David's Astronomy Pages (Image Gallery) Image Highlights - 2001

Highlights 2001

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Highlights 2002

Shown below are some of my favourite CCD images from 2002.  They are taken using a ST-7E camera through an 8" LX200

	| Nebulae | Galaxies | Supernovae |  Planets |  Comets | Moon |

Nebulae

M42  (Great Nebula in Orion)

2001-12-14, 23:35h UT 15 sec exposure (#13076), 11.1 x 7.4 arc min Mid Range Brightened / False Coloured

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Galaxies

Galaxy NGC 708 (The Fath) and surrounding galaxies. Catalog magnitudes +13.7 (ngc708), +14.1 (ngc704), +14.2 (ngc703), +14.6 (ngc705), +15.4 (ngc700), +15.5 (cgcg 522-33)

2001-12-10 22:31 UT 3 x 5 min exposure, 11.1 x 7.4 arc min  (#12015-17)

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Supernovae / Supernova Remnants

Supernova SN 2001ib (in NGC 7242,  Lacerta)
NGC 7242, with supernova SN 2001ib Image shows stars down to Mag +16.5 2001-12-14, 20:55 to 21:05 UT,  CCD Image, 2 x 5 min (#13016-17), 11.1 x 7.4 arcmin
M1 Supernova Remnant (Crab Nebula in Taurus)
2001-12-14, 22:47 to 22:57h UT 2 x 5 min exposure (#13044-5)

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Planets

Jupiter		Saturn
2001-11-01, 01:12h UT  0.05 sec exposure (#8080)		2001-11-01, 00:20h UT 0.1 sec exposure (#8043) unsharp masked

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Comets

C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)

2001-11-26, 22:26 to 22:39h UT,  Animation produced from 10 x 60s CCD images taken over a 13 minute period

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Moon

Copernicus and Mare Nubrium	Lacus Somniorum (The Lake of the Dreamers)
2001-10-03, 22:24h UT  0.1 secs  exposure (#5012)	2001-10-03,  23:11h UT 0.2 sec exposure (#5044)
Tycho	Mare Crisium (The Sea of Crises)
2001-10-03, 23:01h UT 0.2 sec  exposure (#5037)	2001-10-03,  23:08h UT 0.2 sec exposure (#5041)

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