Faulkes Heathfield July 1st 2010

Taken this morning at Heathfield Community College:

Messier 92 (also known as M92 or NGC 6341) is a globular cluster in the constellation Hercules.

Sky Object Name: M92
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jul 1, 2010 10:34:44 UTC
RA: 17h17'07"
DEC: 43°08'14"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 3 secs.
Instrument: EM01

The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 23 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Sky Object Name: m101
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jul 1, 2010 10:40:31 UTC
RA: 14h03'13"
DEC: 54°21'02"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 30 secs.
Instrument: EM01

The Trifid Nebula, located in Sagittarius, is so named because it is 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifid appearance. Sky Object Name: M20
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jul 1, 2010 10:46:46 UTC
RA: 18h02'20"
DEC: -23°03'10"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 30 secs.
Instrument: EM01

NGC 5676 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes.
Sky Object Name: NGC5676
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jul 1, 2010 10:54:11 UTC
RA: 14h32'48"
DEC: 49°28'00"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 30 secs.
Instrument: EM01

The Rosette Nebula is located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter. Sky Object Name: Rosette nebula
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jul 1, 2010 10:58:03 UTC
RA: 18h04'04"
DEC: -24°19'49"
Filter: Blue
Exposure time: 1 secs.
Instrument: EM01

Yr 7 Faulkes Telescope 18th June 2010

Images taken by class 7p1.

The first is the possibly newly-discovered asteroid 2010 LX15 we have been following for the last week to aid scientists track its path so they can tell how near to Earth it's going to come:

Sky Object Name: 2010 LX15
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jun 18, 2010 09:24:55 UTC
RA: 16h46'10"
DEC: -22°45'17"
Filter: Solar
Exposure time: 120 secs.
Instrument: EM01
The second image was a globular cluster, a cluster of 'old' stars (rather than an area where new stars are being formed). The stars often appear of similar age and intensity:
Sky Object Name: m13
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jun 18, 2010 09:12:07 UTC
RA: 16h41'42"
DEC: 36°27'41"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 30 secs.
Instrument: EM01

The third image is one of our favourites, the Ring Nebula (M57), which, even with an exposure of only 3 seconds per red, green and blue filter, still manages to look fabulous!
Sky Object Name: m57
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Jun 18, 2010 09:05:03 UTC
RA: 18h53'36"
DEC: 33°01'40"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 3 secs.
Instrument: EM01