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WELCOME to the Cherry Mountain
Observatory and David Plesko's astronomy images.
Cherry Mountain Observatory is a fully automated, robotic observatory
located outside
of Fredericksburg, Texas. The observatory is focused on advanced astro-imaging
and
visual exploration using leading edge technologies and approaches. Our
goal is to
leverage best-of-breed hardware and software products to maximize data
and imaging
quality through manual and automated data gathering techniques. We continually
research and revise our approaches and methodologies as well as the hardware
and
software utilized in powering the Cherry Mountain Observatory.
UPDATE Summer 2008: We are now providing Internet-based remote access
for rental of telescope time on our full combination of Meade LX200R 10,
Televue NP101is and 127is APOs, and RCOS 14.5 Carbon Truss Ritchey
Chretien Telescopes on either our Paramount ME mounts, or in certain configurations
on our Atlas EQ-G. Each scope can be configured with either our SBIG ST-4000XCM
One Shot Color, STL11000-M (C, LRGB and narrowband filters), or Mallincam
Color Hyper Plus CCD cameras for the purpose of deep-sky imaging (long
focal length or wide-field) or remote video astronomy. Our skies are dark
(average of 21.4 mags/arc sec2 on the SQM), transparent, and provide excellent
seeing (average 1.4 arc sec, with 1 arc sec common). Please see our RENT
SCOPES page for details.
This homepage is
dedicated to the images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, arguably
the most important advancement in astronomy since the invention of Galileos
original telescope almost 500 years ago.
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Astronomy
Picture of the Day |
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HubbleSite
out of the ordinary... out of this world
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Stars |
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A
String of 'Cosmic Pearls' Surrounds an Exploding Star |
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Gas
Ring Around Supernova 1987A -- Feb. 2, 2000 |
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Globular
Cluster M31 G1 |
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Globular
Cluster with Multiple Stellar Populations |
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Infant
Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud |
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Light
Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis |
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Oxygen-Rich
Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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Spiral
Galaxy M100 |
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Star
Cluster NGC 265 |
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Supernova
1987A - Halo for a Vanished Star |
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Supernova
1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526 |
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Close
Up of Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy |
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