Monday, July 27, 2009

Some Real Astronomy Does Happen At WMA

Just to show that there is more than just banter and harassment going on at an observing session by WMA at Grandview Campground, here are a couple of images made by Secretary / Treasurer and Imaging Guru Jeff Hustead the weekend of 7/17 - 7/19/2009:

First, M27, the "Dumbell Nebula" (Also called the Bow Tie Nebula, or the Apple Core Nebula):



Past President Rich Garner was ragging all weekend about finding Stephans Quintet, a grouping of five galaxies in the Pegasus constellation. Jeff got this image of it:

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