Showing posts with label sky surveys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sky surveys. Show all posts
Friday, November 12, 2010

Astrophoto Friday - the California Nebula

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This week Astrophoto Friday brings us the California Nebula. The California Nebula (also known as NGC 1499) is an emission nebula consisting...
Friday, August 6, 2010

Astrophoto Friday - Supernova 1972E

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Astrophoto Friday returns with a pair of photos of the galaxy known as NGC 5253. The photo on the left was taken with Palomar's 48-inch ...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

Labor Day in North America

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For your holiday weekend here is NGC 7000 . Happy Labor Day!
Monday, June 15, 2009

Palomar Transient Factory

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Unique Sky Survey Brings New Objects into Focus Partnership involves Caltech's Palomar Observatory and other world leaders in astronomy ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Google Sky Map

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I meant to post this awhile ago, but didn't quite get around to it. Sorry. Anybody out there have an Android phone that has also tried ...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Collison in the Virgo Cluster?

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Here's a shot of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies from Palomar's 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope. Click to enlarge. The image was put ...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Surveys, Novae and more

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I haven't talked much about actual research news in a while. . . . . I'll be giving much more info on that side of the observatory ...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Podcast on Sky Surveys

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My latest podcast for the 365 Days of Astronomy is up. You can check it out from their site directly or download it via iTunes too. Error ...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Operation SkyPhoto

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Speaking of the Palomar Sky Survey . . . prints from the first survey are being used for a noble cause. Operation SkyPhoto is selling pri...

Hubble Holidays

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The folks that run HubbleSite have put up some holiday cards of astronomical images . One of them just happens to be a shot of the Pleiades ...
Saturday, November 8, 2008

The Great Galaxy in Andromeda

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Here's another scan of a vintage PR shot from Palomar. This is of M31 , the Andromeda Galaxy. The image was captured by the 48-inch Schm...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Heart and Soul

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Sunday's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Heart and Soul nebulae. It is another image wonderfully processed by Davide De Martin ...