M51 Supernova with the Faulkes 2m telescope

[cosmicbug]

Hi all, took this image yesterday using the Faulkes Telescope Project 2meter scope.

Even though it is an f10 scope, it always amazes me how 2 meters can collect light so quickly. There are just 20 minutes of data to make this image.

Image here>

http://cosmicbug.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/sn-2011dh-faulkes-gain-lee-07-jun-2011.jpg

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Thanks for looking

Gain Lee

[Catanonia]

Dream scope and amazing picky for 20 mins

[cosmicbug]

Hi all, took this image yesterday using the Faulkes Telescope Project 2meter scope.

Even though it is an f10 scope, it always amazes me how 2meters can collect light so quickly. There are just 20 minutes of data to make this image. RGB channels are made up of 2 subframes.

Image here>

http://cosmicbug.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/sn-2011dh-faulkes-gain-lee-07-jun-2011.jpg

More images here>

HOT OFF THE CAMERA C O S M I C B U G

Thanks for looking

Gain Lee

[Paxo]

Gain,

Fixed the link in your post, and moved the post to the correct section. Excellent image btw.

Steve

[fatwoul]

I don't understand what just happened.

EDIT: Oh, now I understand. Thanks, Paxo. lol

[cosmicbug]

Gain,

Fixed the link in your post, and moved the post to the correct section. Excellent image btw.

Steve

Thanks Steve, most appreciated.

Gain

[cathalferris]

The link display is showing as correct but the link itself is broken.

Points to "http://cosmicbug.files.wordpress.com...7-jun-2011.jpg/"

Great pic too.

[dph1nm]

Even though it is an f10 scope, it always amazes me how 2 meters can collect light so quickly

It is the pixel size that matters, not the f-ratio. A 2-m + detector with 1 arcsecond pixels is going to be 100 times faster than a 20cm scope + detector with 1 arcsecond pixels, not matter what the optical f-ratio of the respective scopes.

NigelM

[barkis]

Two threads with the same title, as I assume one is a duplicate, I've merged the two.

Ron.

[sandspider]

Fantastic image. Faulkes looks like a great project. Is it only available in the UK or would it extend to Ireland also?