That's fantastic Mike, congrats on the achievement.
Extended halos are probably much more common than we realise, it's just a matter of exposing long enough to pick up the details - something which the professional scopes often cannot do.
Looking forward to the paper :thumsup:
I agree - Mike has done well.
professionals spend time chasing other goals & don't get the time to do this.
Well...I exaggerated a tad I guess I kinda babysat the scope in those days (2012) and then, as now, I don't automate my imaging runs so regular lap top presses are necessary but I can leave it for 45min to an hour at a time or as long as necessary before having to move the dome and I refocus regularly throughout the night too. I now have time and the equipment to do some visual observing too though....so I still get tired eyes
Love your work Mike. Takes me back to the extended halo work you did on Centaurus A.
Do you have any idea what the significant distortion in the halo to the rear is? It looks like a very profound "swirl", I can't help wondering what the cause of such a pronounced feature might be???
Love your work Mike. Takes me back to the extended halo work you did on Centaurus A.
Ah sigh, yes...that was a blast, eyeopening too
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Do you have any idea what the significant distortion in the halo to the rear is? It looks like a very profound "swirl", I can't help wondering what the cause of such a pronounced feature might be???
Hopefully the paper will offer some explanation for this.
Intriguing shot Mike. It's amazing how much stuff out there is missed by sticking to the tried and trusted methods we all know and love. Break out of the rut and who knows what will show up?
Geoff
Intriguing shot Mike. It's amazing how much stuff out there is missed by sticking to the tried and trusted methods we all know and love. Break out of the rut and who knows what will show up?
Geoff
I kinda babysat the scope in those days (2012) and then, as now, I don't automate my imaging runs so regular lap top presses are necessary but I can leave it for 45min to an hour at a time or as long as necessary before having to move the dome and I refocus regularly throughout the night too. I now have time and the equipment to do some visual observing too though....so I still get tired eyes 
