Observational Astrophysics Trip 2009
January 29, 2009
This January, I again had the opportunity to travel to Tucson, Arizona to do some astrophysics research. We had 3 nights on the 61″ Kuiper telescope (Steward Observatory and University of Arizona). Our primary objective was to look at a few planetary nebulae, yet haze prevented us from doing so one evening. So, I was given the opportunity to pick a few objects to image with the telescope.
For more information, visit our blog: Carthage Observational Astrophysics. There you will find my contributions to the blog as well as astrophotography processed by those of us on the trip.
The image below is one which I took of the reflection nebula around the star Merope in the Pleiades (Subaru, Seven Sisters) star cluster.
NGC 1435 Merope Nebula
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Joe Jackson | February 4, 2009 at 11:46 am
Wow that photo is amazing!
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caitpenn | February 8, 2009 at 1:21 am
Thank you! It was only about 5 minutes of total exposure time, but that image took one VERY long weekend to process into what you see here. Nice blog by the way!