... I think my favorite bit of the paper was: Please do not use USNO-B as a source of data for bright stars. For the sake of completeness and the minimization ...
... As described very tersely in the paper, the motions are relative to the ensemble mean reference frame derived from the Lick/San Juan plates. So the...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 1, 2002 6:50 pm
9120
The productive galaxy NGC 6946 has let off another supernova, as announced on an IAU Circular this evening: SUPERNOVA 2002hh IN NGC 6946 Further to IAUC 7906,...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 2, 2002 7:18 am
9121
Poking around the journals for information about M64 led to a few titles in which it was referred to as the "Evil Eye" galaxy. I have never heard it referred...
Hi, There is a lot of new material at my monthly observing site this month. The feature article is "Focus On Observing an Extragalactic Globular Cluster",...
I've never heard M64 referred to anything but the "Black Eye Galaxy." Since an "evil eye" is a superstition and "black eye" is a physical condition, I'd ...
deepskyspy1@...
Nov 3, 2002 3:05 pm
9124
I was about to write that it was Vera Rubin who had added that moniker, but that's not correct. The Braun et al. 1992 Nature article that Tom found is at...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 3, 2002 7:12 pm
9125
A few more new objects for next season's observing list: http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0211078 New Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Bulge region with l > 0...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 6, 2002 1:40 am
9126
Hi, Brian. Just finished reading the article. Great work, to be sure. However, with a minimum CCD exposure of 2700 seconds (most were an hour or more) through...
... These will be for the southern hemisphere folks with 50+ cm apertures. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 6, 2002 2:18 am
9128
Tonight, our astronomy club paid its annual room dues to the local community college by setting up for the Astronomy 101 students. Each one of them asked a...
... I think it is the whole system. For example, Almach A (or Gamma A) is the bright yellowish primary, and Almach B is the bluish companion (there is also...
David Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Nov 6, 2002 8:17 am
9130
Observer: Greg Crinklaw Date: 2002 November 5/6 Instrument: 18-inch f/4.5 Obsession clone Location: Cloudcroft, New Mexico USA (8750 ft) Conditions: Very...
Apologies in advance for this longish administrative posting - I beg your indulgence. Very subtly, Yahoo has added an option to its groups which allows list ...
... From the help of several on the list, it has been determined that everyone in the world knows both the size of AmAstro's archives, and of the quota, except...
I'd like to hear from folks that observe deep sky objects in the urban / suburban skies. Please contact me directly, not the group. Alan...
deepskyspy1@...
Nov 7, 2002 2:21 am
9134
... At last my training in psychology pays off! I would recommend the American Psychological Association's current Style Guide as a starting point for details...
Auke
auke@...
Nov 7, 2002 12:42 pm
9135
The classic galactic nebulae monograph by Cederblad has been scanned in by OCR at Strasbourg, and is now available on-line, starting at: ...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 7, 2002 8:08 pm
9136
STARLOG FEEDING TIME AT THE ZOO November 6, 2002 Observer: Tom Campbell Location: Iola, Kansas (Long: 95°24'W Lat: 37°55'N) Equipment: 8" Discovery DHQ dob ...
DS110702 RECENT OBSERVATIONS by David Knisely DATE: November 7th, 2002, 0400 to 0730 hrs UTC. LOCATION: Rockford Lake, Nebr. 40.227N,...
David Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Nov 8, 2002 8:18 am
9138
... Here is a DSS image of the object: http://messier45.com/cgi-bin/dsdb/dsb.pl?mode=name&str=GM+1-29 Don't let the image fool you! The blue DSS-II image shows...
Hi all! After reading David Knisely's report on observing Gyuhlbudaghian's Nebula, I was reminded of another faint nebula very close to NGC 7023. It is called...
Howdy all; Here is an observation of NGC 7023 in CEP with my old 13 inch f/5.6 Newtonian on a night I rated at 7/10 for both seeing and transparency: NGC 7023...
Steve Coe
stevecoe@...
Nov 8, 2002 10:40 am
9141
pp100 can be seen in my image of ngc7023, http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/stars/n7023.jpg ... ___________________________ _______| |_______...
... David, Here's a page about Gyulbudaghian's Nebula I put together a few years ago. http://www.psiaz.com/polakis/deepsky/gyul.html It shows up faintly with...
Interesting little object, Mikkel. I was out observing on Wednesday night and besides bagging Gyuhlbudaghian's Nebula, which I found to be pretty much as David...
Hi Mikkel, There is another nice image of NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, on the December 14 2001 Astronomy Picture of the Day at ...
Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
Nov 8, 2002 4:29 pm
9145
Hi Tom, I had what seems to be an exceptional observation of Gyulbudaghian's Nebula last month at Steens Mtn in southeast Oregon. With a 20" f/5 I was...
Banich, Howard
howard.banich@...
Nov 8, 2002 4:31 pm
9146
These recent visual descriptions that compare the nebula to an edge-on galaxy suggest that it currently resembles the old 1950's POSS image. At that time,...
... Wow! That's a beautiful image. Yes, the nebula is clearly visible in that image. Best regards, Mikkel Steine ___________________________________________ ...
