which was held at Horizon Scotland at the Business Park in Forres in the north of Scotland.
The event ran from Thursday 22nd March 2007 until Saturday 24th March.
During the Festival, the telescope was under the control of members of the north of Scotland's two mainland astronomy clubs.
SIGMA, Moray's Astronomy Club and Highlands Astronomical Society.
Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope (North), operated by Las Cumbres Observatory.
| Designation |
Date
and Time |
Exposures |
| NGC
3242 "The Ghost of Jupiter," a planetary nebula in the constellation Hydra. |
Mar
23 2007 10.23 to 10.27 |
RGB
filters, 5 seconds Blue filter, 10 seconds Hydrogen-alpha filter, 5 seconds |
 |
Alan
Tough This is just part of the 4.6 arcminute image produced by the Faulkes Telescope. This planetary nebula consists of a small dense nebula of about 16" x 26" in diameter, surrounded by a fainter envelop measuring about 40 x 35 arc seconds. The bright inner nebula is described as looking like an eye by Burnham, and the outer shell gave rise to its popular name, as it is of about the apparent size of Jupiter. |
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Alan
Tough Alan has used a High Pass filter to sharpen up the image. |