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Astronomy Images from the Bucknell Observatory The images below were made at the Bucknell Observatory. All of the images were taken with 8" Meade LX-200 f/6.3 telescopes and SBIG ST-7 CCD cameras, unless otherwise specified. The sky orientation of the images is arbitrary. M1: The Crab Nebula. Taken by Jen Bower ('03), Leilani Shughart ('03), and Matt Katcoff ('04). Combination of 10 3-minute integrations with autoguiding. Filter: SBIG red. Semester: Spring '03 Close-up of the Sun near an interesting sunspot group. Taken by Prof. Gallimore during an Admissions Day tour. Filter: SBIG blue and a mylar prefilter. Semester: Spring '03 Annotated three color image of M51, provided by Ben Colby ('03). Filters: SBIG red, green, & blue Semester: Spring '01 Three color image of M42, the Orion Nebula. Taken by Prof. Gallimore as part of a test of the remote observing system. Filters: SBIG red, green, & blue Semester: Spring '03

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