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DTPR SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER 2025 / SPORTS & FITNESS
The Moon
The moon was at about first quarter
when we shot this on November
20, 2012 in mediocre (1.0 arcsec)
seeing. The image is a composite
of five images that have been
stitched together, and each
exposure was 0.001 sec through
a V filter, a testiment to our
125mm Bonn shutter.
Image credit:
Massey/Neugent/
Levine/Lowell Obs./
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The Sombrero Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy (M 104) is a classic
edge-on spiral galaxy located about
8.5 Mpc (28 million light years)
away in the constallation of Virgo,
and is about 15 Kpc (50,000
light-years) across. This color
composite came from seven
1-min exposures in B, V, and
R obtained on 27 June
2013.
Image credit:
Massey/Neugent/
Lowell Obs./NSF