Gulf Waters Observatory, owned by Realtor Phillip Babcock on Fort Myers Beach, is on a canal 1/4 mile to Gulf of Mexico. Equipment is Celestron 11″ HD telescope With Mallincam Xterminator CCD camera connected. Housed in a XL4 Sky Shed POD. What the Telescope sees is sent down to Porch below and displayed on 32″ TV so that all can see at same time. These pictures were taken live with
my I phone aimed at the TV.
A light year is equal to 7 Trillion Miles
M 51 Whirl Pool Galaxy which is absorbing smaller Galaxy
23.16 Million Light Years Away
M 42 The Orion Nebula part of Orion the Hunter
1400 Light years away
M17 Swan Nebula
4200 Light Years Away
M82 Bodes Galaxy
1.2 Million Light years away
