[vsnet-chat 4427] Re: [vsnet-alert 5868] Re: (fwd) Strange Star Near M51

[erik kuulkers <erikk@sron.nl>]

Dear all,

Maybe it is a nova? What is the position of the "missing" star?

Regards,

Erik


On Thu, 10 May 2001, Wouter van Reeven wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I checked with the Digitized Sky Survey, first survey, and the "star"
> doesn't show up on that image. My guess is it's not a real object.
> 
> 
> Wouter van Reeven
> 
> 
> > (fwd) Strange Star Near M51
> >
> > From: Lenny Abbey <labbey@mindspring.com>
> > Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 03:30:50 -0400
> >
> > I am appending a message from my local club email list. Does anyone have
> > any suggestions as to what might be going on?
> >
> > Lenny
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > Lenny Abbey
> > Atlanta, Georgia
> > 404-634-1222
> >
> > Last Friday at Villa Rica I decided to try my luck at photographing
> > m51. I was able to get two exposures--the first was 30 minutes, the
> > second was 45. After I got them developed I scanned them into
> > Photoshop for some editing. As I was stacking the images, I noticed
> > something very peculiar. In the second exposure there is a star
> > missing! Thinking that this might not have been a real star (maybe
> > the result of bad development) I checked some other images of this
> > field and found that it is in fact a real star. So my question is,
> > what could have happened to the second exposure to make this star
> > disappear? Here is a link to the two images for comparison:
> >
> > http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/~dabar/m51.htm
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > David Barmore
> >
> > PS...I'll also post the composite image to the files section. Please
> > let me know what you think. This was only my third roll of prime
> > focus DSO's. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> 
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