| A Bi-Coastal Joint Venture M64 LAAstro.com by Bill Patterson |
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| Date Taken: March 2004 Location: California & North Carolina Equipment: Color by Bill Patterson - Takahashi FS152 telescope at f5.7 & SBIG ST10XME CCD camera Luminance by Tom Harrison - 12.5" Truss RC on an ME mount using the ST-10XME at f9 Notes: Tom and I first met at New Mexico Skies and shared a 16" Meade SCT. We both recently shot M64. Tom caught some wonderful detail with his larger scope where I had some color frames he hadn't captured. We combined the two by using RegiStar and here are the results. |
| M64 - Blackeye Galaxy Coma Berenicies Mag 8.7 Size 10' x 5.4' This is the final result of using Tom's luminance with my flattened LRGB for color. |
| Tom's luminance frames Original at: http://www.ironmountainobservatory.com/photos/singles/M64BlackEyeGalaxy.html This was imaged while practicing guiding on a star nearby using the AO-7, and M64 just happened to show up in the corner of the image, thus it is a luminance only image of 6 ten-minute integrations. |
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| My original widefield LRGB taken with the FS152 at f5.7 LRGB = 96/24/24/24 Click on image to enlarge |