Centaurus A 31 years apart

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by RickS

That's the most dramatic Sidonio before and after I've seen so far, Mike

Well I can beat that for a dramatic before and after. Will post tomorrow after I've dug through some old files.
Geoff

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

Well I can beat that for a dramatic before and after. Will post tomorrow after I've dug through some old files.
Geoff

Bring it own dude

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Bring it own dude

OK, here are three pics of ngc1232, the original from 2008, the same one reprocessed a short while ago and one from 2014. Shows that we (or at least I) have improved in three ways: better equipment, better acquisition practice and better processing.

It's also interesting to read the original thread here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...highlight=1232

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Michael and Geoff, your have just provided us with evidence that the Universe has been contracting for at least 31 years...

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Michael and Geoff, your have just provided us with evidence that the Universe has been contracting for at least 31 years...

Yeah, that does make sense. Much easier to capture stuff as it gets closer.
Geoff

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Michael and Geoff, your have just provided us with evidence that the Universe has been contracting for at least 31 years...

Ha ha yeah you're right never thought that the marked improvements could actually be just that things are just getting much closer

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

OK, here are three pics of ngc1232, the original from 2008, the same one reprocessed a short while ago and one from 2014. Shows that we (or at least I) have improved in three ways: better equipment, better acquisition practice and better processing.

It's also interesting to read the original thread here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...highlight=1232

Yeah good improvements there Geoff

Thing is and remarkably, my 1984 Centaurus A was actually quite up there for its time, ie and if we are talking about the original high quality B&W print (a bit better than what I used in the comparison), there were very few amateur shots any better. Of course the display platform for peoples work was muuuuch smaller ie no internet just S&T and Astronomy mag really..?

Mike

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Gawd I love these then and nows.
Just excellent Mike and the progress has been boggling.
I have some old books with state of the art pro pictures worse than that!
And that cooled camera is so..... Back to the future cool!! Mcfly!!!
I have access to liquid nitrogen at work, maybe I should really cool my old home modded 450d......!!!! (Not!)
Keep em' coming - it's galactic ally inspiring ( so is the longevity of the friendship

[Nico13 (Ken)]

Good one Mike,
It's nice to look at the old shots and compare.
I've got some taken a couple of years after that in 86 but I don't think I'll be around to do the comparison shot next time the target comes around in 2061, I'd be 107

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Gawd I love these then and nows.
Just excellent Mike and the progress has been boggling.
I have some old books with state of the art pro pictures worse than that!
And that cooled camera is so..... Back to the future cool!! Mcfly!!!
I have access to liquid nitrogen at work, maybe I should really cool my old home modded 450d......!!!! (Not!)
Keep em' coming - it's galactic ally inspiring ( so is the longevity of the friendship

Glad you enjoyed the Back to the Future comparison Graham, pretty amazing huh? and yes it is pretty cool that I have been doing astro pursuits with Attila for well over 30 years now. We met in the school library of Dickson College in Canberra when I was in Yr11, it was the first week of school and I was a new kid and knew no one. I had taken a years worth of US Astronomy mags from the shelf and was quietly sitting flipping through them when Attila came in, noticed them missing from the shelf and, like me, thinking he was the only astro nerd in the school, his eye's lit up and he thought Ooooh! they are never missing, who has'em??, he looked around the library and saw me, came over and said "Hi I am Attila"...I thought he was joking , "what? Who?" I said, "I am Attila, as in the Hun" he replied, we were inseparable from then on and the rest is history as they say

Originally Posted by Nico13

Good one Mike,
It's nice to look at the old shots and compare.
I've got some taken a couple of years after that in 86 but I don't think I'll be around to do the comparison shot next time the target comes around in 2061, I'd be 107

Ah good'ol Haley's huh? Yeah, we took plenty of her too do you still have yours Ken?

Mike