M63, M94Hi Jon,
That M63 is particularly pretty! Great job on all!
Clear skies,
-ash
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Grove
To: 'QCUIAG'
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:44 AM
Subject: [QCUIAG] M63, M94
<p> Hi All,
I couldn't resist the temptation of another clear night last night! I had intended to try for M58 but was defeated by streetlight glare - it was literally impossible to see anything through my finder. So I had a go at M94 instead, and took a set of 60-ish 15s exposures. Then I had a go at M63 and took a similar set of exposures.
Here are the results.
All at prime focus of 150mm F/5 Newtonian, Baader Neodymium filter, cooled modified 1004x camera.
All pre-processed with AVIDark, aligned/stacked/histog in iMerge, final processing (USM, histog, Varisharp, resize) in PaintshopPro.
I've attached two versions of M94, a smaller one processed to emphasise the halo which is separated from the rest of the galaxy by a dark ring, and the other showing the central regions.
Clear Skies,
Jon.
