[LVAS] FW: 2010 Astro Images from the Wildwood Pines Observatory

[roger ivester]

All,

 

Jim Dire sent these very nice images last night. He has spent a lot of time as of recent in his backyard observatory.

 

If you have any questions or would like to commmunicate with Dr. Dire see his e-mail address listed below. I am sure he would appreciate any correspondence. 

 

jdire at gardner-webb.edu

 

 

Roger

 

 


It’s been quite some time since I posted new astro-images to my website.  It was so cloudy in 2009, that I took very few pictures last year. Fortunately there were 12 good nights in January and February where I was able to take digital pictures in my observatory.  Links to a sample of those images are found below. Scroll down below each image on the website to find details about each object and the imaging system.
 
Best regards,
Jim

Star Clusters
The star cluster go from very sparse to very dense grouping.  I particularly like NGC2420 and NGC2506.
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/M48.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/NGC2479.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/NGC2301.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/M50.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/M67.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/NGC2420.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20clusters/NGC2506.html

Nebulae

Nebulae are glowing clouds of space gas.  The first three below are planetary nebulae, gas throw off by dying stars.
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20nebulae/NGC1514.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20nebulae/M97.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20nebulae/Medusa.html

M78 and NGC2071 and glowing clouds of gas where stars are forming.

http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20nebulae/M78.html

IC405 is called the Flaming Star Nebula

http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20nebulae/IC405.html

Galaxies

Here’s a good selection of galaxies! Which are your favorites?
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/M65_66.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC1232.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/M77.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages galaxies/NGC470_01.html 

http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC672.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC2336.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC2683.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC2841.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC3953.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/M106.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/M109.html
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20galaxies/NGC2903.html

Solar System
 
Vesta is the brightest asteroid is our solar system.  It is located in the Main Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. On 2/20/2010 Vesta was at the closest point to Earth in its orbit. The double star in the below image is actually two exposures of Vesta taken 30 minutes apart showing how far the asteroid moved during this time interval.
 
http://www.wildwoodpines.org/pages%20solar%20system/Vesta.html

 		 	   		  
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