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A.J.’s Mini Messier Made using the .5m, Apogee CCD, and MaximDL software to compile the images. Project objects • • • • • • • • M1 (Crab Nebula) M42 (Orion Nebula) M65 M81 M82 M95 M105 M106 • The project is split in both black and white and a few composite pictures. • The pictures will appear before the data and then a smaller image will be included with the data on the next slide. M1 – The Crab Nebula • This is a supernova remnant. The super nova was seen in 1054 CE. • It is located in Taurus and is about 6500 ly away from earth. The nebulas diameter is 11 ly and the apparent magnitude is +8.4 • This is a 120 second exposure through the Vfilter. M65 – Spiral Galaxy • M65 is a Intermediate spiral galaxy that is part of the Leo triplet it is however the only one that I took in this set. • It is about 22 million light years away and has an apparent magnitude of +10.25. • This is also a 180 second exposure through the Vfilter M81– Bode’s Galaxy • M81 is a spiral galaxy that’s approximately 11.8 million ly away. • It was first discovered by Johann Bode in 1774 and it apparent magnitude is +7.89. It and M82 (next) are in the constellation Ursa Major. • This is a 20 second exposure through the Vfilter. M82 – Cigar Galaxy • M82 is a starburst galaxy that’s approximately 11.5 million ly away. A starburst galaxy has an exceptional rate of star formation. • The star formation is increased due to its proximity to M81. • This was a exposure of 10 sec in the V-filter. M95 – Barred Spiral • M95 is a barred spiral galaxy about 32.6 million ly away in the constellation Leo. • Its apparent magnitude is +11.4 • This was a 210 sec exposure in the V-filter. • Sorry about the dust ring off to the side. M105 – Elliptical Galaxy NGC3384 M105 • M105 is an elliptical galaxy that is about 32.0 million ly away. • It is in the same group as M95 (Previous) and M96 not photographed. • In this exposure you can see two other galaxies, NGC3384 and NGC3379. • NGC3384 is in the Leo Group I and NGC3379 is a more distant galaxy. This was a 90sec exposure through the V-filter. NGC3379 M106 – Spiral Galaxy • M106 is a Spiral Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. • It is about 23.7 million ly away and has an apparent magnitude of +9.1. • It is also and example of a Seyfert II galaxy, which means that astronomer suspect that part of the galaxy is falling into a super massive black hole. This was a 180 sec exposure in the V-filter. M1 – The Crab Nebula (Color) • This is a color composition of M1 • The exposure time were • 90 sec in R and I • 180 in V M42 – The Orion Nebula • The Orion Nebula is an example of an emission nebula. • It is about 1,270 ly away but many source vary on the exact distance. • It has an apparent magnitude of 3.0. • This is only a 5 second exposure through the V filter. M42(cont.) • This is a a 10 second exposure with the V-filter. • The trapezium is not as resolve as in the other photo because of their brightness and close proximity (only 47 arc seconds). • This small cluster actually has 8 star confirmed, but the whole nebula has about 2000 stars. Trapezium M42 (color) • This two images were each compiled using the Maxim software. • The blue was increase in the bottom one and the filters used were B,V,R, and I. The R was use for the luminosity because it provided the greatest contrast. • The exposure time on all the photos was 5 secs. M42 – 3rd color • This was a composition that only use V,R,I and the V exposure was 10 seconds and this was also used for the luminosity of the photo, as well as the blue, R was green and I was red. • And of the three this is my favorite. And is why I chose to end with it.