IYA Live Telescope – UT Reader Requests

Over the last few days the IYA Live Telescope broadcasting on “Galactic TV” has been busy fillling your requests and we’re ready to bring your first photos up on-line for you. We hope you had a chance to follow your object for several hours in the remote telescope! For Universe Today readers Jon Hanford, Ana Tomsa and Denny and Robby Bauer? Come on inside… Your requests have been fulfilled and your images are waiting!

IC 2602 or Southern Pleiades for Jon Hanford

NGC 2516 for Ana Tomsa

NGC 4833 for Denny and Robby Bauer

We hope you enjoy your image requests and they will become a part of the “IYA Live Telescope Library” link in the categories section to your right should you wish to recover them again in the future. Thank you so much for taking the time to become a part of our “100 Hours of Astronomy” celebration!!

Tammy Plotner

Tammy was a professional astronomy author, President Emeritus of Warren Rupp Observatory and retired Astronomical League Executive Secretary. She’s received a vast number of astronomy achievement and observing awards, including the Great Lakes Astronomy Achievement Award, RG Wright Service Award and the first woman astronomer to achieve Comet Hunter's Gold Status. (Tammy passed away in early 2015... she will be missed)

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