There appears to be some confusion over whether B144 in Cygnus or B142/B143 should be called this name. Sky Cat 2000 gives it to B144, Harringtons book Touring...
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DRiddle941@...
Oct 3, 1999 3:19 pm
Hi, All Observations of the peculiar variable star R Aquarii using high magnification have revealed a curious nebula surrounding the star. A 24" f/4.5...
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kent@...
Oct 3, 1999 5:51 pm
While viewing the fantastic N6543 (Cat's Eye) PN in a 25" f/5 I noticed a slight haze just to the west of the object. MegaStar shows it as 15.7 magnitude...
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David W. Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Oct 3, 1999 6:47 pm
Re: the object west of the Cat's eye. NGC 6543 has a rather patchy outer shell which is visible at moderate to high powers. The brightest patch is slightly...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 3, 1999 8:52 pm
Is this a first-ever visual observation? \Brian...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 3, 1999 9:05 pm
... Your site is developing very nicely. \Brian...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 3, 1999 9:10 pm
Yes, part of the shell around NGC 6543, which was observed by Barnard first, I think, resulting in the IC number, is erroneously catalogued as a galaxy in the...
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Richard Jakiel
deepsky@...
Oct 3, 1999 10:14 pm
- ... Kent, Its a bright knot in the outer halo of the galaxy. It has been seen by others on this listserv, with instruments of only moderate size. - Rich...
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Richard Jakiel
deepsky@...
Oct 3, 1999 10:20 pm
... I'm not sure it was the 'first' (I believe Steve Gottlieb has tried this object before), but it was hardly a 'singular observation' <grin> Quite a number...
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kent
kent@...
Oct 3, 1999 10:33 pm
I think the galaxy (if it is a galaxy) I saw is not the patchy neby you saw. It's a bit too far from the body of the Cat's Eye. Still you might be right....
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Leos Ondra
ondra@...
Oct 3, 1999 10:39 pm
IC 4677 is really a knot in NGC 6543's halo, discovered by Barnard visually with the Yerkes 40-inch. The original record(s) survive at Yerkes. See the website...
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AJ Crayon
acrayon@...
Oct 4, 1999 12:03 am
Rich, in response to you request for observations of IC 342 here's one done last night from a dark site about 80 miles west of Phoenix, AZ in my 8" f6...
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DRiddle941@...
Oct 4, 1999 12:17 am
Hi, Owen Barnard 144 is the "Fish on the Platter" in Cygnus. The Sky Cat 2000.0 credits the source of the nickname to Bok and Cordwell's "A Study of Dark ...
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Art Russell
artrussell@...
Oct 4, 1999 3:28 am
Leos, Responding to your request for an observation of A54 this past August(9/20/99). Saturday evening I was able to squeeze out some time from my studies to...
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Steve Coe and Linda R...
scoeandlross@...
Oct 4, 1999 4:05 am
Owen; I have wondered about this, and don't have a definative answer. I thought it was the ENTIRE Cygnus star cloud as a glowing mackeral, with the dark lanes...
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David W. Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Oct 4, 1999 5:28 am
... I did a little measurement on the Digital Sky Survey (First Generation) image of NGC 6543. The "patch" of IC 4677 is located on the image about 1.8 arc...
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kent
kent@...
Oct 4, 1999 6:01 pm
Thanks to all for setting the record straight of wisps nebulosity out beyond N6453. Incidentally, the galaxy east of it (N6552) is quite bright. I guess we...
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Richard Jakiel
deepsky@...
Oct 4, 1999 8:36 pm
For those interested in my Cat's Eye and Ced 211 drawings, here are a couple sites to check out (with a little help from Alex Langoussis): ...
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DRiddle941@...
Oct 4, 1999 11:39 pm
Hi Folks I was thumbing through the sixth edition Peterson Field Guide " A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets" (the old green cloth cover book that had palm ...
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kent@...
Oct 5, 1999 5:14 am
While observing under excellent skies (though with a very slight mist in the air coming off the ocean) in Coinjock, NC Sunday night I decided to tackle the...
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Steve Gottlieb
sgottlieb@...
Oct 5, 1999 6:18 am
I've observed the N7242 group several times and recorded IC 5195 on one occasion (at a 9000' site in the White Mountains) at the NE edge of N7242. ... I'm...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 5, 1999 7:12 am
The NGC 7242 group is not an Abell cluster: not rich enough to qualify. I'm sure Steve G. will pipe in here about the various identification problems in the...
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kent
kent@...
Oct 5, 1999 12:46 pm
Thanks to Brian Skiff and Steve Gottlieb for clarification of the N7242 group of galaxies in Lacerta. Steve, the number NCG+6-48-25 I gave you is indeed wrong....
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David W. Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Oct 7, 1999 2:56 am
I took a somewhat lengthy look at the Pegasus 1 galaxy group centered on NGC 7619 in my ten inch f/5.6 Newtonian under fairly decent skies last night. Three...
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Steve Coe and Linda R...
scoeandlross@...
Oct 9, 1999 6:55 am
Howdy; Rik Hill posted this to the Shallow Sky group, I thought that a few folks here might be interrested. This is just a reminder that tomorrow night,...
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Neal Galt
neal@...
Oct 9, 1999 4:25 pm
Question: Noticed last night (Fri.) a star virtually in line with the Jovian moons, giving the appearance of two moons on one side and three on the other. Is...
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BillFerris@...
Oct 9, 1999 5:10 pm
... The star being occulted is SAO 92746, a 7.6 magnitude star at RA: 02 00 23; Dec: +10 37 48. This star would have been about 0.15 degree WSW of Jupiter at...
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Steve Coe and Linda R...
scoeandlross@...
Oct 9, 1999 6:06 pm
Neal; I also saw the star in my 7" Mak, I think that will be the one that gets occulted. We will need to see tonight. Oh, Boy; Steve...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Oct 9, 1999 8:39 pm
Rich Jakiel asked recently about observations of the IC 342 group. It might be worth knowing that a paper by Ron Buta and Marshall McCall has just been...
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David W. Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Oct 10, 1999 9:32 am
Well, I finally got a chance to look up the possible cluster which Brian Skiff mentioned at about R.A. 0h 58.4m Dec. +68 deg. 28'. It is in a moderately rich...
