Re: Backyard Image of M31

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:54:12 -0600, Shawn <sdotcurry@bresnananotherdotnet>
wrote:

>JATO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:25:50 GMT, RS <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>Just thought I'd share an image I took of M31. I used the StellaCam II
>>>through an Orion ST-80. The scope was piggybacked on a Meade LX90
>>>which was doing the tracking. Total exposure time was about 20
>>>minutes.
>>>
>>>http://epcinternet.com/astron/StellaCam/M31Final.jpg
>>>
>>>RS
>>
>>
>>
>> RS,
>> Your image of M31 inspired me the try it from my light polluted backyard.
>> But I didn't get as near as much detail as you did in yours. It was also
>> taken with a generic ST80
>> http://www.jatobservatory.org/Galleries/DeepSpaceObjects/slides/NGC224.html
>>
>> -JATO
>> -JATO
>> http://jatobservatory.org
>
>Nice pics and site. I like sites like this. I let you guys take all
>the pictures and I get to enjoy them without all the work. :-)
>The distances to M101 and M51 are a bit off in the captions in your DSO
>gallery (those numbers sound more like the galaxy diameters).
>
>Shawn


Shawn,
You are correct about the distances. Thanks for pointing that out. There
were 3 zeros missing!

-JATO
http://jatobservatory.org
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