Tonight will be a total eclipse of the moon. From here in Richmond, we will see a totally eclipsed moon when it rises around 1800 EST. The weather may just...
I think we'll be relying on our Euro-African list-members to give us the skinny on the progress of the eclipse. As for lack of amastro posts, maybe it's...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 3, 2007 8:41 pm
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... Hi, Brian, We were ready to receive the Moon rising eclipsed this evening but it is cloudy :-(( Regarding Mira I can say that it has already reached...
Not much to see from Norway. Really lousy weather all over: (Webcast) http://www.astrofoto.no/ ... -- Best regards, / Vennlig hilsen, Mikkel Steine Carpe...
Here in the Netherlands the sky is clear and the forecast is good. I'll be out tonight though, so there'll be no minute to minute report from me. Clear skies! ...
One more webcams: http://live.saros.org/ Actually there are small breaks in the drifting clouds now, and I did see the Moon. It's starting to go into the umbra...
One thing that might be worth several observers doing is to estimate the stellar magnitude of the Moon at mid-eclipse. By observing out-of-focus images (or...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 3, 2007 9:35 pm
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... observing ... Nice eclipse this evening. The event was a bright one and not particularly colorful, being rated on the Danjon scale at L=3.5 and on the...
Howdy all; I am working on an observing list for next New Moon, assuming the weather will allow me to do some of these objects.. Anyway, I bumped into NGC...
... Me too. SIMBAD equates NGC 2905 with 2903, and shows only the rough B magnitude for NGC 2903 of 9.8 (and no other). Are you talking about NED? ... \Brian...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 4, 2007 9:00 am
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Hi Steve, Birian and All, NGC 2905 is a rather easy target, limit to be seen in an 80 mm telescope, and a good site. Hereunder is a report of an observation,...
Brian; I have a printout of the SIMBAD query result in front of me. As you said, it makes this object equal to NGC 2903 on one line and then equal to ESDO ...
Fellow Astronomers, The day's cloudy and snowy weather did not give any indication that this Chicago eclipse would be visible later in the evening, but with ...
... You must have got something garbled, since SIMBAD makes no such identification. ESDO 565-05 is indeed an mag 18 galaxy (it is UGC 5086) about 10' from NGC...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 5, 2007 8:14 am
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Halo All, The cluster NGC 2509 (hand mirror) will be check out soon this coming week with the "lovely eclipse Moon" out of the way. Share this from my last...
Magda Streicher
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Mar 5, 2007 2:07 pm
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Magda; I look forward to your observation. I have my 4 inch refractor all ready for the weekend, I am going to look for some of the asterisms we discussed ...
The long-awaited MASH planetary nebula survey is now available via the Strasbourg VizieR utility. Kent Wallace's observing list for the southern hemipshere...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 6, 2007 3:15 am
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I think this has been out for some time, probably since last September as that is when I downloaded it. Owen ... Owen Brazell...
... You're probably right. VizieR has it as a 'new' item today, but it is probably due to a minor tweak in the formatting or similar. Sorry if anyone (besides...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 6, 2007 7:57 am
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I tried splitting Sirius last night at dusk. Using a 25" f/5 and my finest eyepiece (10.5mm Gailand) I was completely unsuccessful. I tried later when the sky...
Hi Brian and Owen, Owen is right about it being out for awhile but I am still excited by it. 900+ new PNe will keep me busy for quite awhile. I would like to...
Kent Wallace
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Mar 6, 2007 3:18 pm
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... not to forget PN G212.6-00.0, which can currently be found due S after sunset ( J2000 coordinates: 06 50 40.5 +00 13 40 ). CS! Matthias ... by it. 900+...
Hi Kent, I have seen Sirius B during my last astro-holidays at La Palma, Canary Islands. It was relatively easy object in my case, because the seeing was ...
Hi Kent, We split Sirius at the Winter Star Party with Scott Ewart's 12 inch scope at 600x in good seeing. His scope has three spider vanes which produce six...
Kent, There is a long thread on "Sirius B" in the archives for 2006. My first attempt at Sirius B with my 63cm (25") telescope was in 2002 when the separation...
I had a decent split of Sirius in a 6-inch refractor in 2002, at 240x, in excellent seeing, when the separation was about 5 arc-seconds. For a more detailed...
Kent, ... They aren't going to be easy as I'm sure you realise. I've tried for a few that I've noted in various conversations with David Frew. My success rate ...
Hi Matthias, Thanks for PN G 212.6-00.0 Kent ... From: Matthias Kronberger To: amastro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:52 AM Subject: [amastro]...
Kent Wallace
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Mar 7, 2007 2:10 am
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Hi Mike, Thanks for your observations of these guys. Yeah, these MASH PNe are going to be tough ones. I plan to look at the spectra on each one to see if it...
