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Andromeda Oxygen Arc - anyone else ever found it?

Started by moonbeam on 9/1/2024 3:47:19 PM CST

moonbeam

Joined 6/24/2024
Loc: Mo, USA
Posted 9/1/2024 3:47:19 PM CST (Last edited 9/1/2024 4:39:34 PM CST)

I am currently on a long project with Andromeda to try and find the Oxygen arc Bray Falls and Marcel Drechsler discovered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9sqPHiCypE

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/acaf7e?fbclid=IwAR12grzwnrY-GHKDBsR9sp9s3sMGPR-hQb2-TBZbi3cNsNfbCJW-98wkG6M

I am about 7 hours in on Oxygen and I see nothing, nada -not a trace. While I'm not expecting miracles here, I would expect some signal, even a tiny tiny bit).

The scope I'm usin is the same as Bray's - the FSQ-106EDX4 F/3 (Tak reducer)

I know 7 hours is a far cry from 100+ hours, but where's the arc?

I am not doubting the find or the data, but I'm curious if anyone else has ever photographed it and at what aqusition level you started to detect the arc?

 


Explorer of the cosmos, one photon at a time. I capture the universe using an arsenal of 12 telescopes including the TEC 180FL, Takahashi Epsilon 160ED, Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4, and Takahashi TOA-130, paired with elite imaging systems like the ZWO 6200MM Pro with Chroma filters, ZWO 2600MM, and the ATIK 16200 HPS-C.



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