Tell me what you guys think about these open clusters Mayer 1 ... Sue French said that some didn't stand out well and others were very faint. In your opinion...
Benjamin, I show NGC6287 listed and observed as a globular, and NGC 6739 as a galaxy. All seem visible in 8" at a dark site, but a couple are so poorly ...
Don P suffered some typos on the NGC digits: NGC 6827, not 6287; and NGC 6738, not 6739. NGC 6738 does not stand out from the field, but I would suggest IC...
Brian Skiff
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Jun 1, 2005 10:56 pm
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I observed the object found by Dana Patchick in Ophiuchus (17 14 49 -14 15 54) last night. This observation was with my 63cm (25") f/5 scope from the ASNSW's ...
... I don't have the magazine in front of me but I guess it's the Sharpless catalogue? http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic?/6664408 Do you really mean Sh...
... Ah, there you go. Should have just checked the WDS catalogue. Sheesh! Well, I'm tired and off home from work now. Vennlig hilsen, Mikkel Steine ...
I apologize for my dyslexia, here. My notes show IC1310 = Berkeley 50, and neither Megastar nor NED has data for either. I did have a location, but only saw a...
MegaStar knows the cluster as "Berk 50." "Berkeley" isn't recognized by the locate function. Clear skies, Sue ... From: "pensack1" <Pensack1@...> To:...
Thanks, I make viewing plans with astroplanner each month from your articles. Found them in the WDS catalog. Thanks for telling me where to look. Cliff ... B3V...
Yeah, the Berkerly clusters do not look like much. But what I want to know is what telescopes you saw them in and how they looked. Also what type of skies you...
Actually, Comet Wiseman-Skiff. I know you're modest about your accomplishments, Brian, but this is one to be proud of. A "first", in fact. Congrats. Bruce ...
Bruce McCurdy
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Jun 3, 2005 1:43 am
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Hi Mike, Thanks for your observation of Patchick's 2nd mystery object. I don't feel so bad being unable to see it in my 20" scope since you had such a tough ...
Kent Wallace
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Jun 3, 2005 3:37 am
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This one seems to be spreading fast on the Web; our PR guy asked whether I could supply a quote. This was indeed found by Jennifer Wiseman, an MIT undergrad...
Brian Skiff
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Jun 3, 2005 5:33 am
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Earlier this week, I made a failed attempt to observe this object with my 18-inch Obsession. I observed at a wide range of magnifications--141X, 199X, 272X and...
Earlier this week, I was able to steal a few hours of dark sky time with the 18-inch Obsession. I've uploaded sketches and notes to "Cosmic Voyage," those...
Had a great time last night with the 30 here at DCO. Picked up 14 Arp's along with various other objects. Tried for Pal's 7, 10, and 15 but only could see...
The other night in mediocre transparency I failed to detect this object in my 80mm. I was able to detect M57 but it was noticeably dimmer in coparison to...
Greg, Under both seeing and transparency that was only fair, I needed 50x or more to make the planetary non-stellar in Alan's 90mm. It took 100x - 150x for a ...
14.5-inch Newt, 22mm Nagler S: poor, T: fair Fairly small, round, faint. Averted vision helps. Needed OIII filter to find it but could see without once I...
Thanks Sue... which object are you talking about? Since you mention an OIII I assume Abell 42... but this is listed as a 17.8 mag planetary - you have seen it...
Hi Greg, The following is from my log from last August viewing from my backyard's 4.5 mag or so skies... Monday evening, 8/2/2004, Comet near M3 Comet C/2003...
Hi Folks I'd guess one of the attractions of observing double stars is the occasional color contrast of the stars. With that in mind, I'd like to mention a few...
Ah yes, the "green star" topic. In smaller apertures (and especially if the observer is *told* prior to observation that it is green) a fainter bluish star...
David Knisely
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Jun 4, 2005 6:43 pm
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Duh! Would be nice if I'd mentioned that. Actually, that was Abell 46. Clear skies, Sue ... From: "Gary Myers" <RXDesign@...> To:...
... On the one occasion I resolved this star it was unquestionably green. It had to be ... here in Edmonton Antares culminates only 10° above the southern...
Bruce McCurdy
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Jun 4, 2005 7:15 pm
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Thanks Sue! 46 wasn't a problem - it was 42 that I could not find. I am sure i had the field but it was relatively low at the time... will give it another try...
