Kent, it was a lot of fun, and of course communicating that fun required snail mail! One event in those years about the O III filter that still stands out in...
Alister
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Jan 1, 2004 5:09 pm
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I am currently studying the Pleiades and am seeking clarification on the designations for the nebulosity surrounding Merope. In 1859, Tempel visually...
A Simbad query equates vdb22(in Simbad when there is one star in the nebula, they are the same object) with the star Merope and NGC1435 with the Merope Nebula...
To me, this: "Comet-shaped nebula with a mag 11 star involved" sounds like the variable nebula. But it's not, it's the description of NGC 2245, which has an...
Sven Cederblad (Studies of Bright Diffuse Galactic Nebulae, 1946) listed no less than 17 entries in and around the Pleiades. Some of these may be nonexistent...
The Uranometria charts have incorrectly labeled IC 349. E. E. Barnard discovered IC 349 visually in 1890 using the Lick 36" refractor. He described IC 349 as a...
van den Bergh's reflection nebula catalogue is available from the Strasbourg data center: http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?VII/21 This should have notes...
Brian Skiff
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Jan 2, 2004 2:35 am
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In fact NGC 2245 and NGC 2261 do appear very similar visually, though 2245 is much smaller. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
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Jan 2, 2004 2:38 am
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John Herschel used the term "cometic" to describe NGC 2245 in his General Catalogue (= GC 1425 = H IV.3 = h393 = Cederblad 80 = LBN 904.) Herschel used the...
Greg, Regarding the description of 2261, I think it's fine except that it could have mentioned that the apex has a nearly stellar brightness to it. My notes...
... Thanks John. Your comments clear that matter up. Incidentally, I quoted IC349 as being 35' SSE of Merope, which is what Uranometria says, but it should of...
I was using a 14" sct. Transparency was quite good to excellent most of the night, and seeing was excellent 9/10, maybe even 10/10-- till about 1 a.m. EST...
The club's investment in snow plowing for GLA had a big payoff as six people and six instruments showed up for some winter viewing. The viewing area was...
I have already signaled PN NGC 2346 as of interest to this group, and we've discuss the Variable Nebula in a separate thread. (but the link to the animation...
... Hi all, I did not make a complete search concerning the Pleiades nebulosities and just refered myself to the Deep Sky Field Guide (companion catalogue to...
Greg, Spread a tarp or old blanket under your observing area. Clear skies, Sue ... From: "gnorton" <tim71pos@...> To: <amastro@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
... that ... I googled, IC 349, and came up with the following: http://www.seds.org/messier/more/m045_i349.html (one of several links to an HST image of this...
... Hi, Sue. French 1 subsequently got into the Dias et al. catalogue, as well, and so shows up in my all-sky atlas. I don't know if anyone has done any real...
This works on asphalt. I don't know about gravel. On grass a heavy blanket is a disaster. It acts like a snowshoe, spreading the weight of the tripod over a...
... Thanks. I know you folks in Deep Sky Hunters are analyzing groups for clusterhood :-) Sometime you'll have to tell me your methods. Clear skies, Sue...
... Being just a subamateur astronomer myself, only having been at this for about 2.5 years, I hadn't observed either of these, but I was intrigued by the...
That is weird, especially since I have used the right numbers elsewhere, even on this group. Oh well. Hope I can correct it in time for the club newsletter....
I have reposted this with corrections per the previous note, not because it is of earthshaking importnace but because on a google search or yahoo index search...
Hi all, In his December 30th 'amastro' posting, Ron Robisch reports his observation of a 'French 1' cluster in Cassiopeia. I think it must be something other...
