Hi Sue, I didn't get an attachment so I'm not sure which stars you're referring to - try sending it again. Happy New Year, Howard ... [Non-text portions of...
Hi, first Happy New Year for all readers. First I was very impressed because of the positiv observation of Cas A with 9,25", but it works. Last month Friedrich...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 6, 2010 10:07 pm
CBET 2111 reports the discovery of a moderately bright supernova near UGC 8255. This is a mag 14 galaxy of low surface brightness. The galaxy is at: 13 10...
I have read some info that seems to indicate recent findings that Arp 2 is a young globular cluster rather than one of the 'peculiar' or interacting galaxies....
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 14, 2010 7:41 am
... Well, there's Arp 2 the globular cluster, and then there's Arp 2, the low-surface-brightness galaxy (not really so peculiar). The cluster is at: 19 28 44...
So, Arp 2 is two entirely different bodies with the same name/designation. I just learned something - thanx for the enlightenment Brian. I've gotta admit, the...
If you think that one's confusing, look into the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical versus the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular. Jim...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 17, 2010 12:05 am
For pre-dawn observers there's a new fairly bright nova reported in Ophiuchus on CBET 2128. This was found by Hideo Nishimura using a digital camera. It is...
I was out observing Saturday evening. Hunting for this planetary took the better part of 30 minues before I saw the faint glow about 30" ESE of the 12 mag...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 20, 2010 2:37 am
This object seems to be properly catalogued in SIMBAD and VizieR. I can't give you a reliable magnitude, but an estimate is about visual mag 15. PN...
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Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Jan 20, 2010 4:11 pm
Hi Larry, I don't have any recent observations for this PN but I did observe it in my 8" f/10.0 SCT three times in the early 90s. Looking up an article by...
Thanks for the reply Brian and Kent. The Stephenson paper was great and I had already looked in Kent listing. The coordinates that you give Brian are dead on...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 23, 2010 6:15 am
The nova hunters are obviously in action in the morning twilight. CBET 2140 reports the discovery of a possible nova in Sagittarius by John Seach in...
Hi all, the 2010-versions of my "Revised NGC/IC" and "Historic NGC/IC" are now available from my website www.klima-luft.de/steinicke When the reorganised...
Hello, I am doing a work on open clusters of H. Haffner. Of his work: New Galactic Star Clusters in the Southern Milky Way. Boyden Obs. South Africa (1957). ...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 24, 2010 1:48 am
This was Hans Haffner, who was very productive using the instruments at Boyden Observatory in South Africa in the late 1950s. The paper (auf Deutsch) with the...
A short while ago I had an interesting and stimulating chat, by 'phone from NZ, with John Seach, discoverer of the probable new nova Sgr 2010. Yes, he is the...
Brian, Thanks again! Knowing his name " Hans" , appear more data in the Web. Greetings. Rodolfo. ... De: Brian Skiff <bas@...> Asunto: Re: [amastro]...
Hopefully not too OT here on amastro: http://www.alpinetexas.com/2010/01/08/dark-sky-initiative/ "The Alpine City Council has approved $30,000 of the $43,000...
Interestingly, Haffner's first two objects in the paper appear to be rediscoveries of Tombaugh 1 and 2 , which were first found by Clyde Tombaugh nearly 20...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 26, 2010 8:44 pm
... When I was at McDonald observing a few years ago, I was a little surprised that both Marfa and Alpine were prominent light-domes on the horizon. It seems...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 26, 2010 9:05 pm
This event is actually too faint to be of interest visually, but I thought I'd mention it since the host galaxy is one of the brightest in the northern sky yet...
Is this a real event? http://www.supernovae.net says this is a foreground star. Apparently another supernova has now been designated 2010O. Going through my...
Have you heard about the Great Atlas of the Sky? I haven't, but it would be a great item for all atlas aficiniados. http://www.greatskyatlas.com/ /Timo...
The price is a bit off-putting. Have you heard of Atlas Coeli Novus 2000.0? It is a colour sheet atlas 65cm x 42cm (25.5-inch x 16.5-inch). It is sold by...
Please take the following in the spirit intended. No disrespect is voiced here. Objective assessments only. Many people on this group know me as someone who...
Well that's what it states, it shows some nebulae down to mag 12 though, but I don't suppose it shows all. I take it you have a copy of Atlas Coeli Novus...
