Brian, ... If you would ever offer me such a catalogue, I would not refuse for a second! To me the data is alpha-omega and there is no worse thing to me than...
Hi Kent, I obeserved the ''three Leos" with my 20inch. Leo III (also known as Leo A) is an easy target. Leo I is difficult because of its proximity to Regulus ...
Jens Bohle
jbohle@...
Mar 1, 2002 4:47 pm
7041
Hi all, I have only just begun to consider NGC 253 and admit I am puzzled. Does it really exist or not? Is it in fact an oc? At the position, there is a...
Sorry, I meant NGC 2253 and think I omitted a number in the original post. Ron H. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
... Hi! I have seen this dark nebula with instruments as diverse as 8x26 binoculars in the Andes to a 17.5 inch Dob in W.A. I have also observed Bernes 157...
... Hi all, For estimating visual sizes of nebulous objects, why not make a drawing. Just include some "pretty bright" (depending on your instrument) stars...
Yann POTHIER
yann.pothier@...
Mar 1, 2002 6:40 pm
7045
For those interested in the vision mechanisms and night vision facts, check the following website covering the psysiological and psychological aspects in...
Yann POTHIER
yann.pothier@...
Mar 1, 2002 6:40 pm
7046
... Kent, I've picked up all of them in my 20". Leo I isn't too tough though I had to keep Regulus out of the field to see it very well. I observed Leo II and...
Steve Dillinger
dillingr@...
Mar 1, 2002 6:40 pm
7047
Ron; The NGC description of: vF,* eS means very faint and stars extremely small (faint). So I believe that your grouping of bright stars is probably not...
Steve Coe
stevecoe@...
Mar 1, 2002 6:40 pm
7048
... Yes. Recall that the MPC actually threatened to sue some poor guy about ten years ago who had the gall to regularly publish comet ephemerides on various...
Last summer? I was shown, in a 12.5 inch Newtonian, a nice globular cluster with a nearby(in the same ~ 3/4 deg field), not embedded planetary nebula. The pln...
... It might have been the relatively close pair in Sagittarius NGC 6440 (globular) and NGC 6445 (planetary), which are about 22 arc minutes apart. I...
David Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Mar 1, 2002 7:42 pm
7051
The globular cluster may have been NGC 6712 with planetary nebula IC 1295 to the east of it. Actually between the two is a small planetary nebula K 4-8. ...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Mar 1, 2002 10:02 pm
7052
Hello The globular cluster may have been NGC6440 with the planetary as NGC6445. This pair is found just near the border between Sagittarius Ophiuchus. They...
Andrew Murrell
hector@...
Mar 1, 2002 10:02 pm
7053
At Mikkel Steine's suggestion, here is a list of the current contents of my 'starcats' directory freely available from the Lowell ftp area. The file names are...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Mar 1, 2002 10:03 pm
7054
I agree with Kent except for the fact that I have never seen color in IC1295 (that doesn't mean you didn't but I can usually see color quite well). It is...
Dear All, Greg has a very interesting point here: data acquired, processed, formatted and stored with support of US tax dollars should be available to US tax...
Ron, checked SIMBAD and they give coordinates RA 06 43 14.77; Dec +65 40 38.7, which are slightly different than given in Guide 7 (06h 42.400m +66 20.0). aj ...
AJ Crayon
acrayon@...
Mar 2, 2002 2:00 am
7057
Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. When the objects y'all mentioned rise at a more reasonable hour I'll check them out. I suppose I could set the filters...
... No one has suggested checking the NGC/IC site, so here is Harold Corwin's analysis at http://www.ngcic.com/corwin/default.htm) Nearly all NGC/IC catalogue...
... I checked NED, which identifies NGC 2253 as a galaxy with J2000.0 coordinates of 06h 43m 41.9s, +65d 12m 22s. Then, I called up an image centered on the ...
BillFerris@...
Mar 2, 2002 3:07 am
7060
SN 2002bj (discovery mag 14.7-8) in NGC 1821 was discovered by Puckett Obs. and the LOTOSS KAIT. The recession velocity of NGC 1821 is 3608 km/s (NED value)...
... I think the IAU is the *last* place I would expect to find people interested in addressing a problem - any problem. Look at the Minor Planet Center - 'nuff...
In re the problem of big datasets not being freely available, specifically in regard to USNO-Ax.x, I think the problem involved the fact that POSS-I was...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:15 am
7063
Isn't this the object that Sue French and Alister Ling discussed some time ago, with (I think) the conclusion that the galaxy Steve G. described is at least a...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:15 am
7064
Here are brief descriptions of a number of shorter lists of stars in various regions that I have added to the ftp site. The several lists of variable stars...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Mar 2, 2002 8:33 am
7065
Hi Brian, I tried to find that new PN, Rubin 66, without luck last night using my 20" f/5 reflector. I tried the O-III, UHC and H-Beta filters at 79X, 134X,...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Mar 2, 2002 8:08 pm
7066
Identification files for stars in about 60 open clusters are now copied out to the Lowell ftp area starting at: ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/bas/ocpos Most of...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Mar 3, 2002 1:41 am
7067
... Since this is pretty faint, it seems the best approach might be to use a DSS image or other sutiable chart to identify the star at the eyepiece. In other...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Mar 3, 2002 1:41 am
7068
A paper just published in the "Astronomical Journal" by Ann et al. (2002AJ....123..905A, Feb 2002 issue) provides basic parameters for twelve open clusters....
