A supernova, a barred spiral and a whole lot of galaxies
Despite strong breezes I managed to grab a short exposure of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster, complete with SN2012fr
My scope is in the unprotected open at the moment soooo I am at the mercy of any wind, aaand Sunday night had some ...eventually the kit will be under a Sirius Dome but until then...ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Anyway the final image is quite deep regardless but given that it has been softened considerably by the strong breezes there is still sufficient detail to pick out 100's of background galaxies
and a Deep Negative image showing all the faint stuff lying in the area, NGC 1399, near the bottom, is absolutely enormous!
What's interesting is that the supernova is about as bright as some of the brightest Milky Way foreground stars near NGC 1365, each of which are some 60 Million light years closer!...that makes SN2012fr rather a bright object....
Was going to go longer and deeper buuut meeeah..got bored, other things to image, glad I managed to grab the supernova though
MIke
Last edited by strongmanmike; 14-11-2012 at 09:36 AM.
Very nice wide field view Mike, it's always a pleasure to see this magnificent cluster in such a way.
That supernova is very bright indeed. I often wonder when we'll see one in our own galaxy, it seems well overdue now. But I guess there could have been one on the other side hidden from our view.
Coupled to the 16803 chip, yes the AG12 provides both field of view and resolving power, a nice compromise
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Originally Posted by John Hothersall
Very pleasing scale and the SN is very bright, suprising detail in the crop. Wind is certainly a bloody nuisance. Wonder if the is any cirrus there.
John.
Hi John
Yes wind is the last thing I need to deal with I guess at least I have sky darkness and seeing more in my favour now Yes there is galactic Cirrus in the area and I picked it up with only 95min Lum so just for you...Here you go Deep Negative
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Originally Posted by MrB
Very nice Mike!
Get that obs built!
I will, I will...just waiting on the available funds to lay the slab etc....
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Good one Mike Looks like that AG is enjoying the good seeing - those stars are pretty tight!
Cheers, Marcus
Thanks Marcus, yes the AG12 is finally showing her capabilities, I always knew she had them but to finally see them is great. When I am finally out of the wind and on the better nights (which I actually get a few of now!) the stars will tighten up further and even more detail will be extracted
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Originally Posted by rogerg
Love the full wide field
Cheers Roger
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Originally Posted by Derek Klepp
Thanks Mike
You're welcome Derek.
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Originally Posted by SkyViking
Very nice wide field view Mike, it's always a pleasure to see this magnificent cluster in such a way.
That supernova is very bright indeed. I often wonder when we'll see one in our own galaxy, it seems well overdue now. But I guess there could have been one on the other side hidden from our view.
Thanks Rolf, yes it is nice to be able to go out and snap a deep and detailed colour image of a galaxy cluster in just 3hrs of imaging, can't do that with a little FSQ he he....
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Originally Posted by Novykh
Very nice.
Cheers, glad you like it Ben
Last edited by strongmanmike; 14-11-2012 at 09:34 AM.
Awesome Shot! you certainly take some stunning images Mike.
I know the frustration with the wind, have had 4 clear nights in a row but with the constant gusty blasting wind here and no dome I can do nothing but sigh :/
all spectacular as usual Mike, dunno why I bother....
Don't be silly, it is you guys doing the hard yards, chumps like me just take delight in sitting out in the cold and wind making sure we take too much exposure to make a pretty colour picture of it
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Originally Posted by naskies
Wow, great image!
Cheers Dave
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Originally Posted by AstroJason
Amazing image Mike. Just blown away by the amount of detail and background galaxies.
Thanks Jason, once I am protected from the breezes I get here things will only improve
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Originally Posted by Osirisra
Awesome Shot! you certainly take some stunning images Mike.
I know the frustration with the wind, have had 4 clear nights in a row but with the constant gusty blasting wind here and no dome I can do nothing but sigh :/
Yes, I have to say Ken, as good as my surrounds and dark skies are, seems I do get a few windy nights so the 2.3m Sirrius dome can't come fast enough
...eventually the kit will be under a Sirius Dome but until then...ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 
and on the better nights (which I actually get a few of now!) the stars will tighten up further and even more detail will be extracted 
Awesome images there Mike. Congrats on the captures 
