http://cmsobservatory.com/gallery/ A feed of the latest images from the Cody Middle School observatory. en-us Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:28:49 -0700 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:31:34 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CMS Observatory CMS pidema@park6.k12.wy.us bcreavis@gmail.com http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/120.jpg This shot of Jupiter was made during the CMS Astronomy club meeting January 12, 2012. It was rather hazy but some detail still came through. It is a composite of 50 images stacked and processed using RegiStax software. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:28:49 -0700 120 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/119.jpg These eclipse shots were taken from my home on the morning of Dec. 9-10 using a little Meade 4 inch SCT and a Nikon D50 Camera. Unfortunately the focus was lost during the sequence and the moon set just prior to totality! Still it was quite a show. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:37:22 -0700 119 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/114.jpg This image of M101, the Pinwheel galaxy, shows the recently discovered Type Ia supernova just 10 days after its explosion (as seen from Earth). Click on it to see the whole image. M101 was very near the horizon and there was smoke from wildfires in the air so the seeing wasn\'t great, but the supernova and a few arms of the spiral galaxy can be seen. The image was a 90 second exposure. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:58:59 -0600 114 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/113.jpg This image of M13 in Hercules was taken with the \"big\" scope and camera. Once again the scope and camera are getting along well with the computer and doing what they were designed to do! Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:34:10 -0600 113 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/112.jpg This image of a portion of the Gibbous Moon taken Sept. 8 during the CMS Astronomy Club meeting. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:07:49 -0600 112 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/111.jpg This August 3, 2011 prominence was taken through a Coronado PST on a very active day on the sun! The camera was an Orion web cam and the best 9 images of a 10 second video were stacked using Registax software. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:27:52 -0600 111 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/110.jpg This August 3, 2011 image was taken through a Meade 8 inch SCT with a hydrogen alpha filter using an Orion web cam. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:25:29 -0600 110 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/109.jpg This solar storm took place on August 3, 2011. The image was taken using the Cornado PST and an Orion web cam. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:23:51 -0600 109 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/108.jpg This nice view of Saturn was taken through the C-8 using an Orion Solar System Star Shoot color imager. It was a beautiful night with great seeing! The observing session even ended with a meteor flaming over head! Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:54:46 -0600 108 http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/107.jpg This hydrogen alpha image was taken 4-11-11 through the Coronado PST using an Orion Star Shoot Solar System Color Imager. I haven\'t figured out how to stack solar images very well so this is just a single from from a 5 second video clip. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:17:39 -0600 107