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Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Observatory

Galaxy Images
Bechtel Telescope

The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Observatory is on the roof of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center on the campus of the University of South Carolina Aiken. The following pictures were taken at the RPSEC Observatory through the Bectel Telescope unless otherwise noted.

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Stephan's Quintet in Pegasus
Credit: Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
10/18/2023

M 74 Phantom Galaxy in Pisces
Credit: Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
9/16/2023

M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy
in Ursa Major
Credit Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
5/29/2023

M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy
in Canes Venatici
Credit Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
4/18/2023 & 4/192023

M 104 Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo
Credit: Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
4/10/2023

M 100 Galaxy in Coma Berenices
Credit Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
3/30/2023
M 81 Bodes Galaxy Image
M 81 Bode's Galaxy in Ursa Major
Credit Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
3/13/2023

M 33 Triangulum Galaxy
Credit: Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
10/23/2022
Outer Limits Galaxy Image
NGC 891 Outer Limits Galaxy
in Andromeda
Credit Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
10/3/2022
Deer Lick Galaxy Group Image
NCC 7331 Deerlick Group
in Pegasus
Credit Richard Cofer & Jim Cadieux
9/23/2022