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Station 3 & station 2
Hi Marshall, So glad you are happy with the heron results. I think it turned out well all things considered. Ill put your target requests into the target list and start working on those between our other projects. And hopefully we get station 3 up and running soon. I did a preliminary fit test into the roll off roof enclosure tonight and it just may fit! Ive been looking closely at the M95/96/105 image and have been targeting some of the faint PGC galaxies and nebulous objects with the 10" to see if they show any interesting detail. I found two in particular that are very interesting to me. One is a slightly greenish bilobal object on the Raptor image. The other looks like a very faint fuzzy triangle. I successfully imaged both of those and am including those images here. The one object seems to have a tail or nebulous extension . I dont know how much more detail I can expect but it might be worth a try with the BVR filters. In fact-I'm not even sure the little triangle is a group of stars or galaxies-or a combination of both. Id be curious what you and others in this email think. If it is a galaxy group-it would be nice to try and identify it. Myron
On Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:00:13 PM EDT, marshall@... <marshall@...> wrote:
Hi Myron, I keep thinking about how great the Station 3 images look. Champing at the bit to use it more! And I really am pleased with the Heron Galaxy results. Have posted my final image on my three social media sites (of course, with credit to the MSRO). I know you are very busy with all the equipment, but I still want to learn how to remotely operate the scopes. In the meantime, and whenever you get a chance, I'd still like to get 60, one-minute subs for each BVR for M88, M90, and M91 with the 10" scope. They are well placed now and into early June. I may try to get M102/NGC5906 (Spindle/Splinter Galaxies) in a single 560mm frame from here in Crozet. They're not the most impressive looking galaxies, but I have never image either one before. When Alice and I moved here, Crozet was in the Bortle 4.0 to 4.5 range, but now it's in the 4.5 to 5.0 range. Thank you, Marshall -- * Marshall Faintich Crozet, VA www.faintich.net In real life, the shortest distance between two points is never a straight line, so you might as well enjoy the journey! * ![]()
Mystery Triangle from M96 96 105 Raptor image.jpg
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Mystery Triangle from M96 96 105 Raptor image negative.jpg
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PGC galaxy 3 annotated.jpg
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