Mati, Brian, et al; So have a look at my corrections, please. I hope I used cut and paste with some level of skill. If these look good I will use this to...
The last two nights at the Observatory I have had the opportunity to observe a very nice grouping of first-magnitude luminaries: Regulus, Mars and Saturn. The...
It looks like I got all the observable ones last summer. Got skunked again last night at Navajo Flats with the 20" f/5.0 reflector. The following MASH PNe...
Kent Wallace
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Jul 1, 2008 5:43 pm
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15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 Does anybody know whether Dixon's MOL is available on line? I had a hard copy of the book, but lost it...
Please forgive me if this was already covered in the lengthly M51/M101 naked-eye thread. Are there "credible" reports of naked-eye sightings of Ganymede(mag....
According to Ernie Lakusta's book "The Intrepid Explorer", while near Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) west of Ponoka in late November/early December 1858, the...
Sorry folks; If we are going to have to wait for the temperature in Arizona to get to -37 degrees F, I am NOT going to add naked eye Jovian satellites to my...
It is fairly easy to spot the Galilean moons (or a couple of them anyways) without aid by simply putting Jupiter behind the edge of a building/dome/tree-branch...
Brian Skiff
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Jul 3, 2008 12:46 am
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If I block the disk of Jupiter out with a distant power line, I can see both Ganymede and Callisto. Otherwise, I can't easily get either. A friend of mine...
David Knisely
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Jul 3, 2008 1:19 am
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Grant, While I can't claim any first-hand sighting, I can recount a second-hand sighting. I was attending a public star party in suburban Philadelphia several...
Bruce, thanks for your post on the nice planetary/stellar grouping in the western sky this week. After reading all the "deep" observing reports in this group,...
Greetings, Allow me to introduce myself to the group. I'm new here on AmAstro, but I'm sure at least some of you already know me. My name it Scott Ewart. ...
Earlier I had inquired about sources for the most current information on our galaxy with limited results. One thing in particular that I'm interested in is its...
Hi Scott, Welcome to amastro. What is the position of Hewett 1? PNe have so many different names and there are so many of them that the best identifier seems...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jul 3, 2008 4:29 pm
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Well, I tried my last summer MASH PNe last night without any success using my 20" f/5.0 reflector from Navajo Flats. It was PN G 002.3-05.9 = PPA 1814-2951 at...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jul 3, 2008 4:49 pm
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I am not sure Hewett 1 is classified as a planetary anymore. Given the imaging time required to find it with large telescopes I am surprised it is a visual...
In fact I have corresponded with Paul Hewett several times about this and his most recent comminuque to me from over a year and a half ago indicated that the...
The presumed fluorescing star for this object is PG 1034+001, which is at: 10 37 03.80 -00 08 19.1 (J2000, UCAC2). The star has substantial proper motion,...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 3, 2008 6:46 pm
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Thanks to Brian Skiff, Richard Crisp and Owen Brazell for information on Hewett 1. Also thanks to Richard Crisp for the new PNe links on your site. I think I...
Kent Wallace
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Jul 3, 2008 9:31 pm
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I will have to attempt this, but am certain I will have to block Jupiter. Even w/glasses my 45yo eyes are only about 20/25, so I'm not very optimistic. But I...
Ah nostalgia ... When I was a teenager in Massachusetts back in the 50s, with approximately 20:15 eyesight, I couldn't "see" the moons of Jupiter as distinct...
I'm looking for the first reference of NGC 6231 being called the "False Comet". Any clues who might have given NGC 6231 the name and when? I looked in...
Howdy all; I traveled to Australia in 1986 to see Halley's Comet and lots of other goodies. My Australian "mate" called it the "False Comet" on that trip. He...
Richard, Congratulations on your discoveries. I look at your first image of Crisp 1 and wonder how you even noticed it, let alone identified it as a possible...
An asterism called the "False Comet" is described in Sue French's book "Celestial Sampler" in the July section on Scorpius. She states it probably got it's...
I know that HC1 and KTC1 have been observed visually. I don't think they are all that faint but are small CR1 is not likely going to be a visual target. i...
