Fine face on spiral galaxy
La Cañada Observatory, is an initiative by Juan Lacruz, the observatory started astrometric operations in the summer of 2002, it is registered as station J87 in the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union.
The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).
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The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).
Este obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 2.5 España.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
M57 The Ring Nebula in Lyra
A picture of the ring nebula, one exposition 3 minutes long.
The central star was discovered in 1800 by Friedrich von Hahn (1742-1805) this object is a white dwarf of 15 magnitude.
A detail has been contrast enhanced to show the faint background spiral galaxy.
Comet P/2007 V1 (LARSON) 2007 Nov 08
This object posted on the NEO Confirmation page displayed a tail 30 arc seconds long in position angle 240 degrees.
The observations from La Cañada, confirming the discovery, were published in MPEC 2007-V72 and IAUC 8893
Thursday, November 1, 2007
17P Holmes outburst
Quoting Gary Kronk account on comets-ml :
This outburst is very similar to the outburst this comet
experienced in 1892, which led to its discovery by Edwin Holmes
(England) on November 6. He was turning his 32-cm reflector toward M31
and thought that galaxy had entered the field of his finder. Upon
looking through the telescope he saw a comet about 5 arc minutes across
with a bright nucleus. Several people expressed scepticism that Holmes
had discovered such a bright comet, but it was confirmed with the naked
eye by other observers on November 7.
Read the IAUC8886 about this out burst.
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