ALPENGLOW OBSERVATORY

 

  The ObservaDome was erected in 1984 with the help of my 14 year old daughter, and upgraded in 2005 with Meridian Controls Dome Control, to enable remote control. It is located in my backyard, on the western slope of the Wasatch Mountain Range at about 5350 feet elevation.                

 

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tweaked 06/07/10

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M33

M33 - Description

10/16/2007

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12/15/2005

The color was added 12/23/05

NGC 281  
(Pac-Man Nebula)
Pac-Man - Astronomer's Description


M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)

 M51 - An astronomer's description


M106
3/2/2006

Astronomer's Description


Bubble Nebula
9/14/2005


 Description

Ha Image  Sept. '05

 

 

The Bubble Nebula

NGC 7635

 9/13/2006

Astronomer's Description

LRGB        Oct 2,2008

NGC 7822

10/23/2006

Astronomer's Description

 

 

The Veil Nebula

August 2006 Data

Reprocessed 10/06/2006
 

Astronomer's Description

HEART NEBULA REGION

10/30/2006

 Astronomer's Description

NGC 891

11/1/2006

Astronomer's Description

IC 434 - Horsehead and Flame Nebula

2x2 mosaic  17.5 Hours Ha

TEC140 f/7

12/30/2006

 

Tame Altinak 9/21/08

    Horsehead and Flame          Color 02/08/2007                2x2 Mosaic

Description

About

M57 - Planetary Nebula

M82 & M81

02/19/2007

Description

M101

03/21/2007

Tweaked 06/27/10

Description     

Hickson 44

03/26/2007

Description

Leo Trio

M65  M66   NGC 3628

04/13/2007

Description

M57

 Planetary Nebula

06/15/2007

Description

M3

 Globular Cluster

04/27/2007

Description

Crescent Nebula Ha

NGC 6888

06/20/2007

Description

 

06/27/2008

Crescent Nebula  

Description

 

Veil Nebula - NGC 6992

Part of the Western Loop

Ha+RGB

06/25/2007

Description

Gamma Cygnus Nebula Ha

 IC 1318(cropped)

Jun27'07

Description

 

Eagle Nebula - M16

The Pillars of Creation

HaRGB

Jun28'07

Description

NGC 7822 - SH2-171

August 10, 2007

HaRGB

Description

 

 LRGB 8/11/ 2008   LRGB 8/11/2007

Cocoon Nebula - IC 5146

Description

 

 

July 28,2008      Aug 20'07

M27

Description

 

Elephants Trunk

August 25'07

Description

Pelican - IC5067

Sept 3'07

Description

 

M31

 The Andromeda Galaxy

Sept 14, 2007

Description

NGC 7380 Cluster

SH2-142 Ha Nebulosity

September 24, 2007

Description

 

    Comet Outburst 17P/Holmes          Oct 26,2007

Information

Oct 29, 2007 

Helix Nebula - NGC 7293

Nov 2, 2007

Description

 

 

 

November 12,2007

Cave Nebula - Sh2-155

Nov 3, 2007

Description

 Quasar 0957+561

Also NGC 3079

   March 6, 2008

Description

 

M106

April 4, 2008

Description

 

 

 

M64 Black Eye Galaxy

April 12, 2008

Description

 

 

 

NGC 4725 - One Arm Galaxy

April 13, 2008

Description

 

3D ?

NGC 4631

Whale and Companion

Hockey Stick Galaxy

May 1,2008

Description

 

 

NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula

June 10, 2008

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 VEIL - NGC6995 IC1310

July 9, 2008

Description

Veil Map

TRIFID (M20)

August 23,2008

Description

 

Galaxy NGC 6946

August 23, 2008

Description

 

 NGC 7129 & NGC 7142

 August 26, 2008

Description

 

NGC 6914

August 29,2008

Description

 

NGC 6823

September 5, 2008

Description

 

NGC 7538

Sept 25,2008

About protostar

 

 

 

NGC 7331

Sept 29,2008

Description

 

IC 1848

Eastern, 'head' portion of the Soul Nebula

Oct 25, 2008

Description

NGC 1333

Oct 27,2008

Description

 

 

 

 

9LRGB

M1 The Crab Nebula

November 21, 2008

Description

16RGB cropped reduced stars

27L16RGB

M45 - Pleiades

800min Ha  670min RGB

November 2008

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosette Nebula

Dec 2008

Description

Christmas Tree Cluster

January 2009

Description

Running Man

NGC 1977 Cluster

January 2009

Description

 

M42

The Great Orion Nebula

February 2009

Description

NGC 6914

August 2009

Description

 

 

SH2-173

The Phantom of the Opera

September 2009

Description

 

         The Cave Nebula          (SH2-155)

September 26,2009

Description

 

Deer Lick Group (NGC 7331) and Stephan's Quintet

October 18, 2009

Description

 

SH2-171  (CED 214) NGC 7822

November 11, 2009

Description

 

IC 405

Flaming Star Nebula

November 18, 2009

Description

 

The California Nebula

NGC 1499

December 5, 2009

Description

M82

The Cigar Galaxy

March 2010

Description

 

NGC3718    Peculiar Galaxy

April 2010

Description

NGC 6823

July 4, 2010

Description

M13 - Globular Cluster

July 6, 2010

Description

IC1318 - Butterfly

July 14, 2010

Description

 

M8 Lagoon Nebula

July-Aug 2010

July blue channel cadywampus

Description

 

 

VDB 152 Reflection Nebula

Sept 2, 2010

Description

Sept 4, 2010

Fireworks Galaxy

NGC 6946

Sept 13, 2010

Description

 

 

 

Fetus Nebula

NGC 7008

Sept. 18, 2010

Description

 

 

 

  24Ha Faux Color

Flying Horse

NGC 7380   SH2-142

Sept. 23, 2010

Description

  HaR HaR G B

SH2-140

Oct. 15,2010

Description

 

CED 214

October 28, 2010

Description

NGC 1530 Barred Galaxy

November 1, 2010

Description

 

IC 342 - Galaxy

November 5, 2010

Description

M 78

data January 20, 2009

Description

PK 164 +31.1

Feb. 11,2011

Description

Jelly Fish Nebula - IC 443

February 28, 2011

Description

Cocoon Galaxy - NGC 4490

April 28, 2011

Description

Western Markarian's Chain

May 4, 2011

Description

 

M51 Super Nova 6/2/2011

June 6, 2011

 

 

 

                          

PK112-10.1

Planetary Nebula in Cassiopeia

            October 25, 2011

 

IC 1805

A portion of the emission nebula, that lies some 7500 light years away from Earth,  in the constellation Cassiopeia.

30 minutes Hydrogen Alpha filter 

November 2, 2011

 

M3 Globular Cluster

April 10, 2012

M3 Description

NGC 3521

April 30, 2012

Description

 

 
     
     
     

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