Here's a strange one for you. A little green nebula right next to one of Messier's largest clusters, M34 in Perseus. It appears that some of the stars associated with the cluster have spilled on to my image of Abell 4 here, as it is dusted with some quite evenly-bright and evenly-spaced stars. When you've got access to a 20" scope, you should try out the Abell planetary nebulae if you want a challenge. I was blessed with a clear night so I used it wisely. PS Spot the galaxies.
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Pea in a haystack
Here's a strange one for you. A little green nebula right next to one of Messier's largest clusters, M34 in Perseus. It appears that some of the stars associated with the cluster have spilled on to my image of Abell 4 here, as it is dusted with some quite evenly-bright and evenly-spaced stars. When you've got access to a 20" scope, you should try out the Abell planetary nebulae if you want a challenge. I was blessed with a clear night so I used it wisely. PS Spot the galaxies.
I must admit... I can't see any galaxies!
ReplyDeletePoint some out to me?!
http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_search?v=poss2ukstu_blue&r=02+45+20.00&d=%2B42+34+00.0&e=J2000&h=30&w=40&f=gif&c=none&fov=NONE&v3=
ReplyDeleteHave a look at that link for the blue STScI survey image. There are 2 with their axes pointing towards the nebula quite close, but at different distances. Small fuzzy things.
http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_search?v=poss2ukstu_blue&r=02+45+20.00&d=%2B42+34+00.0&e=J2000&h=30&w=40&f=gif&c=none&fov=NONE&v3=
ReplyDeleteSorry link doesn't work.
ReplyDeletethe rest of it is...
NONE&v3=
and you must copy and paste it all in!
aa - I take offence to spam, I guess that was the intention?
ReplyDeletenope! even comparing it with that image I can't spot the galaxies on your image :)
ReplyDeleteIs your image the same orientation as the STScl survey image?
well, maybe... looks a little brown in your image?
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