There is a nice article on the supernova in NGC 2403 at: http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/supernova_ngc_2403.html According to the article it is located...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Sep 2, 2004 8:25 pm
13378
This star is on the Astronomical League Double Star Certificate Observing List. On my star lists [Beyer, The Star Guide; Becvar, Atlas of the Heavens; and...
The component being referred to is the mag. 8.5 star that lies about 2'.4 northwest. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Sep 3, 2004 6:28 am
13380
During this summer I have been working on a list of known proto-planetary nebula or objects which have a good chance of being such. I managed to extract 60...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Sep 3, 2004 5:48 pm
13381
While digging into an old ApJ for other stuff I looked up the eight globulars Hubble assigns to NGC 205 (1932ApJ....76...44H). The positions in the usual...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Sep 4, 2004 7:32 pm
13382
Looks to me like the catalogued position for the open cluster Bochum 2 in Monoceros is off by about 1' to the NE. I don't know what Archinal-Hynes says, but...
Yes, this is another unchecked position. Moffat & Vogt, who first assigned the name, refer strictly to the BD+00 1617 trapezium. Taking its 'central star' as...
Folks in the northwest U.S. are going to be treated to a daylight fireball, Wednesday morning. Here's an article with a map of the reentry path for Genesis,...
I am updating my planetary nebulae nicknames list and I was wondering any of the members of this group knew the origin of the Camel's Eye nickname for NGC 1501...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Sep 10, 2004 6:42 pm
13387
Hi Kent, Let's just say that I personally know the person who coined "Cleopatra's Eye" but he wishes to remain anonymous. ;-) Clear skies, Greg ... -- Greg...
Thanks Greg, It's a good nickname and I think it will be one that will catch on. Kent ... From: Greg Crinklaw <crinklaws@...> To:...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Sep 10, 2004 8:12 pm
13389
Given that Camelopardalis is a _giraffe_, shouldn't it be the "Giraffe's Eye"? I know, doesn't have quite the same ring to it (at least in English). \Brian...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Sep 10, 2004 8:18 pm
13390
Anyone on this list near Hyannis MA? (Apologies for the slightly off-topic post) I always like to chat with fellow observers whenever the opportunity arises. ...
Alister
aling@...
Sep 10, 2004 8:23 pm
13391
This is a new PN that Brian Skiff let us know about here at amastro on September 05, 2002. I gave it a try on September 07, 2002 without success. Since it is...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Sep 11, 2004 4:13 pm
13392
I was thinking about this one the other day going over some of my notes. No luck with a 22" scope either Kent. Tried for this one a few times in 2003 and...
Eric, Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one to try this tough PN. On another subject, do you have any idea where the nickname "Camel's Eye" for NGC...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Sep 11, 2004 6:10 pm
13394
Greg, Unless I tell my editor to hold the presses, you're not going to remain particularly anonymous. It's already been mentioned in the upcoming January Deep...
... Ah... man. Well, it is my all-time favorite deep sky object (and one of my three biggest "wows" at the eyepiece ever). I'm glad you are highlighting it. ...
I'm looking for the name & contact info for the Southern California amateur who first recovered Halley's Comet (naked eye) in '85 (Fall I think). It was in...
The MOL contains a listing of 55 objects from Wray's 1966 Ph.D dissertation "A Study of H emission Objects in the Southern Milky Way." The MOL notes these are...
I have a copy of the Wray thesis. The table 19 objects are mostly RCW objects. Coordinates are listed to arcsec precision, but having worked through some of...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Sep 12, 2004 11:18 pm
13400
Could anyone identify the brilliant satellite we saw on Saturday night at the Black Forest Star Party in Cherry Springs, PA? It occurred a little while after...
One thing I have noticed about Heavens Above is that it is not always right. Last saturday(Labor day weekend) I saw a real bright iridium flare (-4) in an area...
Keith Burns
keith_B@...
Sep 13, 2004 1:19 am
13403
... Jerry this iridium flare is for FRIDAY night, not saturday, which is what you said in first posting. What night was it seen ? Also iridiums are in 86...
Here is a rough facsimile of Table 19 from the Jim Wray thesis. It contains 55 small diffuse emission nebulae (D) and apparent star+nebula associations (S+N)....
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Sep 13, 2004 2:52 am
13405
It might have been Charles Morris or Stephen Edberg (but they are experts :-). /Timo Karhula...
Last Saturday night the clouds parted just long enough for me to get an observation of Minkowski's Footprint (M1-92) in Cygnus. I was using an 8" SCT, without...
