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Jun 26, 2021 23:08:36   #
Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California
 
letmedance wrote:
Beautiful and intriguing. You captured history 30 million years ago, I wonder if those flames are still raging or if they have died.


Hi letmedance
Thanks for viewing M104 and for the comment. 30 million years is the blink of an eye for a galaxy so I expect it doesn't look much different today. However this galaxy is believed to contain a billion mass central black hole so if this monster started to rapidly feed on stars in the past few million years it could be possible that jets could have formed by now shooting out of its center.

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Jun 26, 2021 23:09:36   #
Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California
 
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Glorious.


Hi rgrenaderphoto
Thanks for checking out the image of M104 and for the comment.

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Jun 27, 2021 01:06:51   #
Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY
 
Very, Very nice!

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Jun 27, 2021 01:59:50   #
Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California
 
Vince68 wrote:
Very, Very nice!


Hi Vince68
Thanks for viewing M104 and for the comment.

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Jun 27, 2021 07:24:13   #
Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England
 
Well done indeed.

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Jun 27, 2021 07:28:52   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
The original was very nice, but the pp is a big improvement. You do great work!

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Jun 27, 2021 07:34:38   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
You mean M104 actually has detail? Wow, I have a new goal to reach. Thanks for sharing, now if the moon would just go away.

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Jun 27, 2021 07:43:19   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Excellent shot. That's some old light we're seeing.

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Jun 27, 2021 08:01:26   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
Ballard wrote:
Since the moon is currently around the full phase and getting new deep images will need to wait for a few days, I decided to reprocess one of my images from last year to see if I could pull out more detail. The image below is of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104. This galaxy in the constellation of Virgo is around 32 million light years away (+ or - 3 million light years). I have also included my previous image for comparison (same data, I just reprocessed the image with a bit more expertise that I have gained since last year).This image was taken with a canon DSLR with 10, six minute exposures with the ISO set to 1600 using a 4096 mm focal length at F10. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Since the moon is currently around the full phase ... (show quote)


Beautiful.

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Jun 27, 2021 08:18:17   #
SonyBug
 
Ballard wrote:
Since the moon is currently around the full phase and getting new deep images will need to wait for a few days, I decided to reprocess one of my images from last year to see if I could pull out more detail. The image below is of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104. This galaxy in the constellation of Virgo is around 32 million light years away (+ or - 3 million light years). I have also included my previous image for comparison (same data, I just reprocessed the image with a bit more expertise that I have gained since last year).This image was taken with a canon DSLR with 10, six minute exposures with the ISO set to 1600 using a 4096 mm focal length at F10. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Since the moon is currently around the full phase ... (show quote)


Wow, that is quite incredible.

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Jun 27, 2021 09:08:33   #
fjwallace
 
The new image is quite a bit 'better' in my opinion - nice job!
Jon

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Jun 27, 2021 09:28:31   #
odujim Loc: New Jersey
 
Nice work!

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Jun 27, 2021 10:07:21   #
Rathyatra Loc: Southport, United Kingdom
 
First time I have seen flying saucers so close up - like hhe shots - very cool.

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Jun 27, 2021 10:20:36   #
ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA
 
Wow - great improvement!

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Jun 27, 2021 10:58:22   #
Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California
 
Doddy wrote:
Well done indeed.


Hi Doddy
Thanks for checking out the image of M104 and for the comment.

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