M87 and jet and globular clusters

[kirkster501]

A bit noisy still due to only one hour in each of my LRGB Astrodon filters with TEC140 and Atik 460.   I hope to grab more data on this.

I am fascinated with this galaxy.  In the close up (in the main image too), if you avert your eyes slightly, you can see the famous jet at the 2 o'clock position emanating from the Supermassive black hole in the core.  You can also see a few of the larger globular clusters of which there are thousands around M87.  Some of M87's largest globulars are 25 times the size of M13, making them visible at the vast distance of 60 million light years

I hope you like it.  You don't see this imaged on its own very much since it is a bit bland on its own.

Edited April 29, 2020 by kirkster501

[geeklee]

Awesome 👍 Nice write up too - I got a lot more from the main image.. and the close up with that knowledge drop 🙂

[Paul M]

Very nice

It took me some effort to pick out the jet but once I'd got it I found it quite obvious!

Interesting fact snippets too. It's a fascinating galaxy but needs an image as deep as yours to do it any justice or even make it noteworthy!

[vlaiv]

Excellent capture.

Maybe it would be interesting to try planetary type wavelet sharpening on that core / jet?

It has good SNR on its own. Quick test on 8bit jpeg that you posted, gives very nice results:

[kirkster501]

Great idea Vlaiv, I shall give that a try!

[kirkster501]

.... I will put the full  pic on my Dropbox tomorrow if anyone wants to see if they can improve it.

[Craney]

Yes,  great pic and it looks like you have plenty of depth to play with.

I took this with my C8Edge and Atik 414ex  in Luminosity   (24 x 60secs )   and ran the risk of not having enough stars to stack them with.

Once stacked,  I stretched it like it was on the event horizon itself......!!!!!!... and tha' she blows !!   

Sean.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Nice work. Was hoping to have a go at the M87 jet the other night but had equipment problems. The easiest way to capture it is with very short exposures, so it doesn't get lost in the glare of the core.