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Astronomy Images
Eagle Nebula
Comet Hale-Bopp
Horsehead Nebula
Globular Star Cluster, Messier 5
Messier 16
Milky Way Vista
Edge-on Spiral Galaxy
Trifid Nebula
Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
Telescopes and Observatories
Gemini Hawaii - 1
Gemini Hawaii - 2
DAO Telescopes
DRAO Telescopes
CFHT Telescope
JCMT Telescope
Gemini South
Telescopes and Observatories
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) Telescopes
Located near Penticton, B.C., the DRAO operates a seven-antenna radio telescope that is mapping large parts of the plane of the Milky Way galaxy to study how the interstellar gas changes from stellar birth to stellar death.
A 26-m diameter radio telescope is used alone (for example, to study pulsars), or is often used in conjunction with the seven-antenna telescope to provide more complete maps of the Milky Way.
A small radio telescope maintains daily records (dating back to 1946) of radio radiation from the Sun. These data are used worldwide for studying solar-terrestrial relationships such as long term climate change or predicting disturbances of power and communications caused by storms on the Sun.
