This is such a pretty galaxy, plus I was interested to see what may lie in the surrounding field (short answer: not a lot) so left the focal reducer on.
P.S.
Caught a fast moving, faint minor planet (mag 18.5) on the first night...uncharted as far as I can tell...but would appreciate a PM on how to best report the observation.
A great visual galaxy is M83 and very nice in the wide field. Brings in lots of smaller galaxies in the background which make for an interesting view. Star colours work nicely and well resolved.
A gorgeous image. Beautiful colour and excellent detail in the dust lanes, despite the onslaught of Sydney light.
We understand about the rapidly reddening sky. When I first moved to Leonay at the foot of the blue mountains 30 years ago, there was no M4 and the sky was black. Now you can read a newspaper by skyglow.
Lewis,bro....you have to understand that our skies here are so bad you have to pick your targets carefully mate....quickly getting worse too mate
You think it's any better here? I am at the airport as you know (seeing we met there you should lol) and my little FSQ85 managed some dimmer than Turnbull PN's
Nice enough shot but that scope is "wasted" pointed at all the regular like Eta, M83, Statue of Liberty...surely you can hunt the odd and the unusual?
Go deep or go home
What's the "object" I've circled? Is it cosmic or is it maybe a reflection? Seems almost nebulous...
No, not even close for the mystery object.
So a previously uncharted Mag 18.5 minor planet is not deep enough for you eh?
I put a .mp4 animation on the same page/url so you can have a look at the little bugger (captured during 10 minute luminance subs..as my US mates would say "hauling ass" at top left of frame )
You think it's any better here? I am at the airport as you know (seeing we met there you should lol) and my little FSQ85 managed some dimmer than Turnbull PN's
Yes.....point away from the airport dude oh,by the way I had the memory of us meeting removed so It can't be used against me in a court of law
While I’d prefer my responses to be more personal, I’d rather the side issues to go through to the keeper.
Thanks one al all for your positive comments.
.....But what to do about that minor planet
I don't know for sure, but in the absence of concrete advice here, perhaps contact one of the Astronomical Societies in Australia /NSW or Research institutes/Universities for direction. Obviously your have all your data, hopefully timestamped in some way as proof of the PW-Planetoid.
EDIT: Come to think of it there are those here who hunt comets, supernovae and the like, perhaps they could advise or you could PM them re the required process. I suspect these guys (The Australian Astronomical Observatory or indeed other major observatories) would know ..... https://www.aao.gov.au/
So a previously uncharted Mag 18.5 minor planet is not deep enough for you eh?
I put a .mp4 animation on the same page/url so you can have a look at the little bugger (captured during 10 minute luminance subs..as my US mates would say "hauling ass" at top left of frame )
Hi Peter,
great pic of M83 - so sharp.
I tried firefox & interent explorer & I can't see any animation.
I've only got an old laptop where I am tonight.
So a previously uncharted Mag 18.5 minor planet is not deep enough for you eh?
I put a .mp4 animation on the same page/url so you can have a look at the little bugger (captured during 10 minute luminance subs..as my US mates would say "hauling ass" at top left of frame )
No, I know it's not yer planet...I want to know what I circled. Or is it my grubby fingerprints on my monitor again...
Hi Peter,
great pic of M83 - so sharp.
I tried firefox & interent explorer & I can't see any animation.
I've only got an old laptop where I am tonight.
cheers
Allan
Right click on the animation....(scroll to the bottom of the page if you didn’t find it! )
Save as an .mp4.....it should play with windows media or quicktime.
