Images From Space

~ A Total Lunar Eclipse – Feb 20, 2008
Lunar Eclipse of Feb 20, 2008 Image taken at Kopernik by N. Guydosh using his DSLR camera.
~ Weather Watch 2008 Images
Birds Eating After a Snowfall Submitted by: C. Costello, UE High School
Blizzard in Syracuse NY Submitted by: C. Costello, UE High School
Breakfast at a Snow-covered Feeder Submitted by: C. Costello, UE High School
Freezing Rain on a Tree Branch Submitted by: Whitney Point High School Weather Watch
Icy Berries Submitted by: Whitney Point High School Weather Watch
A Gallery of Recent Supernovae
~ The Latest Supernovae Website: Data, pictures, links, on currently observable Supernovae. Maintained by David Bishop of the Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science.
Supernova 2008ax, NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, interacting Galaxies; Arp 269 An interacting pair of galaxies; image taken at 4:30 UT on March 30, 2008
Supernova 2008bt in Galaxy NGC 3404. CCD Image taken on May 1st, 2008 at 2:30 UT. An STL-1301E CCD image thru our 20 inch telescope.
Background Information ~ Learn more about these images!
A Sample of Image Processing ~ see how it’s done!! See how the CCD image of M-19 was processed (this is a LARGE file)
A Special News Note: New Estimates of Globular Star Cluster Ages and Distances Informational text: includes LINKS for more details.
A Special News Note: The Age of the Universe Paradox How can stars be older than the Universe?? Includes LINKS for more details.
The Planetary Nebulae: What are they??? Read a description of these objects; includes links to our pictures and other sites.
Kopernik People, Places, and Activities
Jay Sarton’s Going Away Party Dec 12, 2006 Pictures from Jay's party; click on the links on the page.
John Dobson: the Amateur Astronomer and Telescope Inventor's visit Photos of the famous Dobsonian Telescope inventor's visit to Kopernik
Kopernik Astronomical Society Calendar of Events for 2007 Dates, Times, & Locations for KAS Meetings and Special Events
Photo of Kopernik Space Education Center in Autumn Spectacular fall foliage provides a backdrop
Photo of Kopernik's 20 inch F/8.1 Telescope Our Optical Guidance Systems Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain Telescope
Photos of Kopernik Space Education Center on a Winter’s Dawn The morning after an all night “Hale-Bopp” session.
The Summer Institute 2000 Picture Album Photos of the students and activities.
The Deep Sky Image Gallery
~ Messier's Nebulae & Star Clusters: Our Pictures of Objects in the Messier Catalog All of our pictures of the Messier Objects are at this link!
~ Our complete collection of Star Clusters, Nebulae, Galaxies, and older Supernovae Where have all the pictures gone? They're all here! All images over 2 months old are at this link.
~ The 15 Palomar Globular Star Clusters - Kopernik CCD Images The Palomar Globular Clusters are some of the most remote clusters in the Milky Way.
Constellation Auriga Wide field image; With parts of Taurus and Gemini.
Constellation Auriga (with lines, etc) Traditional lines and main stars and deep sky objects identified.
Constellation Orion Wide field image taken with Canon digital camera.
Constellation Scorpius – with Jupiter – Aug 14, 2007 A wide-field image taken with a Canon DSLR
M-31, the Andromeda Galaxy Image taken with a Canon DLSR thru a Brandon 80mm APO refractor.
M-34, Open Star Cluster in Perseus An 8-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor.
M-35, Open Star Cluster in Gemini Image includes Open Cluster NGC 2158. An image thru our 80mm VERNONscope Refractor.
M-41, Open Star Cluster Canis Major A 10-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor.
M-42 and M-43, the Orion Nebula Image taken with a Canon DLSR thru a Brandon 80mm APO refractor.
M-45, the Pleiades, Open Star Cluster and Reflection Nebula in Taurus Image taken with a Canon DLSR thru a Brandon 80mm APO refractor.
M-46, Open Star Cluster in Puppis; includes Planetary Nebula NGC 2438 Color images thru both the 20-inch and 80mm telescopes.
M-47, Open Star Cluster in Puppis; plus star clusters NGC 2423 and NGC 2425 A 10-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor
M-50, Open Star Cluster in Monoceros Color images thru both our 80mm refractor and 20-inch Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain
M-51, A Spiral Galaxy & companion, aka “The Whirlpool Galaxy” Color image taken with STL-1301E CCD camera thru our 20-inch telescope.
M-67, Open Star Cluster in Cancer A 14-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor
M-77, an unusual Spiral Galaxy in Cetus Color image thru our 20-inch telescope.
M-93, Open Star Cluster in Puppis A 9-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor.
NGC 1435, Merope Nebula, Reflection Nebula in the Pleiades Star Cluster A color CCD image taken thru our 20-inch telescope working at F/5.
NGC 2024, the Flame Nebula in Orion A 40 min color exposure with STL-1301E camera thru our 20-inch scope working at F/5.
NGC 3486, a Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo Minor A color CCD image thru our 20-inch telescope.
Sagittarius, the movie! Watch the Milky Way move behind the trees. This is a very big avi file that will take about 5 minutes to download.
The Solar System ~ Images of the Sun, Moon, Planets, Meteors, and Comets
~ Comet Hale-Bopp - An Image Collection Kopernik’s finest images of Comet Hale-Bopp
~ Info on Comet Holmes Info on an amazingly bright Comet that appeared in October 2007.
Comet 17P/ Holmes, 11/02/07 image showing inner coma detail Black & White image showing detail in inner coma.
Comet 17P/ Holmes, image taken Jan 9, 2008 at 10:00 pm EST An 8-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor.
Comet 17P/ Holmes, image taken Nov 10, 2007 at 9:30 pm EST A 7-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR thru 80mm Brandon APO refractor.
Comet 17P/ Holmes, image taken Nov 2, 2007 at 00:05 am EDT Color CCD image thru Kopernik’s 20-inch telescope using STL-1301E camera.
Comet 17P/ Holmes, image taken October 25, 2007 Image thru Kopernik’s 20-inch telescope using a Canon DSLR camera.
Comet Holmes in Perseus – the full wide-field frame Image taken Nov 11, 2007 by KAS Member G. Normandin
Comet Holmes in the Constellation Perseus – Nov 11, 2007, 8:00 pm EST A 7-minute exposure with Canon Rebel DSLR and 50mm lens
Great Comets of the Past: Images from 1999 thru 2006 Links to our older Comet pictures; there sure were some fine Comets in past years!
Jupiter, image from 1999. CCD image.
Jupiter, image from May 31, 2007. Color image thru our 20-inch telescope.
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus - The Planets in May 2007 Images taken on the night of 30/31 May 2007
Jupiter, with Great Red Spot Color CCD image taken in May 2003.
Leonid Meteor Shower Images, Nov. 18th, 2001 and Nov. 17th, 1996 Photos of the spectacular Leonid Meteor Shower taken at Kopernik
Lunar Crater Bullialdus; western part of Mare Nubium From a video with a Celestron NextImage webcam; 20-inch F/8 telescope.
Lunar Crater Cassini & Valley Vallis Alpes From a video with a Phillips TouCam Pro II webcam; 20-inch F/8 telescope.
Lunar Crater Clavius; walled plain near the moon’s south pole. From a video with a Celestron NextImage webcam; 20-inch F/8 telescope.
Lunar Crater Copernicus, plus Kepler and Aristarchus, Jan 2, 2007 Image taken with 6-inch F/12 Astro-Physics refractor and 2.4X Barlow lens.
Lunar Crater Gassendi; walled plain near edge of Mare Humorum From a video with a Celestron NextImage webcam; 20-inch F/8 telescope.
Lunar Crater Manilius From a video with a Celestron NextImage webcam; 20-inch F/8 telescope.
Lunar Crater Tycho, shows bright rays at full moon, Jan 2, 2007 7:30 EST Image taken with 6-inch F/12 Astro-Physics refractor and 2.4X Barlow lens.
Lunar Eclipse of March 23rd, 1997 Photos of eclipse thru 20 in. scope working at F/5; Kodak Gold 200 film.
Lunar Eclipse of March 23rd, 1997, Photos thru 20 inch scope The eclipse was seen by over 300 visitors to Kopernik, using various instruments.
Mars ~ March 16th, 1997 CCD Images thru the 20 inch using a 2.4x barlow lens
Moon, nearly full (99.5% illuminated), January 3, 2007 0:30 UT Image taken with Canon Rebel DLSR and 6-inch F/12 Astro-Physics APO refractor
Moon, nearly full, January 3, 2007 0:30 UT Larger version of full moon image.
Moon, waxing gibbous (64% illuminated), October 31, 2006 3:30 UT Image taken with Canon Rebel DLSR and 6-inch F/12 Astrophysics APO refractor
Photos of the Aurora Borealis - the Great Oct 2003 Solar Storm! Photos taken by members of the Kopernik Astro Society during the October 2003 Solar Storm.
Photos of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) from 1988-1991 Photos taken by members of the Kopernik Astro Society during the 1988-1991 solar cycle peak
Photos of the Aurora Borealis from November 2004. Includes auroras from two nights in November 2004.
Saturn Color CCD image taken at 2:00 UT on May 17, 2004
Saturn, image taken at 3:00 UT on April 23, 2008 Celestron webcam exposure thru our Astro-Physics 6-inch F/12 refractor
Solar Eclipse Photos by members of the Kopernik Astronomical Society Please have patience while this page loads; there are many photos.
Sun, White light, with numerous sun spots; taken on May 16, 2000, 21:00 UT Photo taken with Kopernik’s 6-inch heliostat (solar telescope)
Total Lunar Eclipse, 11:10 EDT, Oct. 27, 2004 Photo thru 20-inch telescope working at F/5
Total Lunar Eclipse, Oct. 27, 2004, larger version About maximum eclipse; larger version of same image.
Total Lunar Eclipse, Oct. 27, 2004, partial phase Exposure set to show sun lit portion of moon.
Total Lunar Eclipse, Oct. 27, 2004, partial phase Photo taken as the moon emerged from total eclipse.
Venus, Crescent Phase, May 12, 2004, 1:00 UT CCD image; 20-inch telescope working at F/8.1
Venus, Crescent Phase, May 17, 2004, 0:20 UT CCD image; 20-inch telescope working at F/19.4