Mount Palomar Observatory– A private facility owned and operated by California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Facility has a great Visitors Center, and amenities. It is one of the only Working Observatories to offer Guided Tours . If you live in or visit Southern California you must see The 200″ Hale Telescope .
7/30/2011 12:10-5:00 AM PST Latitude: 44° 2’ 07.73” North Longitude: 120° 50’ 43.21” West; 3855 ft. Juniper Acres, 30 miles East of Bend, OR Seeing: E Transparency: 6, Bortle: 2, SQM: 21.92 Telescopes / Optics: TEC 140mm f/7 Mount: AP1200 Camera: SBIG ST10xme CCD & CFW10 FOV: 52’ x 35’ FWHM: 2..24-2.95 Filter: Astrodon LRGB series E Gen.; L=98, RGB=8 ; total 3 Hours 8 min. Information: NGC 7626 & NGC 7619 & Galaxy Pegasus 1 Galaxy Group
Pegasus Galaxy Cluster 1, rates as one of the most distant objects (faintest) observable with normal amateur Telescopes. This image’s field of view is 52’ 16” x 35’ 5”, It was capture with TEC 5.5” f/7 refractor and SBIG ST10XME at 1.436 arcseconds per pixel. In perspective the full moon is approximately 33’ 57”, about a half of a degree. This Galactic Cluster has an estimated diameter of 6.3 degrees. Currently composed of 13 galaxies (down from original 23) with firm evidence that it hosts an ongoing merger. The map of this image lists some of the galaxies in this image, I have counted 284. Do to its 12.7 magnitude, one needs 10” telescope to observe it visually.
Recent Data from the Gemini + GMOS imaging Globular Clusters fo both NGC 7619 and NGC 7626 support this ( LINK: https://www.gemini.edu/instrumentation/gmos/)
Pegasus Galaxy Cluster 1, is 175.3 (175,341,668.65 ) million lights years away consisting of 8-12 key members. Also known as Pegasus 1 group 50Mpc
NGC 7626 and NGC 7619 (E3) Elliptical Galaxies with a brightness of magnitude 11.2 (2.6×2.3) and 12.2 (2.6 x2.2) respectfully. NGC 7626 is 151,956,256.37 Light years (Ly) away, while NGC 7619 is 179,222,929.54 Ly.
April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse Montage of 9 phases from 00.00%-51.78 % Peak @ 52.33%
Solar Eclipse from Temecula CA 4/8/2024 – 9:59:00 AM obscuration Taken with Canon EOS 7D-II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x; FL 560.0 mm 1/500 sec; f/9; ISO 400; 3600 x 2400 300pixel per inch, Tripod Manuel focus
03A1256 4/8/2024 – 10:14:13 AM Solar Eclipse from Temecula CA, 4/8/2024 10:14:13 AM 4.67 % obscuration Taken with Canon EOS 7D-II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x; FL 560.0 mm 1/400 sec; f/9; ISO 400; 3600 x 2400 300pixel per inch, Tripod Manuel focus
03A1414 Solar Eclipse from Temecula CA, 4/8/2024 11:11:16 AM 52.32 obscuration Taken with Canon EOS 7D-II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x; FL 560.0 mm 1/400 sec; f/9; ISO 400; 3600 x 2400 300pixel per inch, Tripod Manuel focus
9/11/2018 9:21 PM Latitude: 33° 29′ 01.48″ North Longitude: 116° 43′ 19.24″ West Elevation: 4321 ft. Jupiter Ridge #4 Observatory, OCA site, near Anza, CA. Seeing: E Transparency: 6 SQM: 20.85 Telescopes / Optics: TMB f/4.8 fl/384mm Mount: AP1200 Camera: SBIG ST10xme CFW10 Total exposure 4 hours 5 minutes FOV: 133.4′ x 89.5′ Filter: Astrodon LRGB series E Gen. 2 FWHM: 2.1 Information: Captured with CCDSoft; RGB= 5 minute x5 subs= 75 min., L (Ha 9nm) 10 min. X 17= 170 min. 15 min -20°c. Processed with CCDStack, Photoshop CS6
