Observational Astrophysics Trip 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