A Private Astronomical Observatory in Central Florida
This is Centaurus A, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, and is catalogued as NGC 5128. it lies in the southern constellation of Centaurus. This galaxy has a strong radio source associated with a black hole, hence it’s radio designation Centaurus A. Image Info Canon 60D at the prime focus of the KPO 18″ Read More …
NGC 247 is a part of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, and lies within a few degrees of its big brother, the Sculptor Galaxy, NGC 253. The gap in the right side of the galaxy is due to a lack of hotter young blue stars. primarily older, cooler red stars are found in this area. Read More …
It’s amazing sometimes what detail can be captured in bright Deep Sky Objects. Here is the Great Nebula in Orion, up close and personal through the KPO 18″ Reflector. While I was watching the images collecting the other night, I noticed a wolf like shape on the right that is formed by the foreground Read More …
Let’s take a ride to a hot spot in our solar system. An ultra hot spot, about 25 million light years away from the Earth.110 days away in space travel towards the direction of the sun beholds the extraordinary planet Venus.
In episode EAT09 of KPO’s European Astronomy Tour, we’ll be visiting the wondrous Jodrell Bank Observatory, and it’s iconic 250 foot Lovell Radio Telescope. This massive dish is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world, and was the largest when it was built in 1957. This was just in time to allow the British to Read More …