tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84634449482014532832024-03-05T16:31:11.282-08:00Challis ObservatoryTiffany Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01133230603401430820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463444948201453283.post-38662452136157191772010-08-24T07:39:00.000-07:002010-08-24T07:51:57.823-07:00new photos!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkmEKoCXVAzZscl5VggJVqWltXMX9ucotjq9KrQoLwqwUiHm_lK1DHU5FVZ30QKdEwK6FgoKGGOkZlbz2XqKyDYHLaCsB-kbk6IBBJm1mZVhBUaYG34ili9bUaMc4QjSe8y6dgFAoNqY/s1600/M13_0.5s_20100804.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkmEKoCXVAzZscl5VggJVqWltXMX9ucotjq9KrQoLwqwUiHm_lK1DHU5FVZ30QKdEwK6FgoKGGOkZlbz2XqKyDYHLaCsB-kbk6IBBJm1mZVhBUaYG34ili9bUaMc4QjSe8y6dgFAoNqY/s320/M13_0.5s_20100804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508989004099550578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJVVWNv4_64hmH6jfJeVFR8dZTvDZhB1T3zDowa58-1rosP-WCdFsTNQg6Gdv_ySyBh59TuuHVpjka3U9Y_txXEUrux36B3GuLpxMJil-lYFvjMFnZAbQ74zKU6bV25iMLm9aI1kHxCg/s1600/M17-Omega_15s_20100804.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJVVWNv4_64hmH6jfJeVFR8dZTvDZhB1T3zDowa58-1rosP-WCdFsTNQg6Gdv_ySyBh59TuuHVpjka3U9Y_txXEUrux36B3GuLpxMJil-lYFvjMFnZAbQ74zKU6bV25iMLm9aI1kHxCg/s320/M17-Omega_15s_20100804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508988995905567890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht44gONtN2Mai3Vl06OHx7ILm49ilQt3lI3QzFUNKEiy08JaOo9Qpvay2AOCEZBt1FTUkFlW_73mWcno8fVsEmp059p5PK_UnxBwg4iIkxaynFOlSdorixhNwTyM9LnT-NK6QerDRc6i8/s1600/Mrk501_10s_20100804.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht44gONtN2Mai3Vl06OHx7ILm49ilQt3lI3QzFUNKEiy08JaOo9Qpvay2AOCEZBt1FTUkFlW_73mWcno8fVsEmp059p5PK_UnxBwg4iIkxaynFOlSdorixhNwTyM9LnT-NK6QerDRc6i8/s320/Mrk501_10s_20100804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508988986872008322" /></a><br />Just thought I would show you some images we took a couple weeks ago with the observatory. All are white light images (no color filters used yet).<br /><br />The M13 image is globular cluster (few 100,000 old stars, bound to but outside the plane of our galaxy). <br /><br />The M17 image is a nebula called the Swan Nebula. <br /><br />The Mrk501 is more boring, the object at the center is a supermassive black hole (quasar) called MRK 501. If you squint, you can see some nebulosity around it which is the galaxy hosting the black hole.Tiffany Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01133230603401430820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463444948201453283.post-60288214476865695002010-07-22T17:12:00.000-07:002010-07-22T17:16:15.801-07:00Quick links to Important info!Please let me know if you have questions about any of these downloads!<br /><br />image j software download link:<br /><br /><a href="http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/download.html">http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/download.html</a><br /><br />VNC tight link:<br /><br /><a href="www.tightvnc.com">http://www.tightvnc.com/</a><br /><br />Stellarium Software download link:<br /><br /><a href="www.stellarium.org">www.stellarium.org</a>Tiffany Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01133230603401430820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463444948201453283.post-48216815633553627862010-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:002010-07-18T14:36:21.091-07:00I-STEM ConferenceWe are getting ready for the I-STEM conference in Twin Falls (http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/istem/teachers/teacherForm.htm). <br /><br />Getting excited to share all of the wonderful ways to integrate a hands-on astronomy approach to your curriculum.Tiffany Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01133230603401430820noreply@blogger.com0