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The images at left contain the Kuiper Belt asteroid discovered by HOU students at Northfield Mount Hermon and Oil City High Schools. The red arrows point to the asteroid in each image. The images were taken about an hour and a half apart. The fact that the asteroid had moved so little in that time was a hint that this object was farther away than asteroids in the main belt.

See also: the HOU Asteroid Search page, and Northfield Mount Hermon Astronomy page [follow the link entitled "Our Kuiper Belt Discovery"].

M3 is a globular cluster. It is composed of about a million older stars that formed near the birth of our galaxy, while the galaxy was still in a spherical shape. Image taken with the 0.9 meter (36") telescope at the NOAO Kitt Peak National Observatory in southern Arizona during the last week in June 2005 by teacher teams who were a part of the TLRBSE program offered by NOAO. -HOU TRA Glenn Reagan

M16 (the Eagle Nebula) is imaged in clear and H alpha filters. It is a molecular gas cloud region in which new stars are forming. Image taken with the 0.9 meter (36") telescope at the NOAO Kitt Peak National Observatory in southern Arizona during the last week in June 2005 by teacher teams who were a part of the TLRBSE program offered by NOAO. -HOU TRA Glenn Reagan

M104 (galaxy). Taken by HOU TRA Mike Ford, June 2004.

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From Kitanomaru Internet Telescope (KIT) on the rooftop of Science Museum of Tokyo (Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda, Tokyo): MARS rendezvous with the MOON, 9 September, 2003 11:30(UT)

Animation of the moon appearing 6 minutes north of the MARS.

Two images of Mars taken on August 5th, 2003, 30 minutes apart: 1:11 am to 1:46 am CST. 

Yerkes 24 inch telescope, Apogee AP7p CCD. 

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Vivian L. Hoette
University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory
373 West Geneva St., Williams Bay, WI 53191

From HOU TRA Glenn Reagan: Thought you would enjoy this 3 color (RGB) composite
image I took last Saturday (12 Nov 2006) morning with the AP 206 telescope of Tzec Maun Observatory in New Mexico. The Tzec Maun Foundation is seeking teachers who would
like for their students to take images of various astronomical objects (www.tzec-maun.com).

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Supernova 2005CS
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Thu, 30 Jun 2005 M 51 Supernova (three color composite) Taken during NOAO's TLRBSE program, Kitt Peak. SN is tiny yellow dot just above the galactic core in the first spiral arm. Submitted by HOU TRA Glenn Reagan, Astronomy-Physics Teacher, Cordova High School Folsom Lake College - El Dorado Center, Sacramento City College

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Image of M1, Crab Nebula, by a special needs student working with HOU TRA Mike Ford using a 20" telescope at Elk Creek Observatory near Holton, Kansas.