Well, since I posted this (it takes so long for any message to appear here!) I was able to find the abstract of the original study that concluded this object...
I John, I don't know where the number 5-6 MLY comes from, but IC 1101 is a cD galaxy which generally tend to be very large. A quick literature research via CDS...
Very interesting. On March 14, 1987 our local newspaper reported ( following a report in *Science*) that the galaxy Markarian 348 = UGC 499 = NGC 262 is/was...
Well, if you google "Largest galaxy in the universe" you'll get IC 1101 in ACO 2029 that is supposedly "5-6 million light years across". Too bad it's not!...
I viewed Teutsch 11 this AM with the 48 " reflector. The transparency was great! 9 out of 10, seeing was 5 out 0f 10. At first With my finder eyepiece (288X) I...
A CBET issued a few minutes ago contains some last-minute details about the Leonids. It looks as though the main action will be later on the 17th UT, and thus...
Brian Skiff
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Nov 16, 2009 10:49 pm
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A few days ago, I posted here about entering my observing notes into a spreadsheet. This led to all sorts of sorting and plotting. I was interested in how...
15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 Good advice, Tom, although 50 years too late for me... Whatever notes and observing projects I had...
Tom, that's very impressive, neat and organized. I started keeping notes electronically in 2001 and you're right saying beginners should start electronic...
Thanks Brian I will try that next time I look at it. Jimi ... From: Brian Skiff To: amastro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:50 PM Subject:...
Thanks for the info Kent! I would think that you could see this with a 20"on a good night! the UHC helped a lot. Thanks Jimi ... From: Kent Wallace To:...
In the "me too" department, I've gone ahead and copied all of the visual observations I have that are keyed-in to the Lowell ftp area starting at: ...
Brian Skiff
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Nov 13, 2009 3:28 am
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Tom, Excellent resource. That is the way of the future. Books may be on their way out, but I'm biased after working about seventeen years in the book...
... It is reasonably well recorded in the various catalogues based on Schmidt plate-scans. Probably best is: GSC2.3 N9TZ033008: 5 25 31.18 +28 19 46.4...
Brian Skiff
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Nov 13, 2009 2:50 am
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Hi Jimi, Here is what I have on this object from my manuscript. IPHAS J052531.2+281946 05 25 31.1 +28 19 48 (NCPN) MAG ? CSM ? SIZE 7 CON Tau SKY 05 URA...
Kent Wallace
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Nov 12, 2009 11:32 pm
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Hi All I came across this planetary in Taurus on the SDSS images. it is near the star Alnath. RA 05 25 31.19 DEC +28 19 44.71 Has anyone seen it? Last night I...
Tom, Thanks for making your observations available for all of us. That is a whole lot of great observations and a lot of good work. Thanks again, Kent ... ...
Kent Wallace
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Nov 12, 2009 4:57 pm
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Tom, That's very impressive. I've read some of the notes you made and they will be a valuable resource to any observer. Congratulations! Wouter ... -- Oh the...
For the past six weeks, I have been spending too much time on the computer entering my observing notes from as early as 1979 into a single database. At the...
To add some more datails to the open cluster.. ... The 2006 paper can be found here: http://lanl.arxiv.org/PS_cache/gr-qc/pdf/0511/0511021v1.pdf (it can be...
... Right, the above SIMBAD-entry is correct and refers to the open cluster I discovered in 1989, published in our 2006-paper (see previous mails on the topic)...
Although a bit off topic, those on Amastro offer opinions that I value. Can anyone suggest a quality and reliable vendor to send my 25" mirror for re-coating?...
I have what you describe as Teutsch 11 on a DSS image, & wanted to get a magnitude estimate to see if I might have a shot at it. However, SIMBAD pulls it up as...
Though my observation notes pale in comparison to many on this board, I have gathered all my notes and put them in book form. This is a task I have been...
My notes show observing Frolov 1 on two occassions. However, I'm now somewhat unsure if I saw the right object. Both descriptions seem to fit the field at...
Thanks for the info, Sue. I'll re-observe it tonight. I guess whatever I saw was not it. My previous observation from 2003 was negative. Kent Kent Blackwell...
Hi Kent, I included Frolov 1 in my December 2004 DSW column: "Another little knot of stars, known as Frolov 1, sits 23' east-southeast of Harvard 21. In my...
I'm always enamored by deep sky object lying next to stars, and stumbled on a very good one last night while looking at the open clusters NGC 7788 & NGC 7790...
A CBET issued this evening US time reports a nova in Scutum found by Nishimura. About mag 9 and the position is given as: 18 43 45.6 -07 36 42 (J2000). \Brian...
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