Rigel telescope Image Gallery
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M1 image ngc1023 image

Supernova remnant M1

Star exploded in 1054 AD

 SB0 Galaxy  NGC1023

(33 million ly)

Comet Holmes 17/P 2007 Nov 8
100,000x brightening Oct 24

Galaxy M74 imageSeyfert Galaxy NGC1068 imageNGC 6946 image
Face-on SC spiral galaxy M74
(31 million ly)
Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
(47 million  ly)
SAB Spiral galaxy NGC 6946
(10 million ly)
Planetary nebula M27
Note blue central star (O7)
Triangulum galaxy M33
 (6 million ly)
Open cluster NGC2194
(age 550 million yr)
Emission nebula IC 410Edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891Stephen's quintet (NGC 7320)

Technical details: LRGB composite color images, 10x80sec median averaged each filter, FLI PL09000 CCD camera (3K x 3K Kodak 09000 sensor), 2x2 binned to 0.99" pixels, , 37 cm f/14 OMI classical Cassegrain telescope, seeing ~2.0" typical.  Field of view is 27' x 27'. All images taken Nov 2007 - Jan 2008
    

 

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Last updated Nov 8, 2007