In a
previous post on Astrobin, I have shown how we can beat the resolution of a seeing limited CDK 20 using lucky imaging with 10" & 14" scopes from the
Big Amateur Telescope (B.A.T.).
Next, let's compare the B.A.T. lucky imaging result with an image taken by
NASA,
ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (
STScI/
AURA)
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-14.html (Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (
STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF)).
The B.A.T. LI L-data was processed by @Stefan2499 in PixInsight. Data contributions by:
Ulrik von Zotmann: 10" Newtonian 6600 x 0.5 s - FWHM = 1.9"
Astrobiscuit: 10" Newtonian (Big Bertha) 2500 x 0.5 s - FWHM = 1.9"
MrCrazyPhysicist: C 14 Edge HD 23500 x 250 ms - FWHM = 1.2"
While we obviously can not beat the Hubble telescope, the resolution of the B.A.T. result is not too bad, considering the prize tag of a C 14 or the
10" Big Bertha bargain by Astrobiscuit compared to Hubble.
M 82 is currently a
Big Amateur Telescope (B.A.T.) high-resolution target and we still need more lucky imaging contributions to further mitigate the noise in the fainter parts of the galaxy.
The
Big Amateur Telescope (B.A.T.), initiated by
Astrobiscuit, is a collaboration of amateur astronomers, who share their data in order to create deep, high-resolution images of Deep Sky objects and time-lapse animations of variable nebulae.
If you want to contribute data to the B.A.T. or help processing the data, follow this link:
discord.gg/WK8qmrqcpq
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