The last two weeks I went together with some friends to Namibia (Hakos). Together with Friedrich Lamprecht I had the chance to use the new and very good 24"...
Hi Uwe, Thanks for your observations of PGC 49877 and CGMW 4-2085. As far as I know you have the first known visual sightings of these PN. Congratulations! ...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jul 1, 2009 4:21 pm
22313
Hi Kent, thank you for your answer. Both object ideas were given us (Friedl Lamprecht and me) by Matthias this spring. I am very happy that I had the...
Just a half hour ago I was viewing the emerging sunspot through my 5 inch Takahashi using a Herschel wedge. As I brought the finder scope to bear on the sun I...
I use a full cover orion glass filter with covers on both sides while in storage. Plus the filter is velcro to the scope when in use. No spotter used. Keith ...
Keith Burns
keith_B@...
Jul 4, 2009 5:11 pm
22316
It appears that I cannot post to the group...at least not via email. I'm giving posting from the website a try......
CBET 1867, issued today, reports that Berto Monard in South Africa has found a likely supernova in Messier 66. He reports the magnitude as 15.8, i.e. rather...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 4, 2009 6:33 pm
22320
I know how long you tried for that at GSSP. I could hear the back and forth. Congrats. Aside: If you get the chance to observe with Jimi, take it. His atlas...
Last week I wrote: ... A description of a spectrum has been published for this event. CBET 1874 reports that a spectrum with the 2-m telescope near Hanle in...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 13, 2009 3:26 am
22323
This object, which seems to have been known for some time, was announced today on 'Central Bureau Electronic Circular' 1876. Discovery details, both via...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 16, 2009 4:47 am
22324
Hi Brian, Is that PN G number complete? Usually I would expect a decimal point and another number after the 075. Thanks, Kent ... From: Brian Skiff To:...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jul 16, 2009 2:17 pm
22325
PN G075.5+1.7 Sue ... From: amastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kent Wallace Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:17 AM To:...
Sue, Thanks for the full number. Kent ... From: Sue French To: amastro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:54 AM Subject: RE: [amastro] New PN...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jul 16, 2009 4:59 pm
22327
... Yes, Sue has it correct. Sorry for my slip. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 16, 2009 5:21 pm
22328
Brian, Thanks for letting us know about the Circular on this Cygnus Bubble. Dave Jurasevich has also announced the Circular on the Planetary Nebula group...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jul 16, 2009 7:56 pm
22329
Brian, Just out of curiosity, how long would you say it might be before this object makes it into Simbad, or NED, or whatever other resources are out there? ...
... I don't think such an object would make it into NED, though they do have a fair number of non-galaxies when there have been instances of ambiguity. They...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 18, 2009 6:46 am
22331
Thanks for this, Brian, that is a ton of information nicely summarized in one spot. This e-mail definitely gets saved in my 'Amastro' folder... ;>) ~Paul A ......
... We aim to please! One of the curious things about how this object came to be known is that there is in fact no good mechanism for making such objects ...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 18, 2009 10:04 pm
22333
I think this one is also interesting because the IPHAS team found it but never published, or at least not yet. They are waiting for the full catalogue I think....
... The IPHAS group have a paper in press with ~700 new northern PN candidates, but probably a lot of them await follow-up spectroscopy. PN G075.5+01.7 is not...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jul 19, 2009 12:33 am
22335
To add to Owen's point - Yes, it has been well known to the IPHAS people since at least mid 2006, and the object was shown to participants at the European...
I don't think so because the summary of that paper suggests that the technique used will find small bright objects and only some larger ones. They have a...
Hi Owen, Got to agree that they have set their sights on the smaller fry, but they definitely didn't overlook this large one. Last September Matthias...
It is possible that something impacted into Jupiter... might be worth taking a look tonight... Anthony Wesley in Australia took this image at 15:55 UT on the...
Although I have been skeptical, this event apparently is indeed some sort of impact site. Observations were obtained in the last ~12 hours from Keck and the...
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