Hi Kent, Just came across another one you might use tonight and tomorrow. Saw a shot in the 'Gallery' of the December 2008 Sky & Telescope of 'The Witches...
Thanks, Dana. I scared everyone at the East Coast Star Party with a number of favorites. It was great fun. The weather also scared some, so I had less people...
Hi All I have got A tough one here and need some help. This Dark period and last winter I have had several negative observations of Mink 2-3 in Auriga with my...
This is not a planetary nebula. Published spectra show no [OIII] emission, so clearly an [OIII] filter will actually make it dimmer. There is only H-alpha...
Brian Skiff
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Oct 27, 2009 9:16 pm
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I haven't tried to see Mink 2-3 in a very long time. If it's any help here are my notes from my last try, in 2005! Date: 2005 March 3 10:08p Observer: Kent...
I tried a UHC filter last night ,with no response! I see the star at the location but can not make out any of the nebula! Jimi ... From: Brian Skiff To:...
Brian wrote: SIMBAD, by the way, shows this incorrectly as IC 2120. The IC name, however, is one of the very few known to be a (known) comet from the 1890s...
Thanks Kent Sounds like my view last night!! But how did Steve Coe see it in a 13.5? Jimi ... From: kent@... To: amastro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
Hi Barabara Mink2-3 is a different object Than IC 2120. I know all about the 1890 comet and IC2120, Jimi ... From: Barbara Wilson To: amastro@yahoogroups.com ;...
I also have a "highly suspected" observation of M 2-3 on one occasion unfiltered at 220x-280x with a 17.5", besides a few definite misses. But based on Jimi's...
Hi Jim, Here is my negitive observation from almost nine years ago: Attempted to observe M 2-3 at Navajo Flats, California, on 12/28/00 with the 20" f/5.0...
Kent Wallace
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Oct 28, 2009 2:34 am
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Hi Jimi, Yes I know its different. What I was referring to was: My question 15 or more years ago to Brian Skiff about IC2120 "what the heck is Ic2120" , which...
... It was of course the memory of that affair that allowed me to know that the SIMBAD entry is "historically incorrect". There is a lot of literature,...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 28, 2009 4:27 am
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Hi Kent I'm going to try again tonight when the moon sets, it will be well placed by then! But I don't have much hope in seeing it! Jimi ... From: Kent Wallace...
Hi Jim, There is paper from 1983 available via CDS which gives the absolute H-beta flux of Mi 2-3: http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/1983RMxAA...8..187C Their...
Halo All, Which star is the famous Merrill's star? M4 to be the nearest globular cluster but the obscure FSR 1767 to be nearer? Do anybody have coordinates for...
Hi Magda, ... Merrill's star is a WR star in the constellation of Sagitta that is surrounded by the (photographically) bright nebula Sh2-80 = PK 50+3.1 = M...
Hi Magda, Merrill's Star is located at (2000) 19 11 30.9 +16 51 38 in Sagittarius. There is a nice picture at APOD for November 9, 1998. APOD calls it WR124,...
Kent Wallace
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Nov 2, 2009 3:50 pm
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Thanks Matthias as always you respond soon. I assume then the dust hole will be too faint to check out in ordinary telescopes, but thanks for the information....
Hello all I was doing some research tonight on objects to view for the next dark period. I came across this object on the Poss1 images and I could not ID it. I...
Jimi, ... as Matthias already noted, this overlooked, a bit odd-looking object has been published recently, and it looks like it could be a variety of a PN....
In Sue French's December column in S&T, she discusses the interesting field of reflection nebulae near Beta Cas that includes vdB 1 and two, small detached...
Hi Steve, I took a look at this field with my 16" http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/Zeichnungen/VdB1_HH164.htm under very good conditios, unfiltered with 180x. ...
... Do note that since the recent spate of extremely faint Local Group discoveries has ramped up I haven't been maintaining that list. There are now nearly as...
Brian Skiff
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Nov 7, 2009 5:25 am
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Thanks for the link to the paper, I will enjoy reading it. Jimi ... From: cybermudl To: amastro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:29 AM ...
A CBET issued this evening US time reports a nova in Scutum found by Nishimura. About mag 9 and the position is given as: 18 43 45.6 -07 36 42 (J2000). \Brian...
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