Some Photographs from the
Ernest B. Wright Observatory
at Hartwick College
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The 40 cm (16 inch) convertable Cassegrain/Newtonian Maksutov reflecting telescope |
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A few meteor trails from the Leonid meteor shower of November 18, 2001. Phototograph taken at 5:53 a.m. E.S.T. and is a 3.5 minute exposure at f/1.9 with ASA 1000 film. The Pleiades are just above the dome. There are three meteor trails in this photograph, one bright and two dimmer.
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Some people standing in front of the 4 meter dome looking at one of those comets a few years ago |
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Comet Hyakutaki in 1996 |
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The Moon |
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Jupiter and the Great Red Spot
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Mars with the southern polar cap visible on the upper right
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The 2003 apparition of Mars; big southern polar cap at upper right.
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