Palomar/Quest Documentation - Images

Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

Composite driftscan image taken 2003 Oct 6 UT of M31 at +40 degrees, finger C through Gunn i filter. The image has been dark subtracted and flattened. Colors are artificial, added with ds9

Orion Nebula (M42)

Composition driftscan image taken 2003 Dec 3 of M42, colors B, R, and I. The image has beeb dark subtracted, flattened, and altered to hide gaps and saturated star trails.

M100 Galaxy

B, R, I composite driftscan of M100 taken 2004 May 25. North is up, east to the left. Field size is 564 x 1200 pixels (8.3 x 17.6 arcminutes).

M58 Galaxy

B, R, I composite driftscan of M58 taken 2005 Jan 17. North is up, east to the left. Field size is 564 x 1200 pixels (8.3 x 17.6 arcminutes).

"Big Picture" of Virgo Galaxy

Composite, color mosaic of the Virgo Cluster created by Djorgovski et al using driftscan images in B, V, R, and I
(see astronomy picture of the day 061011 ) and "Big Picture" website.

Discovery images of Dwarf-Planet Eris

Animated GIF images showing discovery images of Dwarf-Planet Eris. Eris is the largest know object in the solar system beyond Neptune (larger than Pluto). It was discovered by M. Brown (Caltech), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory), and D. Rabinowitz  (Yale University) in 2003 in a dedicated search for new Trans-Neptunina objects using the Palomar Quest Camera (see http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/index.html). Eris is the moving object left of center, near the edge of the field.