While observing comet 144P/Kushida with 25x100 binoculars last night in eastern Taurus, I found _two_ fuzzy objects in the field. The other object was similar...
I think this is a nomenclature issue. The inner structure just mentioned by Brian could be said to be part of the body and not the tail - for simplicity let's...
Last night while using the Chile telescope at Slooh, I snapped the following picture of NGC 6283. Just below the galaxy is what apears to be another tiny...
For galaxy searches, you want to use NED, not the CDS/SIMBAD/VizieR-based stuff, which is not very good on galaxies. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu This shows (at...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 2, 2009 6:38 am
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Hi Cliff,my copy of the sky gives the following. KUG0849+335 Galaxy Other ID: PGC24945 Magnitude: 16.5 RA: 08h 53m 42.6s Dec: +33°20'34" RA: 08h 53m 06.0s...
Ron, That is actually yet another nearby galaxy. The PGC number for the one Cliff asked about is 2030408. The two are a little over 5 arcminutes apart, on the...
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top? guid=20090303/49acb950_3ca6_15526200903031989469704 Surprise! Saturn has small moon hidden in ring From Associated...
Barbara, would you please reply off-list to me please? I'm trying to get ahold of Larry Mitchell and the HAS website is still listing his email address using...
While going over some SIMBAD IDs that Kent Wallace has found among the recent MASH-II planetary nebulae, I notice that the object PN G316.7-05.8 is surely a...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 5, 2009 5:28 am
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On IAU Circular 9025 issued March 5, our post-doc Matthew Knight and Lowell comet guru Dave Schleicher report a rotation period of the comet nucleus. This...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 6, 2009 9:50 pm
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In O'Meara's compilation of "Deep-Sky Wonders," Scotty mentions that "10 Ursae Majoris is now well within the border of Lynx because of the new constellation...
Sue, Thanks so much! Scotty makes one more reference that confuses me: do you know another designation for Burnham 576? Many thanks for your help, Sue! Joe...
Joe, Burnham is a double star designation, abbreviated either BU 576 or ß576. Another double star designation for it is ADS 6757. Designations for the primary...
Wayne, You should go to the Winter Star Party. Last week, I saw The Pup easily every night, though not all the time. I found it was even easier in twilight,...
I tried seeing the Pup with my motor drive 100mm f/8 APO last night using a 15mm Edmund RKE occulting modified eyepiece and a 5x Barlow but no luck, even...
Hi Kent, I won't say it was definite, but I strongly suspected it on the night of 2/21 using an 80mm f/7 APO when I gave it a try. The seeing was steady right...
A number of us tried repeatedly to see Sirius B at the recent Winter Star Party in Florida. I failed with my 6" refractor, even though I did manage to see it...
15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 Hi Scott, and the others who tried Sirius with smaller apertures, One of these years I will make it to...
Wayne It sounds like you don't do too badly where you live if you can use 600x. Even WSP rarely gets better than that. And Trapezium G is pretty faint. I've...
Joe, I'm not sure about the smallest scope I've ever seen the Pup with, but I remember seeing it with a 7" AP a few years ago when it was a bit closer. I was...
Prompted by the recent posts, I suggested to the tourguides at the observatory that we have a look at Sirius this evening using the 60cm Clark refractor on...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 11, 2009 3:06 am
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I did some poking around in the literature to find current 'best' values for the V magnitudes of Sirius A and B. Alan Cousins surely measured Sirius with the...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 11, 2009 3:58 am
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Scott, Athough several people saw the Pup through my 130mm scope at the Winter Star Party, I was not among them either. Clear skies, Sue ... From:...
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