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Galaxies
M82 - also known as Cigar or Exploding Galaxy30 min. exposure
M82 - also known as Cigar or Exploding Galaxy30 min. exposure
Southern Pinwheel - 4 Jun 08 23:59:32 UTC, Canary Islands Dome 2 Wide Field, 85mm f/5.6 Refractor, SBIG ST-2000XM CCD Camera, Sky Rating 3.5
Southern Pinwheel - 4 Jun 08 23:59:32 UTC, Canary Islands Dome 2 Wide Field, 85mm f/5.6 Refractor, SBIG ST-2000XM CCD Camera, Sky Rating 3.5
M81, NGC 3031 (12 million light years) - Not far from the leading edge of the Big Dipper lies a pair of galaxies known as Bodes
M81, NGC 3031 (12 million light years) - Not far from the leading edge of the Big Dipper lies a pair of galaxies known as Bodes
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Other
Meteor Crater, Arizona - This photo was taken June 2006 while over flying in our Cessna 182 Skylane 1000 feet above. It was the first crater to be identified as an impact crater. Between 20,000 to 50,000 years ago, a small asteroid about 80 feet in diameter impacted the Earth and formed the crater.
Meteor Crater, Arizona - This photo was taken June 2006 while over flying in our Cessna 182 Skylane 1000 feet above. It was the first crater to be identified as an impact crater. Between 20,000 to 50,000 years ago, a small asteroid about 80 feet in diameter impacted the Earth and formed the crater.
Lowell Observatory - Photo taken during my visit June 2005. In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, an amateur astronomer from Kansas, completed a search started by Lowell some 25 years prior: the search for a ninth planet. Clyde Tombaugh
Lowell Observatory - Photo taken during my visit June 2005. In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, an amateur astronomer from Kansas, completed a search started by Lowell some 25 years prior: the search for a ninth planet. Clyde Tombaugh
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Supernova and Nova
- Interesting Photometry of N Vul 07
- Interesting Photometry of N Vul 07
Photometry Plot of SN2008ax - Photometry Plot of SN2008ax
Photometry Plot of SN2008ax - Photometry Plot of SN2008ax
- Our Slooh member Lode Stevens from Belgium requested an confirmation image of this newly discovered Super Nova. Thanks to Lode for sharing this interesting object. See original discovery information here: http://tinyurl.com/26u96t
- Our Slooh member Lode Stevens from Belgium requested an confirmation image of this newly discovered Super Nova. Thanks to Lode for sharing this interesting object. See original discovery information here: http://tinyurl.com/26u96t
- Nova Vul 07
- Nova Vul 07
Nova 2491 Cyg - photometry
Nova 2491 Cyg - photometry
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Solar System
Comet 17P Holmes - Comet 17P Holmes 10/29/2007Fenwick Observatory
Comet 17P Holmes - Comet 17P Holmes 10/29/2007Fenwick Observatory
Dual asteroids captured - Dual asteroids captured. Top: (39950)1998 FB116 magnitude 16.4. Bottom: (2426) Simonov magnitude 16.2Fenwick Observatory 11/22/2008
Dual asteroids captured - Dual asteroids captured. Top: (39950)1998 FB116 magnitude 16.4. Bottom: (2426) Simonov magnitude 16.2Fenwick Observatory 11/22/2008
Comet 73P - 8 May 06 02:17:28 UTC, Canary Islands Dome 2 Wide Field, 85mm f/5.6 Refractor, SBIG ST-2000XM CCD Camera, Sky Rating 4
Comet 73P - 8 May 06 02:17:28 UTC, Canary Islands Dome 2 Wide Field, 85mm f/5.6 Refractor, SBIG ST-2000XM CCD Camera, Sky Rating 4
Comet Lulin C-2007 N3 - Date 2009-2-07 Time 09:50UTImages from Fenwick Observatory. Animation @ http://home.comcast.net/~astroscope/astroscope/graphics/lulin.avi
Comet Lulin C-2007 N3 - Date 2009-2-07 Time 09:50UTImages from Fenwick Observatory. Animation @ http://home.comcast.net/~astroscope/astroscope/graphics/lulin.avi
Sun - Rare Slooh Solar observation
Sun - Rare Slooh Solar observation
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Planetary nebula
Crescent Nebula , NGC 6888 (5000 light years) - Although it looks somewhat like a supernova remnant, it is actually a rare planetary nebula surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star. A planetary nebula is a shell of gas that has been shed by a star late in its lifetime.2006-09-04T01:12:25,Fenwick Observatory,Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" @f/5,SBIG ST-7XME CCD Camera, LRGB 5 mins. ea.
Crescent Nebula , NGC 6888 (5000 light years) - Although it looks somewhat like a supernova remnant, it is actually a rare planetary nebula surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star. A planetary nebula is a shell of gas that has been shed by a star late in its lifetime.2006-09-04T01:12:25,Fenwick Observatory,Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" @f/5,SBIG ST-7XME CCD Camera, LRGB 5 mins. ea.
Ring Nebula M57 (2300 light years) - The star at the center of the Ring nebula has a surface temperature of 216,000 degrees Farenheit or 120,000 degrees Celsius. Our own star, the Sun, is expected to undergo the same process in a couple of billion years.2007-05-14T05:37:05, Fenwick Observatory,Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" @f/3.3, SBIG ST-7XME CCD Camera,Luminance 5mins.,RG 100sec ea.,B 160sec
Ring Nebula M57 (2300 light years) - The star at the center of the Ring nebula has a surface temperature of 216,000 degrees Farenheit or 120,000 degrees Celsius. Our own star, the Sun, is expected to undergo the same process in a couple of billion years.2007-05-14T05:37:05, Fenwick Observatory,Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" @f/3.3, SBIG ST-7XME CCD Camera,Luminance 5mins.,RG 100sec ea.,B 160sec
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Nebula other
NGC2070 from Chile/Slooh Observatory - During Paul
NGC2070 from Chile/Slooh Observatory - During Paul
NGC2070 Luminance - During Paul
NGC2070 Luminance - During Paul
NGC2070 from Chile/Slooh Observatory - During Paul
NGC2070 from Chile/Slooh Observatory - During Paul
NGC2070 from Chile/Slooh Observatory - During Paul
NGC2070 from Chile/Slooh Observatory - During Paul
Lagoon Nebula - 5 Jun 08 01:19:38 UTC, Canary Islands Dome 2 Wide Field, 85mm f/5.6 Refractor, SBIG ST-2000XM CCD Camera, Sky Rating 3
Lagoon Nebula - 5 Jun 08 01:19:38 UTC, Canary Islands Dome 2 Wide Field, 85mm f/5.6 Refractor, SBIG ST-2000XM CCD Camera, Sky Rating 3
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Globular Clusters
M13, NGC 6205 (25,100 light years) - Globular cluster M13 was selected in 1974 as target for one of the first radio messages addressed to possible extra-terrestrial intelligent races, and sent by the big radio telescope of the Arecibo Observatory.2007-05-24T04:10:32, Fenwick Observatory,Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" @f/6.3, SBIG ST-7XME CCD Camera, Luminance 5mins.,RG 100sec ea.,B 160sec
M13, NGC 6205 (25,100 light years) - Globular cluster M13 was selected in 1974 as target for one of the first radio messages addressed to possible extra-terrestrial intelligent races, and sent by the big radio telescope of the Arecibo Observatory.2007-05-24T04:10:32, Fenwick Observatory,Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" @f/6.3, SBIG ST-7XME CCD Camera, Luminance 5mins.,RG 100sec ea.,B 160sec
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