Hi Dave, Thanks for the information on PN G 338.9+04.6. I took a look in the Aladin Previewer and could only faintly make it out against the background on the...
Kent Wallace
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Oct 1, 2004 2:38 pm
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... From the pedant's corner (with a tip of the hat to Brian): The team responsible for the catalogue of galactic PNe discovered or verified in the AAO/UKST...
Hi Kent I'm pretty much of the opinion that a "negative" observation has some merit. In a nutshell, an observer gains "experience" regardless of a positive or...
Hello, I joined the group a few days ago after learning of it through Sue French. I e-mailed her about an observation of NGC 1297 though my old 6" AP. I...
I'll risk the wrath Wriddle... are you okay Kent? Any equatorial mounts need to be aligned now that they slid a few centimeters?! Ob osbervational astro stuff:...
Here is a slightly long-winded observing report for SN2004et from tonight (around 2:00 UT on October 2nd): During this academic year I'm working as a visiting...
Jeff wrote... Anyone else on this forum going to attend CalStar in two weeks? Kent will be there which is reason enough, but more importantly -I- will be there...
Here's an observation of PN G006.7-02.2 = Minkowski 1-41. There was no noticeable response to filters. 17.5" (8/15/01): easily starhopped from M8 to N6559...
Hi Christopher, It's OK to refer to the old (version 1) catalogue released in 2001 (taken either from the web or the CD) as the Edinburgh/AAO/Strasbourg ...
Hi Steve and Dave, M 1-41 is indeed a planetary nebula. The published spectra leave little doubt as to its true nature -- very strong [NII] lines, strong...
David, Steve Thanks for the replies concerning the enigmatic Minkowski object. Of particular interest is the "status" of the object -- this corrects the ...
Thanks for the background on M 1-41. That's a pretty interesting trio (NGC 6302, He 2-111 and Sh 2-71) with a similar spectrum. He 2-111 is too far south for...
Hi my friends, Which is the FAINTEST star you can see at unaided eye?... (any class spectral... the FAINTEST) And which is that theoretical limit? I read in...
Well, to answer Jorge's question, I think Dave Nash at the 2nd Nebraska Star Party (NSP-2) went to around 8.2 or so, although I can't go that faint even from...
David Knisely
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Oct 3, 2004 6:17 pm
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I made a simple question (you = members of this list). I excuse your sarcasm. Jorge Almeida ... From: "Neal Galt" <neal3@...> To:...
Nebraska Star Party has really a great place to observe. http://www.nebraskastarparty.org/nsp/1998/photos/pan1.jpg as like many other places of star parties in...
With patience, I have got down to V=7.9 at Lowell's Anderson Mesa site. But the mid-7s are a lot easier. You've obviously read my account of my first M81...
Brian Skiff
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Oct 3, 2004 6:54 pm
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Jorge...that was not sarcasm......it was meant to expand your question......but, I see that other members have joined in by expanding and are giving you even...
Howdy all; When Planetarium programs where pretty much brand new and my computer ran at about 100 MHz, I used my dot matrix printer to make a chart of the area...
... spectral... the FAINTEST) Here's my post on the subject from five years ago. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amastro/message/898 I could see 7.4. My...
8,4 at unaided eye.... those eyes are of a hawk! The aperture of eye pupil of your friend should be more than 7 mm... Hug. Jorge Almeida ... From: "Tom...
Jorge, I'd have to say: It depends. I've done a faint star sighting near Polaris (6.2, not 6.5) and drawn the visible stars in Pegasus' square ( 26, or mag...
At 00:30 UT on Thursday night I observed the recently discovered supernova SN 2004et in Cepheus using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASH Naylor...
Last night I was taking advantage of the clear skies in my area before moonrise at 9:35 p.m. With Sue French's November "Deep-Sky Wonders" article in hand, I...
John, et al; Using Sky Map Pro, there is a 1 degree star poor area just to the west of the small open cluster IC 1442. However, there are no cataloged dark ...
... Thank goodness for Sue or I doubt I'd renew S&T. They seem enamoured with gadgets and imaging (which I guess is *indeed* all the rage and they are a ...
... Yes, I agree that a discussion of how they treat visual observing is on topic. ... You're probably not the only one, but speaking as somebody who is listed...
Well, I do have a short piece on observing Stephan's Quintet in the current (November) issue and I believe Alan has a good one coming up, but I miss those...
