Image of the Month
Here we showcase the best images that were obtained during that month by the Liverpool Telescope. If you feel that you have obtained a particularly good observation, then please let us know.
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October 2008
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07/10/08 - 00:39 GMT Liverpool Telescope Norwich School This month we have a rather fine image of an emission nebula, known as IC 1795. The nebula lies around 7,500 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, and is a mixture of glowing interstellar gas (lit up by stars embedded within the gas) and dark dust clouds. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1131i000.hfit | ||
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September 2008
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22/09/08 - 22:40 GMT Liverpool Telescope Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College This unusual object is called NGC7635, but is more commonly known as the Bubble Nebula. It lies 11,000 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, and was created by the stellar wind flowing out from a massive hot young star into the surrounding molecular cloud. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1136f000.hfit | ||
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August 2008
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29/08/08 - 03:45 GMT Liverpool Telescope Tower College Here we see the diffuse nebula NGC1579, which lies 2,100 light years away in Perseus. NGC1579 is a dusty star forming region that glows with the light of many hot young stars embedded within it. The central regions of the nebula are dominated by dust, which creates the dark dust lanes we see. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1052j000.hfit | ||
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July 2008
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08/07/08 - 01:43 GMT Liverpool Telescope Belvidere School Here we see a spiral galaxy called NGC6632, which is similar to our own Milky Way galaxy. The spiral arms stand out because they are the regions where hot bright new stars are born. Note that the bright stars you see if the image are foreground stars in our galaxy, and NGC6632 lies a long way behind them. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1107g000.hfit | ||
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June 2008
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14/06/08 - 04:21 GMT Liverpool Telescope Lancing College This month we see another example of a planetary nebula (PN), called the Dumbbell Nebula or M27. It was discovered in 1764, when astronomers thought their round shape meant that PNs were planetary in nature. Of course we now know that they are distant stars in the final stages of their lifetimes. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1056d000.hfit | ||
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May 2008
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14/05/08 - 03:43 GMT Liverpool Telescope Home Educator - Birmingham This false-colour image of the planetary nebula M57, also known as the Ring Nebula, shows the cast-off layers of a dying star's outer atmosphere, which now surround the star's remaining core - called a white dwarf. Using false-colours in LTImage can sometimes allow us to see more detail. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1067c000.hfit | ||
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April 2008
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24/04/08 - 23:09 GMT Liverpool Telescope Tower College This image shows two spiral galaxies, called NGC4567 and NC4568, that are in the process of colliding and merging with each other - officially known as interacting galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784, although astronomers did not understand the true nature of galaxies back then. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1052b000.hfit | ||
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March 2008
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15/03/08 - 22:26 GMT Liverpool Telescope Sir William Borlases Grammar School This image of the planet Saturn shows some nice surface and ring detail. The rings are made up of billions of small chunks of ice and dust, and are just 30 metres thick, but 275,000 km across. Over the coming years, the ring system will appear to close as our view of Saturn changes. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1043j000.hfit | ||
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February 2008
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18/02/08 - 20:22 GMT Liverpool Telescope Tormead School Poor weather meant that the best images in February were all of the Moon. Here we see the heavily cratered southern highland region of the lunar surface, surrounding the Tycho impact crater. The crater displays a distinctive ray system of ejected material that reaches as far as 1,500 kilometres. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1005h000.hfit | ||
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January 2008
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Liverpool Telescope Bolton School This wispy object is a planetary nebula - a spherical cloud of gas and dust, which used to be the outer atmosphere of a star (similar to our Sun) that has recently come to the end of its lifetime. The faint star in the middle, known as a white dwarf, is the hot leftover core of the star. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 905a000.hfit | ||
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December 2007
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Liverpool Telescope Framwell Gate School Durham This image of the Moon shows a large crater and mountian range running through the middle of a much flatter Mare (lunar sea) region. See how shadows can give the impression of depth, and allow us to estimate the height of mountains and crater walls. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 946b000.hfit | ||
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November 2007
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Liverpool Telescope Sale Grammar School This image shows some surface detail of the planet Mars, as it approaches opposition in late December. The dark area you can see to the left of the visible surface is the Syrtis Major region on Mars. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 725d000.hfit | ||
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