[AZ-Observing] Re: The Whirlpool in Canes Venatici

  • From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 18:12:46 -0400 (EDT)

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:
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>
> http://www.christensenastroimages.com/galaxies/m51_2009.htm
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>
> Clear Skies!
>
>
>
> Jon Christensen
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