The Uranometria 2000.0 galaxy database includes galaxies with a magnitude of 15 or brighter, or with a major axis of 1.5 arcminutes or larger, with some...
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Steve Gottlieb
sgottlieb@...
Oct 2, 2001 7:04 am
... To be a bit more specific, it includes galaxies with a B magnitude of 15 or brighter, or with a major axis of 1.5 arcminutes or larger. The limit for the...
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Steinicke-Streifenede...
Oct 2, 2001 7:56 am
Hi Murray ... ESO, MCG, CGCG, UGC, etc. In case of the NGC/IC: which "player" is used and what is the quality of these data? I'm asking because I did not...
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Alan Whitman
awhitman@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:37 am
I have been hunting up the M31 globulars in Larry Mitchell's Nov/97 S&T article and am also working on those in Luginbuhl and Skiff's book with my 16-inch...
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Murray Cragin
murastro@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:02 pm
Every galaxy in the database was first looked at using high resolution FITS format images downloaded from the STScI (DSS) site, and later looked at numerous...
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Steinicke-Streifenede...
Oct 4, 2001 8:10 am
Hi Murray, sorry, but I must inquire a little deeper. ... Is it correct, you include all NGC/ICs? If so, you must have repeated my and the projects work. How...
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Murray Cragin
murastro@...
Oct 5, 2001 2:36 am
With regards to including all the IC galaxies…no, we did not include all the IC galaxies, only those that met our magnitude and major axis cut off criteria,...
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Frederick Paul Kiesch...
FKiesche3@...
Oct 5, 2001 1:03 pm
Greetings: Well, my old set has been sold and I'm sending my check in for the new set...certainly the comments made recently make me think they are in good...
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Jim Shields
jsredshift@...
Oct 7, 2001 5:21 pm
Alan Whitman wrote: When we viewed G73 in 1999 with Barry Arnold's 16-inch Dob at MKSP we noticed that G73 looked a lot closer to M110 than M31 and wondered. I...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 7, 2001 6:17 pm
Neither proximity nor radial velocity is going to be very helpful in assigning globular cluster hosts in the M31 system. You know how far the cluster G1 is...
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Tom Polakis
polakis@...
Oct 7, 2001 6:49 pm
... galaxies: >M31, M110, LMC, SMC, Fornax Dwarf, and Sgr Dwarf... Jim, If you are going after extragalactic globular clusters, don't forget there are at least...
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Jens Bohle
jbohle@...
Oct 7, 2001 7:31 pm
Jim, G 73 _seems_ to be associated to NGC 205 and is listed as cluster in ApJ 1988, 334,159-174 (Da Costa and Mould ). With an magnitude of 14,9mag v G 73 ...
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Doug Snyder
starhaven@...
Oct 8, 2001 4:52 am
FYI: For those with cable, there is an astronomy related three hour documentary (each segment 1 hour long) being broadcast this week on The Learning Channel ...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 8, 2001 5:23 am
Su et al. (2001AJ....122.1525S) present images and photometry for several IRAS proto-planetary nebulae in the September 2001 issue of the "Astronomical ...
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Steinicke-Streifenede...
Oct 8, 2001 7:27 am
Hi Brian (back from NED?) ... I wonder who assigns (which is easy) and/or confirms (not so easy?) such names. Is is a possible to run into a conflict of...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 8, 2001 7:50 am
... Yes, and glad I don't live there. ... The "colorful" names were mentioned in the source paper as having been given by various professionals (citations...
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Frederick Paul Kiesch...
FKiesche3@...
Oct 8, 2001 11:59 am
Greetings: If any list members are going to the Great Plains Star Party, I'll be in the "StarMaster Reunion" (north end of observing field). I'm selling my 15"...
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M. Eric Honeycutt
icplanetaries@...
Oct 8, 2001 1:46 pm
Fred, I will be @ the GPSP. Will be flying out of NC and should get to Scopesville sometime late pm Wed. I will be speaking on Obscure PNes of the Fall Sky on...
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Jim Shields
jsredshift@...
Oct 9, 2001 3:10 am
I'm surprised that there have been so few mentions of the globular clusters associated with M33. Steve Gottlieb and I managed to observe C39, the brightest of...
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Andrew Murrell
hector@...
Oct 9, 2001 10:57 am
Hi all If you are looking to observe some extragalatic globular clusters don't forget the globular associated with WLM. The Sgr dwarf also has Arp2 Terzan 7...
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Steve Coe
stevecoe@...
Oct 9, 2001 11:55 am
Howdy all; Well, the double shadow transit happened just like Guide 7 said it would. The shadow of Europa was ahead of the GRS as it went across the ball of...
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Frank Kraljic
fjkraljic@...
Oct 9, 2001 4:32 pm
Are there any charts or software programs that have a comprehensive and detailed list of extragalactic globulars, including those galaxies beyond the usual...
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Gordon Pegue
gpegue@...
Oct 9, 2001 4:38 pm
Any AmAstro list members attending next weeks Okie-Tex Star Party? If so, drop by and say hi. I'll be on the west side of the field with my 20" Tectron all...
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Greg Crinklaw
crinklaw@...
Oct 9, 2001 4:53 pm
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John Gretchen
jng3@...
Oct 10, 2001 12:25 am
Hello, Does anyone on this group know the story behind how or why this group got it's nick-name, "The Deer Lick Group" (NGC7331 and friends)? -- Clear skies, ...
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William C. Bryson
abeandpatcasa@...
Oct 10, 2001 1:54 am
Apparently Tom Lorenzin (author of the book "1000+") gave the name to the NGC 7331 group in honor of Deer Lick Gap in the mountains of North Carolina where Tom...
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Jens Bohle
jbohle@...
Oct 10, 2001 2:14 pm
Here is my list of refrences of my article about extraglactic GCs. Hope it helps, best regards - Jens [1] Hubble, Edwin; Ap J 76, 44: Nebolous Objects in M 31...
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Ron Robisch
rrobisch@...
Oct 10, 2001 5:05 pm
Observing Report from the Black Forest Star Party 2001 (9/14/01) I normally spend the September new moon stargazing from the friendly skies of the No-Frills...
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Dave Aucoin
Deepskydave@...
Oct 11, 2001 11:24 am
Help! I have bought and installed both Dob DriverII and Roboscope for my 13" Dob and am very frustrated. I need advice from anyone who either uses or knows...