The W. Russell Blake Planetarium was established in 1973, seats 72 and is located at the Plymouth Community Intermediate School in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Image of the "Great Conjunction of 2020" - Jupiter and Saturn imaged on 12/21/2020 using Insight Observatory's affiliate 5" Williams Optics APO refractor (ATEO-2A) remote telescope at f/14 and with a 2x Barlow hosted at SkyPi Remote Observatory in New Mexico.
Congratulations to Utkarsh Mishra for his Ultra Deep View of NGC 5907 image chosen as today's Amateur Astronomy Image of the Day - AAPOD2! Nearly 30 hours of processed image data acquired on Insight Observatory's 16" f/3.7 Dream astrograph reflector, ATEO-1.β¦
M27, The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. Imaged on Insight Observatory's 16" f/3.7 reflector (ATEO-1) from SkyPi Remote Observatory, New Mexico.
Luminance - 300 sec. x 5
Red - 300 sec. x 10
Green - 300 sec. x 10
Blue - 300 sec. x 10
8th-grade science students from Plymouth, Massachusetts see beyond the stars by imaging deep-sky objects with Insight Observatory's Astronomical Telescopes for Educational Outreach (ATEO).
https://t.co/XMqsK0BmnT
M1, the Crab Nebula supernova remnant in Taurus. Image processing by Utkarsh Mishra and Michael Petrasko. Image data acquired by Muir Evenden on Insight Observatory's 16" f/3.7 Dream astrograph reflector (ATEO-1).
Full resolution image at https://t.co/0U8QpAsUje
Watch today's Total Solar Eclipse from Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile broadcasted by the Exploratorium. Coverage begins at 4:00 PM (EDT).
https://t.co/OKYhWlUNn1
Insight Observatory's 16" f/3.7 Dream astrograph reflector (ATEO-1) collaborates imaging data with two other telescopes on the Iris Nebula.
https://t.co/t3psd11zrZ
An amazing community resource! The Blake Planetarium in Plymouth, Massachusetts blasts off with visitors to the Final Frontier. Read all about it at Wicked Local Plymouth:
https://t.co/jINOpgBHTe
The 2019 schedule of summer shows at the Blake Planetarium has been posted! There are a variety of programs for ALL ages. Please visit https://t.co/7YrxIP9P2K for a complete listing!
Another great elementary school class in Plymouth, MA, uses Insight Observatory's Astronomical Telescopes for Educational Outreach (ATEO) to image deep-sky objects for their research projects!
NGC 1491 - Bright Emission Nebula and HII Region
Distance: Approximately 10,700 Light-Years
Constellation: Perseus
ATEO Telescopes
Telescope: 16" f/3.7 Astrograph Newtonian Reflector (ATEO-1)
CCD: FLI Proline
Exposures: LRGB - 600 Sec. Bin 2x2
Processed in PixInsight 1.8
NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster
Distance: 2,600 Light-Years
Constellation: Monoceros
ATEO Telescopes
Telescope: 16" f/3.7 Astrograph Newtonian Reflector (ATEO-1)
CCD: FLI Proline
Exposures: LRGB - 600 Sec. Bin 2x2
Processed in PixInsight 1.8