Latest Images taken by Cypress College students
Latest Images taken by Cypress College studentsToday's Date: Saturday November 21, 2009
To attend our next observation session, see schedule of observation nights then:
- Arrive 15-30 minutes before the start time to use the computer software to lookup objects that you want to image.
- Go up the stairs next to room SEM-114 to the second floor.
- If the door is locked, knock. If no one one answers or if the weather is questionable, call Dr. Armale's office at 714-484-7000 Ext 48638.
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The three photos shown of the transit of Venus were taken by Paul Ricci (Cypress College professor emeritis) on June 8th, from the Greek island of Santorini (Thira) in the Aegean Sea approximately 1&1/2 hours apart. The instrument used was a 1000 mm, C-90 Celestron lens, coupled with a glass filter on Kodak High Definition film, 400 A.S.A. Shutter speed,
1/250 sec.
April 21, 2004, 9-10 PM PDT, TIE 14". Images by Alex Mitroi,, Peter Koo, Thuy Hoang, Hyun Joo Lee, Natalia Kasas, Krina Patel, Lisa Huh, and Ron Armale (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). False Color.
M105 Round Galaxy
M106 Spiral Galaxy
M58 Round Galaxy
M97 The Owl Nebula
M3 Globular Cluster
March 30, 2004, 9-10 PM PST, TIE 24". Images by Alex Mitroi,, Ron Armale, Odalys Vinas (Cypress telescope operator), and Carroll Devault (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). False Color.
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy. Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major. .t= 40s. Compare to 7/18/01. |
M44 Beehive Cluster. Open Cluster in Cancer. Scattered. M=3.1, t=1s. |
M82 Very elongated irregular Galaxy in Ursa Major.. M=9.2, t=35s. Compare to 3/12/03 and 4/10/00.
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M63 Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici. .Elongated galaxy with bright core. M=9.6, t=40s. Compare to 4/5/00. |
M67 Open Cluster, dense, in Cancer. M=6.9, t=10s. |
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy. Spiral Galaxy
and companion (NGC 5195) in Canes Venatici
near the |
NGC3384 Round Galaxy with bright core in Leo, M=10.7, t=45s, Note companion galaxy NGC3389 at upper left. This group is near M105. Compare to 3/19/02.. |
NGC3628 Very Elongated Galaxy, note dust lane, M=10.5, t=41s, next to M105 and the image to the left <-. Compare to 3/19/02. |
January 27, 2004, 7-8 PM PST, TIE 14". Images by William Ninh, David Anderson, Alex Mitroi,, Ron Armale (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator).
M1 The Crab Nebula. t=60s. |
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. t=60s. |
M33 The Pinwheel Galaxy. t=90s. |
October 10, 2003, 9-10 PM PDT, TIE 14". Images by (12 students): Jesse Cu, Anson Cu, Chris Woodyard, Laura DeRose, Jessica Wise, Don Chuemis, Tiffany Ruter, Susan Maisonbach, Darrell Nakamura, Mimi Son, Joshua Cowtant, Javier Banielos,, Ron Armale (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). Seeing was a bit poor due to the Moon being near Full. We had technical difficulties so only one image was worth posting. Image time was 60 seconds exposure time.
M57 The Ring Nebula in Lyra. Planetary Nebula ring with central star. False color. Compare to image on 9/10/03, 7/29/01 and August and September 1999 images.
Semptember 10, 2003, 9-10 PM PDT, TIE 14". Images by Laura DeRose, Tricia Wise, Mimi Son, Tiffany Ruter, Jesse Cu, Anson Cu, Chris Woodyard, Ron Armale (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). Seeing was a bit poor due to the Moon being Full. Note some stars have saturated and dark spots are image defects. Most images were 120 seconds long in exposure time. False color.
M110
M27 Dumbell Nebula
M31 Andromeda Galaxy
M57 Ring Nebula
NGC6946
M56
Images of total lunar eclipse on Thursday May 15, 2003 at 8:40 PM PDT (mideclipse), taken by retired Instructor Paul Ricci of Cypress College, assisted by Ron Armale. Location: Cypress College. F11, 1000mm lens, Film: Fuji ASA 400 , Exposure times = 1-15sec.
Totality, mideclipse.
End of totality.
Moon begins toexit the umbra
Moon is exiting the umbra
M3 Globular Cluster highly resolved, in Canes Venatici. M=6.40, t=60s. Compare to the images on 6/12/02 and 5/14/01.
May 14, 2003, 9-10 PM PDT, TIE 14". Images by Eileen Pitpitan, Ghaith Naussaief, Carol Moline, Mario Ortega, Heang Sim, Ron Armale, Alex Mitroi (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). Seeing was poor due to the Moon being one day before Full Moon and due to cloud cover. We took one image then the clouds rolled in :-(
April 9, 2003, 9-10 PM PDT, TIE 14". Images by Raquel Liceaga, Ron Armale, Alex Mitroi (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). Seeing was a bit poor due to the Moon in first quarter. Note some stars have saturated and dark spots are image defects
4Vesta Asteeroid. 4th largest asteroid in the asteroid belt. Bright pbject near center. M=6, t=30s. Note oversaturation.
M106 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venetici. M=9.3, t=120s. Compare to 6/1/00 image.
NGC3115 Spindle Galaxy in Sextans. M=9.19, t-120s. Note star elongation due to poor telescpe tracking.
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy. Spiral Galaxy and companion (NGC 5195) in Canes Venatici near the
handle of the Big Dipper. False color. M=9.16, t=90s. Compare to image on 5/8/02 and 4/18/01.
March 12, 2003, 8-9 PM PST, TIE 14". Images by Marisol Daniels, C.J. Coshow, Matthew Poliscusc, Octavian Pop , Ron Armale, Alex Mitroi (Cypress telescope operator), and Rick August (Mt. Wilson TIE telescope operator). Seeing was a bit poor due to the Moon in first quarter. Note some stars have saturated and dark spots are image defects.
M109 Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major. M=10.55, t=90s, false color, compare to images on 5/14/02 and 3/28/01.
M81 Bode's Nebula. Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major. M=7.9, t=90s. Compare to 4/10/00. Near M82 below.
NGC3412 Elongated Galaxy with bright core, in Leo next to M105. M=10.6, t=30s, Compare to 3/19/02.
M82 Very elongated irregular Galaxy in Ursa Major.. M=9.2, t=120s. Compare to 4/10/00. Near M81 above.
Notes
- Images taken by the 24 inch telescope starting in November 6, 2002 use the new CCD camera.
- All images before May 2002 were taken by the TIE24" telescope which uses the ST6 CCD camera. The camera field of view is 13'x10'. Most images are 13'x10'. The full size JPEG images are 376x242 pixels and take 89 kB of memory.
- The TIE 14 inch uses the ST9e CCD camera. The camera field of view is 16.6'x16.5' (arc minutes). The full size JPEG images are 512x512 pixels and take 256.0 kB of memory.
- Thumbnail images are 64x64 pixels and take 4 kB of memory.
- Unless otherwise indicated, the clear filter was used.
Symbols
- TIE14" = inch telescope
- TIE24" = 24 inch telescope.
- M = Magnitude
- RGB = Red Green Blue color combined image.
- t = exposure time in seconds.
- S = seeing value. Range is 1-255. 1 is poor, 255 is Excellent.
