Images taken with the 24 in telescope
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Misc. Objects
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M82 galaxy taken by AST208 class in Spring 2006.
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Orion Nebula taken by Aaron LaCluyze and AST312 Spring 2003 class. April 11, 2003.
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M57 - The Ring Nebula
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M27 - A planetary nebula.
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Supernova in M100. Feb 2006.
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Supernova 2001DH in M51. June 30, 2011.
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Type-Ia supernova 2011FE in galaxy M101. Aug 30, 2011.
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Type-II supernova 2012AW in M95. May 9, 2012.
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Supernova in NGC 3190, April 10, 2002.
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Streak from Apollo asteroid 2011MD 150,000 km from Earth on June 27, 2011. (Closest approach was 12,000 km.)
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Animation of a 1-km asteroid 2012LZ1, some 5.5 million km from Earth on June 15, 2012.
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Comet Hyakutake on April 1996 (Credit Chris Wilkinson).
Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (73P) Passing in the Spring of 2006
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Changes in the coma of Fragment B showing breakup and outburst.
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May 8, 2006 - Timelapse of a close approach of Fragment C to the Ring Nebula.
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Animation showing passage of Fragment C by the Ring Nebula.
Comet 17P/Holmes Outburst of 2007
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Oct 25, 2007 - Comet Holmes near magnitude 2.5.
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Oct 31, 2007 - Note expansion of the coma since Oct 25.
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Nov 5, 2007 - Comet now easily seen as a fuzzy ball with the naked eye. (Canon Digital Rebel camera)
Images and Animations of Jupiter
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May 6, 2002
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May 28–29, 2006
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An impact spot seen in this I-band image from 2009.
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Nov 19, 2012
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Video clip of Jupiter rotation. July 2, 2008.
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Animation of Jupiter rotation, Aug 7, 2009.
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Animation of rotation on Aug 28, 2010. Notice the weakening of south equatorial belt since 2009.
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Animation of rotation on Oct 21, 2011. The equatorial belt is restored since 2010.
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Animation of rotation on Oct 25, 2012. Moon Io is visible.
Image of Mars From 2003. Filters are mostly Cousins I-band or BVI composites.
In these images, Mars's South Pole is at the top.
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Bright area on upper right corner of Mars is a regional dust storm.
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Rima Australis (a break in the south polar cap) can be seen here as the cap recedes.
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Note the shrinking of the South Polar Cap. Sinus Meridiani and Sinus Sabaeus can be seen here.
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Syrtis Major, one of the darkest features on Mars has been observed since the 17th centrury.
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Bright area Nix Olympica, around Olympus Mons, may just be visible at the bottom.
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Solis Lacus, the eye of Mars"
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South cap still shrinking as disk reaches largest apparent size.
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Note the whitish north polar hood cloud at the bottom.
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Mars retreats from Earth and becomes gibbous in the process.
