... Thanks for quoting this post in its entirety. I missed it the first time and enjoyed reading it with your help. I also received Sue's (no relation) book as...
I've made a hobby for myself of observing very young and very old thin crescent moons for about 15 years. This last month of the year has blessed us with two ...
On 10 Dec 2005 I posted my observations of three small galaxies near NGC 45. Sue French asked if I had tried for any of the of the other nearby Mitchell...
... I also received Sue's book as a gift, as a result of answering my daughter's inquiry as to what book I might like to receive for the holidays. I am very...
Hello All, Does anyone know the designations of the two emission nebulae at the northern end of Barnard's Galaxy, NGC 6822? See the black&white photo on page...
Alan, ... The two nebulae at the N end are Hubble X (H X) to the E and Hubble V (H V) to the W. The group of three fainter nebulae are H I, H II and H III. ...
As far as designations, IC 1308 = Hubble X was discovered by Frank Leavenworth with a 26-inch refractor (Publications of the Leander- McCormick Observatory,...
MagaStar 5 sites the folling: (I haven't taken the time to expand the search. But this is a starter.) (Galaxy) NGC6822, IC4895, MCG -2-50-6, DDO 209, IRAS...
Hi Alan, There is a nice writeup called "Barnard's Galaxy: A Century of Observing" by Rich Jakiel at http://www.angelfire.com/id/jsredshift/barnard.htm which...
Kent Wallace
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Jan 3, 2006 5:14 pm
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I observed this object on April 14th 2005 while in Western Australia and figured this is a good time to post it since it is in Canis Major. Sa 2-4 = PK...
Kent Wallace
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Jan 3, 2006 7:12 pm
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Okay, P Cygni now added to the article notebook. You folks are going to end up supplying me with all my material :) Clear skies, Sue ... From:...
I'm pretty sure Kent's shorthand for the Aladin "previewer" is AP. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
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Jan 3, 2006 9:49 pm
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Hi Owen, AP is Aladin Previewer chart that you can get from the SIMBAD page for that object. I find them really useful. Sorry for the confussion. Kent ... ...
Kent Wallace
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Jan 3, 2006 11:07 pm
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Thanks Mike, Steve, Jim, and Kent for your help. Great observations Mike. If anyone wants to view these nebulae, see David Malin's image with the ...
It was by no means a good year weatherwise in the south central Pennsylvania area (the 2005 Martian apparition was particularly disappointing) but I did make a...
... from ... skies ... rather ... Quasar, ... White ... a ... Obsession ... the ... lot ... Oops, I should have included Stellafane in there too! Dave Mitsky...
Hi Alan, everyone else, I've prepared this map of the galaxy (it's a straight dump of the map from the new Deep Sky Browser). There are two, one with USNO A2.0...
... No. There is only the uncalibrated V, V-I color-magnitude diagram from Randy Phelps. However, it is greatly contaminated by field stars, though there is...
Brian Skiff
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Jan 6, 2006 9:54 am
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Hey guys! This group was suggested to me by another observer who saw my report of Sh2-264 I put on some internet astronomy forums. Searching through the...
Hi all... ...a friend of mine observed these two stars in Taurus and found that they are not mentioned in any of the "usuals" catalog of double stars...i find...
mario lessard
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Jan 8, 2006 2:25 am
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Probably the reason the pair is not included in ordinary double-star catalogues is because they are so far apart, about 85". At mag 8.5 or so, the usual limit...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 8, 2006 2:42 am
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Greetings: I'm waaaayyyy behind in my e-mail, so I apologize if this has been gone over already. "I am hoping that Chuck Wood's columns will be next." Such a...
John, I've looked at Sh2-264 with my 105mm scope. My notes are unusually terse and merely say that it was very large and faintly visible with an OIII filter...
Hmm... while I can definately say that the view of this nebula using the OIII was far better than unfiltered, but H-beta far and away seemed to provide the...
John, I'll give an H-beta a try sometime on the scope. I have never been able to hold a filter up to my eye and see anything but reflections. Clear skies,...