Black eye hot spot.

[SelbyR.051115]

http://www.slooh.com/data/teide/2/highmag/2009/05/08/m64_20090508_034647_7044_l.png

The hot spot just below galaxy center is near a usual fuzzy spot.

I am not sure if it is something of interest yet. I have a solo at 21:42.

Feel free to help me rule hot spots and others out.

Selby

[KochavaY.050616]

Hi Selby,

here are some recent pictures of M64 for comparison:

May 7, 09
http://www.slooh.com/data/teide/2/highmag/2009/05/07/m64_20090507_013951_2631_lrgb.png

Feb 19, 09
http://www.slooh.com/data/chile/1/highmag/2009/02/19/m64_20090219_070939_4710_l.png
http://www.slooh.com/data/chile/1/highmag/2009/02/19/m64_20090219_071157_4759_lrgb.png

besides your solo, it looks like there are several editor missions scheduled tonight for M64, so hopefully we will be able to examine it closely.

[RickyF.040910]

Hey Selby, Here is your M 64 pic. & it's marked.




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[SelbyR.051115]

Today the 21:42 UTC image showed nothing.

http://www.slooh.com/data/teide/2/highmag/2009/05/08/m64_20090508_214124_4014_l.png

So we go back to the drawing board!

Selby

[TonyE.070514]

I think it's a CCD artefact of some sort. I had it on a mission a couple of days ago. It's still there on your 21:42 image - almost dead centre of the image.
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[RickyF.040910]

That must be some ccd artefact as Tony has pointedd out.

Don't give up & keep watching & you will bag one Selby.

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[TonyE.070514]

Looking again at the M64 image I notice that there are several other very similar looking spots. Here is one magnified x2 and stretched for a close look:


Looks very much like a faint star out of focus with a collimation problem - but the "real" stars in the image are OK. I cannot think how this can happen - any theories?
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[David_leeD.061001]

Looks like water droplets on the CCD chip to me. They would act as a lens & cause difference in brightness of the inside vs. edges. We use to be able to see the temp of the chip & we could get a hint at if this might be happening, but that ability was taken from the MI long ago.

That's my guess though, perhaps brought about by the cooler being a little over-anxious to do it's job.
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