Skywatcher Mak-Newt vs Hubble

[wimvb]

A few days ago, I got a link to this Hubble image in my news feed.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-glimpses-a-galactic-duo

I remembered that I imaged the Perseus galaxy cluster last November, so I had a look which part of the cluster the Hubble telesscope had targeted. Sure enough, it was in the frame of my image. With a little tinkering in PixInsight, I framed the Hubble fov in my wide field.

NASA can relax, a SkyWatcher Mak-Newt situated in Sweden is no threat to their school bus sized space telescope. Not even if said telescope developes a computer glitch. 😉

[alan potts]

Still a very nice image though isn't it, I dare say if you could lift the M/N above the atmosphere it may well improve on this.

Alan

[wimvb]

3 hours ago, alan potts said:

Still a very nice image though isn't it, I dare say if you could lift the M/N above the atmosphere it may well improve on this.

Alan

Thanks, Alan. I am very pleased with it, although it needs more integration time. Maybe next season.

Iwould need one serious piece of pier extension to get my scope that high. Or maybe rent a few sqm on the platform of the space elevator which China is planning? 😁

Edited July 18, 2021 by wimvb