Astronomy 356 Fall 1996
Observers: Ryan Hennessy, Natalie Herrod, Kristin Portle, and
Jeremy
Wahl
Guru: Cindy Blaha
Asst. Guru: Nathanael Motz
It has been a cloudy and cold term here in Northfield, MN. But, we
managed
to get a few pretty cool shots:
Above is our shot of M42, the nebula in Orion's sword sheath. In a
color
image of the bright nebula, the gaseous cloudy regions would appear red
due to their high hydrogen content. The bright center of the nebula is
where
new stars are being born. The Orion Nebula is about 1,500 light years
away.
Above is our first success with the CCD camera, a great shot of the
Globular
Cluster M15. One could find our good buddy M15 hanging out in the
constellation
Pegasus, 34,000 light years away. The bright spot in the upper left
hand
corner of the picture is a small planetary nebula. Can you believe this
is our first image?! (Then again we only have two good images, but
who's
counting?)
If you're really interested in this stuff you can check out these
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