M34 + 2 fuzzies

Dear Group,

I restored some files originally sent to the electronic waste basket due to the questionable conditions at the time of image acquisition. In processing my M34 files, I see a couple of very dim and small fuzzies which I cannot identify and perhaps someone here can shed some light (excuse the pun).

The first involves the two bright blue stars just below the center of the image and, more specifically, the brighter of the two stars on the right where there is a very small fuzzy just below it.

The second such fuzzy is near the bottom of the image and to the right of center beside another bright star.

I have checked my originals and these exist in all of the files. I am certain they are not processing artefacts.

The low-res version of M34 which contains these two fuzzies is available at www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-1039.htm ... however, I would kindly ask that one press on the hyperlinked image so as to bring up a larger rendition of the same image and where the two fuzzies are much more obvious.

I apologize for the quality of these images since the weather conditions were quite adverse and the files were deleted once the imaging session was completed. Given the poor weather the past two months, I decided to restore some of these files just for the heck of it so as to "hack" a bit (photon withdrawl symptoms).

Best wishes for the holidays to everyone and thanks for any leads surrounding the two little fuzzies.

Dear Group,

I restored some files originally sent to the electronic waste basket due to the questionable conditions at the time of image acquisition. In processing my M34 files, I see a couple of very dim and small fuzzies which I cannot identify and perhaps someone here can shed some light (excuse the pun).

The first involves the two bright blue stars just below the center of the image and, more specifically, the brighter of the two stars on the right where there is a very small fuzzy just below it.

The second such fuzzy is near the bottom of the image and to the right of center beside another bright star.

I have checked my originals and these exist in all of the files. I am certain they are not processing artefacts.

The low-res version of M34 which contains these two fuzzies is available at www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-1039.htm ... however, I would kindly ask that one press on the hyperlinked image so as to bring up a larger rendition of the same image and where the two fuzzies are much more obvious.

I apologize for the quality of these images since the weather conditions were quite adverse and the files were deleted once the imaging session was completed. Given the poor weather the past two months, I decided to restore some of these files just for the heck of it so as to "hack" a bit (photon withdrawl symptoms).

Best wishes for the holidays to everyone and thanks for any leads surrounding the two little fuzzies.

anthony,
the really small faint one is at 2Hrs 41mins 42:32secs +42deg 43 mins 13.2 secs roughly using the aladin database images for comparison. looking through the images in aladin so far nothing goes as far south as the brighter one to the bottom right. hope this helps.
stephen.

Hi Anthony

A beautiful image - even if it is a reject!

I haven't tried to identify your two target galaxies but looking carefully there are dozens of faint fuzzies hiding in that image! You'd need a very detailed catalogue to identify them with any certainty. Dave McD - would plate solving software be of any use for this sort of thing or does it only solve / identify visible stars?

Happy Christmas all,

Phil.

Hi Anthony,

Fantastic portrait of M34.

The page at hubble.heim.at/M034.htm might help you identify the galaxies in your image (there's quite a few!) ... more specifically, it's this link hubble.heim.at/images/M034-1_id2_full.jpg

Merry Christmas!

John

Gentlemen,

I thank both of you for your time and help. Aladin was of very little use (unfortunately) whereas the second reference to the web site in Austria was precisely what the doctor ordered.

This accidental find means a revisit at some point in the near future (when the weather permits it) with extended exposures so as to see how many such galaxies (or at least fuzzies) I will be able to capture. My skies easily allow for 15-min Lum sub-exposures (in lieu of the 3-min subs used for this particular image) and it should be interesting to see what comes up.

A very big thank you to both of you!!!

hi ayiomamitis
that is an absolutly fantastic image you have it down to a tee well done :shock: :shock: :shock: