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M-57 and IC-1296
What a pleasant surprise to see a faint little glow next to the Ring when I finished my stack on DeepSkyStacker. It wasn't on my atlas, so I resorted to the World Wide Telescope and the faint glow at the 5 O'Clock position is barred spiral IC-1296. A little teasing out in Photoshop and - walla! Made the whole evening worthwhile.
CG-5; C6R; Baader MPCC; 1000d.
20" x 180 @ ISO 800, 08-20-2011 @ 2:16 am, Sylvania, Ohio.
DSS, PSE8, WLPG.
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Comment by Jeffrey P Nunnari on August 23, 2011 at 6:00am
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Thanks, guys - yes, Marc, I have looked and looked at other pics of M-57 and I wonder how many people thought the same thing? It has been "processed-out" of every image I have seen. I think all those years of visual astronomy helped me to recognize the little tag-along.
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on August 22, 2011 at 10:45pm
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I love finding the unexpected hitch hikers! Nice going Jeff!
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Comment by Marc Basti on August 22, 2011 at 7:03pm
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I wonder how many times that galaxy has gotten the "clone tool" (that damn dust mote). Good job w/the teasing. Marc
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Thanks - yes, it is!
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Comment by Kevin Galka on August 22, 2011 at 6:09am
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Nice shot, and congrats on "discovering" IC 1296 :) It's always neat to process your data and find galaxies that you weren't expecting.
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