GSU Astronomy

Georgia State University Astronomy
The 16 inch Meade has gone through recent upgrades, where imaging and photometry is routinely done now. Below, there are some recent images taken with our ST-8 camera. Usually, from the color combination, they are roughly true colors. For fainter objects, some frames may have come from a near infrared filter.

Jupiter, 2008-October-31


Imaged by Noel Richardson and Adric Riedel




M15, a globular cluster


Imaged by Noel Richardson and Stephen Williams




Comet Christiansen, in VRI filters. the faint glow is the comet's coma


Imaged by Noel Richardson and Adric Riedel




Uranus and 3 moons, 2008 October 31, scaled to see the moons


Imaged by Noel Richardson and Adric Riedel