A good friend of mine (Mike Cole) imaged Markarian's Chain earlier this spring, his image is at: http://home.earthlink.net/~fct150b/virgo_mosiac.htm We were...
Using Aladin Java and the NED and Simbad databases there are no globular clusters identified around M86. There are numerous PN?s and a couple of foreground...
Hi Chuck, I queried the NASA ADS Astronomy Query Form at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html for the abstract contents of "m86 globular cluster"...
Hi Chuck, it´s possible to catch some of these faint globulars (no chance for visual observers :-<) A good source with magnitudes is: "VRI photometry of...
Jens Bohle
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Jul 2, 2003 11:26 am
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STARLOG July 1, 2003 More Herschel Clusters Observer: Tom Campbell Location: Iola, Kansas (Long: 95°24'W Lat: 37°55'N) Equipment: Discovery DHQ 8" dobsonian ...
Well, if I may be so bold as to alert you guys that dust cloud similar to how the global dust storm of 2001 maybe brewing on Mars. No one knows whether it'll...
Lucy looks Skywards - Doubles & Herschel Fuzzies ================================================ [Due to degree workload and other reasons I'm only just now...
Thank you Jens, Wouter, and John for your help. I will dig through more of those abstracts. Chuck Dethloff [Non-text portions of this message have been...
This month the Skyhound feature article is about observing Mars. Deep Sky Observing ideas "In the Eyepiece:" * "An exceptionally fine galactic star cluster"...
In re the IC 1295 field, it might be of interest to note the fainter stellar object Kohoutek 4-8 = PN G025.3-04.6 just ~5' away. The two planetaries form a...
Brian Skiff
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Jul 3, 2003 3:14 am
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I have doing some poking around the LMC object NGC 1785. This is a very ill-defined object (one of J. Herschel's discoveries), no description being given, and...
Mati Morel
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Jul 3, 2003 7:19 am
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Do see Harold Corwin's take on this subject: http://www.ngcic.org/corwin/DataFiles/Sept_2002/ngcbugs_1.txt ...about 3/4 the way to the bottom. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
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Jul 3, 2003 7:36 am
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Hi all! By accident I stumbled upon the large faint nebula Sh 2-245 (LBN 835,836,839) in Eridanus/Taurus at around 4h, +4°. Not visually, but in my database,...
There may be some bad news about Mars in the offing according to Sky & Telescope and ALPO (http://elvis.rowan.edu/marswatch/images/2003-07.html). Let's hope ...
Hi Mikkel I wouldn't call the Sh2-245 nebula an "easy" object -- that based on a single observation made a couple of years ago. As I recall, the Eridanus shell...
Chuck, Thanks for your observation of DHW 1-2. Also that is a fine drawing you made of DHW 1-2 and its field. The central star is very faint one but I don't...
Kent Wallace
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Jul 3, 2003 11:07 pm
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The superposed GSC star will cause a lot of confusion. The GSC (and other) magnitudes are for some sort of combined light of the nebula and the field star,...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 3, 2003 11:26 pm
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Dear Mati, and colleagues, ... h's ... radical ... I agree that the identification for NGC 1785 is still in some doubt, and I would like to point out my...
Jenni Kay
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Jul 4, 2003 2:12 am
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Hi everyone. Last night was the first clear night all week. I have had a week off to do some observing and even though yesterday was my birthday and my wife...
According to HGCjr's notes, this object was found with a _5-inch_ telescope that JH used for a special program. Thus not the 18-inch speculum that folks might...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 4, 2003 6:32 am
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I was out observing the other morning when I heard some wild creature making argumentative noises in the brush. This put me on alert, but I am not a nervous...
Hello all, I am doing some editing (a new experience for me) and an author states that B88 and B89 (both dark nebulae are within M8) are visible with a 100mm ...
... creature making ... not a ... barreling across ... flashlight and ... coming. I ... spooked, ... vicious ... definitely a ... end of ... Could it be a...
Hi All, I think most of us have a similar tale to Sue's and I feel certain that I won't be the first to respond to this thread, but here's my 2c worth. I...
Though it doesn't include these objects, you might want to bookmark Jere Kahanpaa's "minimum aperture catalogue": ...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 4, 2003 7:27 pm
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The second edition Uranometria DSFG notes the ADS 13292 system as a "likely cluster" with the chart showing a small anonymous open cluster symbol around the...
Ron, ... Possibly, but probably not. We have lots of coyotes, but they usually roam by in packs and have no interest in me. I enjoy listening to them. ... ...
I went up to the edge of Mars Hill this evening to have a look at the local fireworks display, and found that most of the folks by the Clark telescope were our...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 5, 2003 6:15 am
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HI Andrew & Al, I hate to be labeled a "party pooper" but I wonder whether SSWZ 94-4 is a Glob. I raised this issue earlier in the year in this list in Jan...
