M87 with jet

[david_taurus83]

Nothing spectacular to see here! This was a sort of first light with the Esprit 100. With last weeks full moon and a clear sky that I didn't want to waste, I thought I'd try something a bit different. I set up an imaging plan in Nina to take 20s subs all night and went to bed. Wanted to see if I could capture the relativistic jet coming out of M87. Below is a result of 600 x 20s Lum subs captured with an Atik 460 and 100mm f5.5 scope. 

 

[Adreneline]

It might not be “spectacular” but it is most certainly a commendable achievement with a really pleasing end result. The inverse image shows the jet very clearly. Excellent result David!
Adrian

[MarsG76]

Might not be a "spectacular" image in the sense of the most popular colourful nebulous kind of images but you got a freekin' jet!!!! thats spectacular to me.

[david_taurus83]

Thanks guys for the feedback! I was thinking of things to do when the moon is out and this was on the list. There's loads to do like clusters and interesting objects like this. Never waste a clear night!

[maw lod qan]

I agree, that is amazing!

[tomato]

Great result! I think there is always something interesting  to try imaging in Lum, if the moon is killing deep LRGB  imaging. 

If you go a bit deeper and probably on a moonless night you will pick up some of the super massive  globular clusters associated with this galaxy.

[wimvb]

You made the right decision to use short exposures. Since the jet is very close to the core of M87, longer exposures will drown it in the light from the core. Last year I managed to capture it with 150 s exposures at 0 gain through a red filter (to increase contrast).

https://www.astrobin.com/7oj8y8/B/

[david_taurus83]

4 minutes ago, wimvb said:

You made the right decision to use short exposures. Since the jet is very close to the core of M87, longer exposures will drown it in the light from the core. Last year I managed to capture it with 150 s exposures at 0 gain through a red filter (to increase contrast).

https://www.astrobin.com/7oj8y8/B/

Oh I like that! 

[tomato]

Yes, @wimvb is spot on with the short exposures, my integrated version got the GCs but the jet was more distinct on a single sub.