Virgo A .. M87 Galaxy

EzyStyles (Eric) · #1 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...2_enterAlbum=0

Cheers

Alchemy (Clive) · #2 22-02-2008, 02:17 PM

no jet streams

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 · #3 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

Ric · #4 22-02-2008, 04:34 PM

A nice capture Eric, you are certainly capturing some nice faint fuzzys.

Cheers

spearo (Frank) · #5 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 (Eric) · #6 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 (Fred) · #7 22-02-2008, 07:53 PM

Sheesh Eric, every object lately is small for your FL, can you fit an extender?

strongmanmike (Michael) · #8 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