Thanks Brian, If my research is correct, Burnham said there were 100 or so in his 70's vintage Handbook. Probably all NGC as did Shapley in his classification...
Although not definitive, I tried to bring my working list up-to-date as of late last summer: ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/bas/deepsky/globulars.tab ...which...
Brian Skiff
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Apr 2, 2008 5:37 pm
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15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 It's not just the newer ones, Cliff, but potentially some of the older ones, like Omega Centauri and M54,...
Wayne, I don't think that matters. They're ours even if we stole them. Clear skies, Sue ... From: amastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amastro@yahoogroups.com] On...
The implication of the discovery of the intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri is that it is the core remnant of a dwarf galaxy, not a globular star...
I think this is what makes astronomy so interesting. Everything is subject to change. I'll keep on looking for 'em', whatever they are. Got 77 "possible"...
Isn't there an idea floating around that all globulars are just the cores of captured galaxies? I don't know if that theory still has many adherents, but I do...
LOL! I sit here getting over my fourth or fifth flu of the season, and that response brightens my whole day. Thanks Sue! Still, it would be very interesting...
Going back to the original question (getting a list of putative globulars), Cliff might try a search in SIMBAD using the object-type. Go here: ...
Brian Skiff
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Apr 3, 2008 7:31 pm
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One of the sources of the 'possible' globular clusters is the paper by Froebrich et al (2007MNRAS.374..399F). It was done by trawling the 2MASS catalogue for...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Apr 3, 2008 10:18 pm
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As part of some work related to telescope-control software at Lowell, I have begun to make a file of precise coordinates for the NGC/IC objects. Although I...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Apr 4, 2008 4:13 am
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The list of Froebrich et al. does contain numerous wrong entries and spurious detections, yes. What I find unfortunate, as the list also contains many...
A moderately faint galactic nova has been found by Nicholas Brown in Australia. It is about mag 10 and located in Triangulum Australe at position: 16 18 48.2...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Apr 5, 2008 5:03 am
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Hi Brian. 04/ 04/ 08, 23:15 HLA (TU -3), SCT 11” f/10. 70x y 187x, from Rama Caída, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina (-34º 42’ 31”_68º 21’ 49 O) Obs....
A nova candidate has been reported in Cygnus that is perhaps brighter than mag 8. Position is is given as: 19 43 02.0 +32 19 14 (J2000), matching a faint...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Apr 11, 2008 1:32 am
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... (J2000), ... Just seen this second nova in Cygnus! I estimated him at magnitude 7.8! thanks, david....
For those of you that have a copy of Perek's and Kohoutek's CGPN, the finder chart for PK 288+05.1 = He 2-61 on plate 17 marks the wrong star. The correct...
Kent Wallace
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Apr 14, 2008 2:56 pm
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Hi, is there on the net a website where I could enter coordinates of an object and would get constellation in which the object is situated as the result? The...
Leos Ondra
astronomy@...
Apr 20, 2008 9:02 am
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Leos, If you wanted to download the freeware program Cartes du Ciel, I imagine that would do it. There's even a Czech version. ...
I had thought that VizieR should do this using the files you mentioned, but it doesn't actually do so. I'll ask the Strasbourg folks about it. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Apr 20, 2008 7:45 pm
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One of the feature suggestions on the books for The International Variable Star Index (VSX - vsx.aavso.org) is to have a mini-function on the Search page that...
Hi Leos, The simplest way is to use PyEphem. It is the astronomy library for Python. [1] Solution of your problem is very simple task under PyEphem. Look at...
Hi Leos, The simplest way is to use PyEphem. It is the astronomy library for Python. [1] Solution of your problem is very simple task under PyEphem. Look at...
Thanks to all who responded to my question, but I am not looking for anything I would have to install, like webpage. Leo...
Leos Ondra
astronomy@...
Apr 21, 2008 4:52 pm
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Thanks to all who responded to my question, but I am not looking for anything I would have to install, I would like a webpage. Leo...
Leos Ondra
astronomy@...
Apr 21, 2008 5:06 pm
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I caught Saturn on Friday night in spite of the dominant moon. Nice views, Cassini's, magnifications of up to 390x. Mostly I just messed around this night....
The VizieR page for coords ---> constellation seems to be broken (begins from item VI/42). I have asked Francois Ochsenbein to look into it. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Apr 21, 2008 6:20 pm
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Hi all, For some time now I've been working on a web-based application for deep sky observers. It will be 100% free to use (well, as long as you have an...
