McDonald Observatory shares the famous skies of the Texas Star Party. As detailed below in postings by Paul Alsing of San Diego, it is now possible for a group...
A recent paper by Mampaso et al reports the first of what's likely to be a large number of northern planetary nebulae identified in a deep H-alpha survey along...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 1, 2006 11:44 pm
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Brian, Thanks for letting us know about this new PN. It is in SIMBAD as PN G126.6+01.3. It appears that NED has it listed as a galaxy. The SkyView red image...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Dec 2, 2006 3:49 am
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Scanning through additional recent journals, I've come across another paper about the large, very faint envelopes of AGB stars, similar to the nebula...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 3, 2006 7:04 am
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I looked this up in the archives and found a number of discussions of viewing it in binoculars, but no mentions of viewing it through a telescope besides one...
... of ... 5" ... refractor ... of ... No filters, just very dark and very transparent, dry sky. Low power and wide field! I've observed this several times...
IC 2118, The Witch Head Nebula, was no problem in my old inexpensive RFT, a 4.1-inch Astroscan which had a 3-degree field of view at 16x. The four most ...
Geez Greg, You're in my astronomy club! Don't you ever read my articles ;-) I described it through my Traveler in the January 2005 column. Here are a couple...
Speaking of glowing blobs, how about IC 405 and IC 410 in Auriga. I have no notes of my observations but I do remember one of them as shaped like the continent...
Keith Burns
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Dec 3, 2006 7:25 pm
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Thank you Sue. I read your articles but I don't remember them. That's why I tell everybody to get your book like I did. That way I have 60 articles I can...
gnowellsct writes: Seems to me that this object ought to be made to order for 4" and 5" refractors? My menu of options include a 4.25 degree 102mm refractor ...
... I found that, at least at very low power in my RFTs, the Lumicon Deep-Sky filter did boost the contrast slightly on this one. It was also barely visible...
David Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Dec 4, 2006 6:08 am
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... IC 405, A.K.A. "The Flaming Star" nebula, is not extremely faint, but it isn't very bright either. I found that the nebula was helped by the Lumicon...
David Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Dec 4, 2006 6:15 am
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... I often read advice to use small refractor for this object but my experience is different. I saw only faint glow near its brightest region with Celestron...
... Just for the record, David Knisely has mis-attributed Keith Burns's post above to me. (It's a fine post, but I was not the author.) My observations of IC...
You are correct Alan. I remember seeing pictures of these two objects IC 410 and 405 in sky and tel and thought it would be neat to look at. But boy was I...
Keith Burns
keith_B@...
Dec 5, 2006 5:44 am
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Dear Amastro Friends, A wonderful New Year and holidays to all the amasto friends who share the starry skies with me. Take care, Magda Streicher [Non-text...
Magda Streicher
magda@...
Dec 7, 2006 10:56 pm
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15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 Same to you, Magda, though your winter holidays will be much warmer than ours, even in Arizona, where it...
Thank you that's very interesting, seems like it should be chased in both a large and small aperture. Your drawing is really good, I guess there was a part of...
From a Central Bureau Electronic Circular issued this evening: GEMINID AND URSID METEORS 2006 P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute, reports that the Geminid meteors...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 12, 2006 2:31 am
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Thank you very much for your encouragement. My approach to observing of this object was something like a "blind test". I didn't know what can be visible and...
Hi Everyone: The Geminid's put on a great show here in S.E. Arizona. The predicted peak was around 1 am our time. Faintest stars at my Zenith were about 6.7...
AstroCards@...
Dec 15, 2006 1:09 am
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On December 1st Brian Skiff kindly let us know about a new PN at (2000) 01 25 07.9 +63 56 53. I gave this one a try at Navajo Flats last night with my 20"...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Dec 19, 2006 7:05 pm
19022
Is that a PN that has been mis-classified as a galaxy? At this position there is an entry for a galaxy. J01250797+6356523 01h25m07.9s +63d56m52s G What...
NED does show this as a galaxy, but the new observations by the IPHAS consortium indicate it is instead a planetary nebula. The relevant paper is...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 19, 2006 8:07 pm
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... refractor ... Hello there Bob, This object was on my 4-inch Light Cup's holy grails for a very long time. But way down south in dark Mexican sky, my Light...
We have all "seen" the North American. Maybe naked eye, certainly with binoculars and small scopes. Indeed it is obvious ... or is it? Are we seeing the...
... I'm sure it ultimately depends on the instrument, filters, etc., but I'd have to agree that in general, what we see visually is a starcloud rather than a...
Hi Greg, The very best views of the NAN I've enjoyed were through a wonderful 7" f4 Dob owned by Bruce Swayze. An OIII filter certainly helped, so the question...
