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Brandon Christmas, Joe Corrigan Velocity Mapping of Andromeda In this module we observed the presence of neutral hydrogen inside of the Andromeda Galaxy. We wished to find out how fast parts of Andromeda were moving towards or away from us. … Continue reading →

Brandon Christmas and Joe Corrigan In this module we studied stellar remnants. The kind of stellar remnant we observed was a planetary nebula. The particular Nebula we observed was NGC 5189. The gaseous cloud structures of Planetary nebulae form when … Continue reading →

During this module, We observed star forming regions. Our group observed Messier 42, otherwise known as Orion’s Nebula. We did this using Skynet and the Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University’s OAUJ-CDK500 telescope. We attempted to use the  V, R, … Continue reading →