Selected Images From The Observatory

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Orion (with bonus airplane streak)

Taken by Caleb Rice and Jason Best on February 24, 2009

Canon EOS 20D SLR digital camera

1 image processed

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Moon and Saturn During Lunar Eclipse

Taken by Kristin Oswald in Martinsburg, WV on February 20, 2008

Canon Digital Rebel XTi SLR digital camera

1 image processed

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Comet Holmes

Taken by Jason Best and Sara Maene on November 7, 2007

Celestron C8 Deluxe telescope and Canon EOS 20D SLR digital camera

1 image processed

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Moon - Astro 1 Fall 2007

Taken by Kristin Oswald, Samantha Cronk, Jennifer Ferenz, and Jason Best on September 20, 2007

Celestron C8 Deluxe telescope and Canon Digital Rebel XTi SLR digital camera

1 image processed

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Big Dipper over Erma Ora Byrd Hall

Taken by Jason Best on September 17, 2007

Canon EOS 20D SLR digital camera, tripod mounted

15 second exposure, processed

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Crescent Venus

Taken by Jason Best on July 8, 2007

Meade LX200GPS telescope and Meade LPI camera

298 images stacked and processed

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Big Dipper

Taken by Jason Best and Sara Maene on July 23, 2006

Canon EOS 20D SLR digital camera, tripod mounted

15 second exposure, processed

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LX200GPS FIRST LIGHT - Jupiter

Taken by Jason Best, Wayne Bennett, and David Thomas (graduate astronomy course) on July 17, 2006

Meade LX200GPS telescope and Meade LPI camera

100 images stacked and processed

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Sun at Solar Minimum

Taken by Elijah Tice, Justin Ellis, and Jason Best on March 30, 2006

Celestron C8 telescope and Canon EOS 20D SLR digital camera

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Mars Stack

Taken by Tara Roberts and Jason Best on October 30, 2005

Celestron C8 telescope and Meade LPI camera

48 images stacked and processed

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Moon Mosaic

Taken by Tara Roberts and Jason Best on September 11, 2005

Celestron C8 telescope and Canon EOS 20D SLR digital camera