's on the fritz at the moment.
I should make the effort to get it working again.

[renormalised (Carl)]

What happened to it??

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Those are excellent images of the Cartwheel guys Great to see some of the more obscure objects being imaged.
Personally I very much enjoy the hunt for exotic objects which are often very difficult to find. Hopefully I'll buy a large CCD next year instead of my current ToUCam, and then I'll definitely shoot the Cartwheel again.

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Those are excellent images of the Cartwheel guys Great to see some of the more obscure objects being imaged.
Personally I very much enjoy the hunt for exotic objects which are often very difficult to find. Hopefully I'll buy a large CCD next year instead of my current ToUCam, and then I'll definitely shoot the Cartwheel again.

Your image of the Cartwheel with a webcam is quite remarkable. It's not an easy object with a CCD.

Regards

Steven