Jon; That is an astounding image of such a famous object. An amazing amount of detail within the two galaxies and lots of smaller fainter galaxies in the background. I know that our VP is on this forum, maybe JC ought to be put on the "here's a speaker" list. Clear skies; Steve Coe > Hi All, > I made a couple of trips to Vekol this month to get the data for this > image. I was happy that I had two Saturdays in a row that were fairly > clear to accumulate some exposure time. It was great visiting with > everybody while my scope was harvesting photons. Here's the result: > > > http://www.christensenastroimages.com/galaxies/m51_2009.htm > > > Clear Skies! > > > > Jon Christensen > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.