Gallery of Images from DSO

The images below were take at Appalachian State University's Dark Sky Observatory. Click on the thumbnail image to go to a page that has a larger view with a description of the object and its image, and another link to a full-size version of the image.. These images may be freely reproduced in newspapers, student papers and web sites but we ask that you credit them with reference to www.dso.appstate.edu . Click on a picture for higher resolution views.
The Horsehead nebula in the constellation of Orion. This is a "false-color" rendition of a monochrome image.

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The image at leftwas one of a series of images taken of the
occultation of Saturn by the Moon on Friday, November 30,
2001.. Images were taken at the 18-inch telescope, every 3
seconds. Click here to download a 939k GIF animation of the
event
M13 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation of Hercules.. Globulars were formed early in the history of our Milky Way Galaxy and contain several hundred thousand stars. This is a true-color image.
Former students Brian Walls (in back) and Chris True in the control room at the 32-inch telescope. Brian is now a telescope operator for the national Gemini Observatories and Chris is astronomy lab instructor at the College of Charleston. Red lighting preserves night vision, telescope base visible through window. Photo by ASU photographer Mike Rominger.
As above but in white light. Computer in front is used to acquire images from CCD camera on telescope. Brian is seated at telescope control computer. Photo by ASU photographer Mike Rominger.
Left to right: Brian Walls, Observatory Director Dr. Caton, and Chris True in the contorl room. Photo by ASU photographer Mike Rominger.
Brian Walls at the speckle interferometer camera on the 32-inch telescope. Chrs True and Dr. Caton are seen through the window into the control room. Photo by ASU photographer Mike Rominger.
Chris True installing his speckle interferometry camera--the instrument he developed for his Masters thesis project. It is used to measure the separation of very close visual binary stars. Photo by ASU photographer Mike Rominger.
32-inch with stars. Taken before the addition of the Visitor Center. Photo from Winston-Salem Journal.
New Cline Visitor Center under construction, attached to the 32-inch telescope's dome. Public nights will begin upon completion of this facility Photo by Dan Caton..
14-inch Skynet telescope dome (foreground, before control room addition), radio telescope, and 18-inch dome (background) Photo by Dan Caton.
14-inch Skynet telescope's dome and control room. Photo by Dan Caton.
Astronomy majors Nathan Bergey (left) and Adam Smith setting up the 16-inch telescope for the night, when that telescope was at DSO for two years while new Rankin South was constructed. That telescope is now in its new dome on Rankin South.. Photo by Dan Caton.
18-inch telescope's dome and control room. Photo by Dan Caton.
18-inch telescope. Photo by Dan Caton.
Observatory Engineer Lee Hawkins working on the 32-inch telescope's mirror after it was recoated with reflective coating. Photo by Dan Caton.