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Category Archives: One Shot Color Camera

NGC 891 Spiral Galaxy

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 26, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

Location: Andromeda; Distance: 27.3 ± 1.8 Million Light Years. Edge on, unbarred spiral galaxy. Astronomers believe our Milky Way would look like this if viewed from outside the galaxy.  Total color exposure 60 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Galaxy, Robert Johnson

M104 Sombrero Galaxy

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 26, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

M104 – Sombrero Galaxy: Location: Virgo; Distance: 29.3 ± 1.6 Million Light Years; Unbarred spiral galaxy; diameter 50,000 light years.  Total color exposure 60 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Galaxy, Robert Johnson

M57 Ring Nebula

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 26, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

Location: Lyra; Distance: 2.4 ± 0.7 Thousand Light Years; Planetary Nebula; Gas expelled by red giant on way to becoming white dwarf. Diameter: 2.6 light years; Expansion Rate: 20 – 30 km/sec.  Total color exposure 30 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Nebula, Robert Johnson

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 26, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

Location: Canes Venatici; Distance: 23 ± 4 Million Light Years. Two galaxies, NGC 5194 and 5195, in oscillation.  Total color exposure 60 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Galaxy, Robert Johnson

M27 Dumbbell Nebula

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 26, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

Location: Vulpecula; Distance: 1.36 ± 0.2 Thousand Light Years; Planetary Nebula. Gas emitted by dying star; Central white dwarf. Diameter: 2.88 light years; Expansion Rate: 31 km/sec. Total color exposure 30 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Nebula, Robert Johnson

NGC 7635 – Bubble Nebula

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 24, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

Location: Cassiopeia; Distance: ≅ 11 Thousand Light Years. Expanding shell of glowing gas shaped by stellar wind. Bubble is 10 light years across.  Total color exposure 60 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Nebula, Robert Johnson

NGC 7331

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 24, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 26, 2015

NGC 7331 – Spiral Galaxy: Location: Pegasus; Distance: 40 ± 3 million light years. Central bulge rotates in opposite direction from the rest of the disk. Four other galaxies are visible.  Total color exposure 60 minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Galaxy, Robert Johnson

NGC 3190

Estes Park Memorial Observatory Posted on July 22, 2015 by Estes Park Memorial ObservatoryJuly 22, 2015

NGC 3190 – Spiral Galaxy: Location: Leo. Spiral galaxy approximately 60 million light years from Earth seen edge on. This galaxy is a member of the Hickson 44 Group of galaxies. Another member, NGC 3187 is located to the upper … Continue reading →

Posted in Member Astrophotography, One Shot Color Camera | Tagged Galaxy, Robert Johnson

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