4 days of m31 drift scans on my mini dish

[Jason Burnfield]

It looks like there is a definite detection of m31 with my mini dish!

[Andrew Thornett]

Wow! Well done!

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It looks like there is a definite detection of m31 with my mini dish!

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[dave bracey]

Really good Jason. Do you plan to continue the day stacking? Be interesting to see how the curve evolves over a few more days..

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[Andrew Thornett]

So would I!!

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[Jason Burnfield]

I'm switching gears for the moment to try four days on m33. After that, I'll capture some more of m31.

[dave bracey]

Great, thanks for the update Jason. We'll standby for any further M31 updates and in the meantime look forward to see what you get for M33!

All the best

Dave

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[fdseller]

Hi Jason, 

Is your mini dish that you built with Faraday fabric? 

Congratuation! 

Francesco Di Giovanni 

Inviato dal mio Galaxy

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[Jason Burnfield]

No. I switched to aluminum window screening because of the higher winds out here in New Mexico.

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[shinichir...@gmail.com]

Hi Jason,

May I ask what the diameter of your mini dish is?

[Jason Burnfield]

It’s 1.54 meters. I think it may be the smallest dish ever used to detect m31!

Jason Burnfield
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[shinichir...@gmail.com]

Thank you for the information. This is really encouraging!