Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Observatory

Images through the Bechtel Telescope

Whirlpool Galaxy. April 26, 2001
The first image taken through CCD camera.

The Ring Nebula, M57. - June 21, 2001
CCD image - 18, 4 second exposures.

Orion Nebula 2/1/2008
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Image credit: James Cadieux
Digital camera, 30 second exposure at 400 ASA

Orion Nebula 2/1/2008
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Image credit: James Cadieux
Digital camera, 30 second exposures a 3200 ASA

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URL: http://rpsec.usca.edu/Observatory/images.html (February, 2008)

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