M51 imaged Saturday

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  • #574000
    Trevor Clifton
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    We tried out our new esprit150 refractor on M51 on Saturday evening. We had a few issues but when we processed the image we spotted something that does not appear on internet “stock” pictures.

    when enlarged it still looks like a star but would welcome comments (we cannot be that lucky surely!)

    #579337
    Tim Haymes
    Participant

    Assuming the date was April 14.95 and searching within 5′ arc:

    No known minor planets, brighter than V = 20, were found in the 5.0-arcminute region around R.A. = 13 30 00, Decl. = +47 10 00 (J2000.0) on 2018 04 14.95 UT.  using  https://minorplanetcenter.net/cgi-bin/mpcheck.cgi

    Nothing  here either: http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/

    Did you take more than one image ?

    – Tim

    #579338
    Eliot Hall
    Participant

    I did a quick search of the Transient Name Server and there appears to be no reported events events since the 1st March within 5 degrees of M51. Here are the search criteria I used.

    #579339
    Trevor Clifton
    Participant

    We took 2 x 300 seconds in luminance, RGB. 20 flats and used library darks 

    Update….I am travelling up to Thirsk tomorrow evening and will take a look at all the images we took. Will post update. 

    #579343
    David Swan
    Participant

    I’ve scrutinised my 10th March image of M51 and indeed there’s no evidence of this transient. I’ll try to get some images this evening. It’s clear skies in Tynemouth at the moment, but of course this is unlikely to remain the case as the sky darkens! David

    #579345
    David Swan
    Participant

    50 x 10s frames, median stack, midpoint of imaging run: 20:40 GMT. Unfortunately no bright signal at the same position.

    #579346
    Tim Haymes
    Participant

    Perhaps the transient was in only 1 frame?  Does the colour brightness differ in the 3 filters (out of interest)?

    #579350
    Trevor Clifton
    Participant

    It only appears in the first luminance sub, But its trailed and is clearly not a hot pixel

    Enlarged image attached

    #579351
    David Swan
    Participant

    Yes, of course it could indeed be real. I just posted my image up in case it turned out to be a longer-lived phenomenon. Point meteor may be a good candidate. Transparency last night was excellent.

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