Images for the worksheet on scale in the Universe and star life cycles using the JPEG Viewer

All images were obtained using the Faulkes Telescope in Hawaii, except for those of the Moon and the solar eclipse.

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Measuring objects in the Solar System

Jupiter

image width 2.45 arcmin, distance 4.59 AU

The Moon

total image width 46.0 arcmin, distance 352 000 km

Saturn and its rings

image width 2.3 arcmin, distance 8.45 AU

A moving asteroid

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance unknown

The solar eclipse of 11th July 1991

image width 2.3 degrees, distances: Sun 152 000 000 km, Moon 356 000 km

A comet (Comet Gehrels on Nov 8th 2004)

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 153 000 000 km

Galaxies

Spiral galaxy M99

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 44.7 Mly

Lenticular galaxy M60 (top left) and spiral galaxy NGC4647 (bottom right)

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 44.7 Mly

Edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4565

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 86.4 Mly

Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 43.0 Mly

Clusters of galaxies

Part of the Coma Cluster of galaxies with the large elliptical galaxy NGC4889 at the centre

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 300 Mly

Interacting galaxies

Two colliding galaxies - the 'Mice'

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 300 Mly

Globular clusters

globular cluster NGC2419 (the Intergalactic Wanderer)

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 275 kly

Life Cycles of Stars

Stars of different ages in a spiral galaxy

spiral galaxy M61 in colour

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 42.7 Mly

spiral galaxy M61with blue filter

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 42.7 Mly

spiral galaxy M61with red filter

image width4.6 arcmin, distance 42.7 Mly

A star forming region (emission nebula) the 'Pillars of Creation' in the Eagle Nebula (M16)

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 7.0 kly

Open cluster NGC2506

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 9.4 kly

Remains of an exploded star - the supernova remnant M1 (Crab Nebula)

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 6.3 kly

Remains of a smaller star - the Ghost of Jupiter planetary nebula

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 1.4 kly

Measuring spiral arms in galaxies - face on spirals

spiral galaxy NGC1232

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 85.1 Mly

Spiral galaxy NGC3938

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 71.6 Mly

Measuring spiral arms in galaxies - tilted spirals

Spiral galaxy M109

image width 4.6 arcmin, distance 75.3 Mly

Posterised version of the sameimage

Richard Beare
Institute of Education, University of Warwick
23rd January, 2006