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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February 2010
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10/02/10 - 02:05 GMT Liverpool Telescope Fort Pitt Grammar School Here we have the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3507, which is around 45 million light-years away. Although the galaxy looks like it has two bright central bulges, the smaller one is actually a foreground star, which is just 550 light-years away. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1748e000.hfit | ||
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January 2010
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25/01/10 - 21:47 GMT Liverpool Telescope Our Lady of Sion School Here we see a nice image of Mars, taken a few days before opposition - the other side of Earth to the Sun. The image shows lots of surface detail, including a polar region (left) that is coated in a bright layer of frozen carbon dioxide. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1722f000.hfit | ||
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December 2009
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06/12/09 - 22:23 GMT Liverpool Telescope St George's Preparatory School Here we have the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1637. With the galaxy appearing face-on to us, we can see the spiral arms structure clearly. NGC 1637 is located around 25 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1649h000.hfit | ||
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November 2009
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28/11/09 - 21:24 GMT Liverpool Telescope Llangatwg Comprehensive School This image of the Moon's surface shows a nice variety of features. On the right you can see a mountain range running north to south, whilst to the bottom left we have the edge of a dark Mare or lunar sea. Craters can be seen throughout. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1572h000.hfit | ||
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October 2009
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25/10/09 - 05:57 GMT Liverpool Telescope Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Here we have a barred spiral galaxy, known to its friends as NGC 4051. The bright knobbly areas you can see in the spiral arms of the galaxy are due to star-birth regions that contain hot young stars. NGC 4051 is thought to contain a supermassive black hole. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1354k000.hfit | ||
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Sept. 2009
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25/09/09 - 20:11 GMT Liverpool Telescope Home Educator, Cambridge This image of the Moon shows the region close to the terminator - the line between light and dark. The shallow angle of the incoming sunlight means that features, such as craters or mountains, cast long shadows across the lunar surface, which gives us a better sense of depth. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1475g000.hfit | ||
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August 2009
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26/08/09 - 01:26 GMT Liverpool Telescope Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias This object is commonly known as the Bubble Nebula (or NGC 7635). The bubble is created by the outflow from a massive hot star expanding into the surrounding cloud of gas. We have used false colours to pick out more detail. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1460c000.hfit | ||
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July 2009
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23/07/09 - 02:20 GMT Liverpool Telescope Swakeleys School Here we see a glowing nebula called IC63. Nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that are illuminated in some way. In this case, the edges of IC63 are being lit up by a nearby bright star (not in frame). Over time, the nebula will evaporate. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1448i000.hfit | ||
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June 2009
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05/06/09 - 04:52 GMT Liverpool Telescope St George's Preparatory School This image shows some nice detail of weather patterns in the planet Jupiter's atmosphere. Although we cannot see the Great Red Spot (a storm that has raged for hundreds of years), we can see a few of Jupiter's moons. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1406b000.hfit | ||
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May 2009
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15/05/09 - 22:36 GMT Liverpool Telescope St George's Preparatory School Here we have a finely detailed image of NGC 4501, which is a wonderful example of a spiral galaxy. The bright central bulge of the galaxy is surrounded by a mixture of star forming regions and elongated dust clouds, which trace out the extending spiral pattern. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1357s000.hfit | ||
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April 2009
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23/04/09 - 23:25 GMT Liverpool Telescope Rainham Mark Grammar School This sharp image shows the distorted galaxy, NGC 4618. Unlike most spiral galaxies, NGC 4618 has only one single spiral arm, which gives rise to its asymmetric or lopsided appearance. Although it looks somewhat peculiar, it is actually classified as a barred spiral galaxy. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1357n000.hfit | ||
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March 2009
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22/03/09 - 02:09 GMT Liverpool Telescope St George's Preparatory School The fuzzy blob in this image is an elliptical galaxy, called NGC 4278, containing hundreds of millions of stars. These galaxies appear smooth and can be round or oval. If you look carefully you may be able to pick out smaller galaxies and globular clusters surrounding it. |
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| Download LTImage version of observation: 1285j000.hfit | ||
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