Astro pics I took at RPI’s Hirsch Observatory

All of these images where taken using the 16″ Cassegrain Telescope at the Hirsch Observatory at RPI, with an SBIG 8E CCD. Other images taken at RPI can be seen at http://astro.union.rpi.edu/ccd.html

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<figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)
Date: 3-26-08
Exposure: 60 Second w/ H-alpha
Magnitude: 10.1
Processing: -dark -flatfield
bad pixel removal
despeckle</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1942” class=”thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=”width: 520px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">Leo Triplet: M65
Date: 3-26-08
Exposure: 2 Seconds
Magnitude: 10.3
Processing: levels adjustments
despeckle</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1941” class=”thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=”width: 520px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
Date:4-29-08
Exposure: 5 min w/ OIII Filter
Magnitude: 9.0
Processing: bad pixel removal
despeckle (3x)
levels adjustments</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1940” class=”thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=”width: 607px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) & Companion
Date:4-29-08
Exposure: 7 min (bottom) 6 min (top)
Magnitude: 9.0
Processing: bad pixel removal
despeckle (3x)
levels adjustments
healing tool on border</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1939” class=”thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=”width: 469px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">Black Eye Galaxy (M64)
Date:4-29-08
Exposure: 20 min
Magnitude: 9.36
Processing: -dark -flatfield
despeckle
noise removal</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1938” class=”thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=”width: 408px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">M92
Date:4-29-08
Exposure: 60 seconds
Magnitude: 6.3
Processing: -dark -flatfield
despeckle</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1937” class=”thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=”width: 206px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">Saturn in Color
Date: 3-26-08
Exposure: 3×2 seconds, stacked
Processing: none</figcaption></figure> <figure id=”attachment_1936” class=”thumbnail wp-caption alignnone style=”width: 1010px”><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">Saturn and Moons
Date: 3-26-08
Exposure: 2 Seconds
Processing: none
(just levels adjustment)</figcaption></figure>