Yes, I agree... it was me in your shoes last time....I have grown very sceptical of virus and submit them to a more knowledgable friend since.... The worst is...
Two things: 1) Let's end this thread here - there's no reason going on about it in this forum. No more virus postings, period. 2) When you are tempted to post...
Here's a list of some very nice PN visible for small-to-moderate scopes, even in moonlight or light-polluted areas. Now that the moon is waning you might want...
... moon ... Thanks for the list, Kent; I've added some of them to my list. Yup, even the smallish TV-102 Light Cup did collect NGC 2371, IC 418 (didn't see...
Hi, ... Yes. It is also PNG 190.3-17.7 Clear skies, Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m) ...
Kudos to you for seeing NGC 2438 (the PN within M 46) with the TV-102 because I can tell you it isn't easy without a filter under city viewing conditions,...
A comet has been discovered by a Japanese and a Chinese observer independently, announced today on IAUC 7812. Location for Feb 1.4 UT was given as 0h 09m...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 1, 2002 10:40 pm
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Must be very bright sky conditions not to see M97. Outside of Edmonton, I can see M97 easily with my 80mm viewfinder without a filter. I have seen it with an...
Denis Boucher
boucherd@...
Feb 1, 2002 11:57 pm
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... I was very surprised one night in San Jose (CA) at our local Friday night public star party when I had a great unfiltered view of M97 in my 8" f/7 scope....
Mark Wagner
mgw@...
Feb 1, 2002 11:58 pm
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Typical of low surface brightness objects to be so varied from night to night. Some nights the great Whirlpool, M 51, absolutely stuns even the general public...
... There are a couple of _bright_ objects that seem to give variable results for me as well. I've seen M1 show all sorts of detail on a night that looks...
Here is a composite image by Larry Robinson (KS) of the new comet: http://btboar.tripod.com/c1com.jpg This is composed from 64 x 15s exposures, but I'm not...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 2, 2002 5:00 am
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Odd that you mention the variable color of IC 418 on certain nights because two nights ago I was treated to one of the reddish tinges I can remember, under...
... A while ago there was some talk about some good web sites and infomation on observing neptunes and uranus moons does any one have any info regarding this...
Hi to all. I have a question re the Bedford Catalog at the Seds site. There are objects listed as a capital P, followed by a Roman Numeral, a periodand a ...
Hi Ron The "P" refers to Giuseppe Piazzi's positional catalogue of 6,748 stars (later extended to 7,646 stars) made with a 5-foot mural quadrant at Palmero. ...
DRiddle941@...
Feb 2, 2002 3:10 pm
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The telescope used for the Comet 2002 C1 image at http://btboar.tripod.com/c1com.jpg was 12" LX200 at F7 with ST9E 64x15sec. exp. Larry Robinson Sunflower...
... You can get plots of the moons of Uranus and Neptune (and other planets) at http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/tools/tools.html You will need a postscript...
In a message dated 2/2/2002 3:06:58 AM Central Standard Time, ... A few years ago a buddy of mine wrote a simple windows program that shows Neptunes visible...
icgalaxies@...
Feb 2, 2002 4:00 pm
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Under good seeing and transparency, I've seen all four of Uranus' moons under high magnification using a 10" F5.5 Dob. (350x plus) Titania and Oberon are the...
Frank Kraljic
fjkraljic@...
Feb 2, 2002 5:43 pm
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... I have an observation of Miranda logged with the 31" Warren Rupp telescope. Possibly others; but I don't have my logs to hand. -- Jeff Medkeff Sierra...
Jeff Medkeff
jeff@...
Feb 2, 2002 5:48 pm
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A preliminary orbit has now been published for comet 2002 C1. The following is excerpted from IAU Circular 7813: COMET C/2002 C1 (IKEYA-ZHANG) T = 2002 Mar....
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 2, 2002 6:52 pm
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The extended ephemeris shows the comet reaching 5th magnitude near perihelion (in mid-March), but only 25 degrees from the Sun. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 2, 2002 6:55 pm
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Along with two new comets announced today, the peculiar nova-like object V838 Mon, discovered a month ago, has undergone a new eruption, brightening up by...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 2, 2002 10:16 pm
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Along with sundry other transient astronomical events, there's also a "new" comet from LONEOS. This was discovered last summer by our student Mike Van Ness,...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 2, 2002 10:17 pm
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... I've observed Miranda visually for several nights--watching it rotate around the planet. It was easy: with the 88-inch UH telescope on Mauna Kea! 880x if...
... Wasn't there an article maybe 10 years ago in S&T where some guy made a project of viewing as many of the outer-planet satellites as possible. Was this a...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Feb 3, 2002 3:31 am
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... I should have included: ...with an instrument below 25" in diameter. I think I'll shoot for Charon with my ten... -FRANK...
Frank Kraljic
fjkraljic@...
Feb 3, 2002 5:33 am
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Incredulously, I stumbled across the writings of these old masters about NGC 2158, a magnitude 8.6 (11.0v) open cluster in Gemini. Walter Scott Houston wrote...
