PAO's
Astroimaging
Gallery Four
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Sunspot 484
This close-up image of the surface of the Sun shows
a sunspot area the size of 11 Earths. This spot was responsible for
a major coronal mass ejection less than 24 hrs. before the image was taken.
(Single frame with modified QuickCam and Nexstar 5)
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NGC 7479
This barred spiral galaxy lies 105 million light years
away in Pegasus.
Sum of 4 eight minute exposures (8" LX-200 and ST-7E)
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The Saturn Nebula
A planetary nebula 3,900 light years away in Aquarius.
(It has no relation to the planet Saturn other than a slight resemblance.)
Composite image. Four 35 sec. images stacked.
(8" LX-200 and ST-7E)
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Mars
Thirty nine stacked images.
(Eyepiece projection with 32mm Televue, 8" LX-200 and Casio QV-8000 SX)
Collaborative effort with John and Russ.
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Saturn
Forty two .001 sec images stacked.
(8" LX-200 and ST-7E)
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M20 The Trifid Nebula
Approximately 9,000 light years distant.
A dark nebula creates the appearance of branches in this emission nebula.
The sum of 9 three minute guided images. (8" LX200 and ST-7E)
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M104 (NGC 4594) The Sombrero Galaxy
50 million light years distant.
The sum of 13 sixty second images (8" LX200 and ST-7E).
Viewed nearly edge on this spiral galaxy has a thick, dark band of dust
along its equitorial plane.
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