Hello, I've been looking at some of the Dolidze clusters recently. I have a C8, and some of the clusters are easier to find than others. For example, Do9 is a...
Madona Dolidze (it's a _she_) is an astronomer (probably retired by now) at the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory in the Republic of Georgia. Most of her...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Feb 1, 2003 8:56 am
9611
Group, A friend caught a picture of the Shuttle re-entry looking East over Dayton, Nev. By his recollection, @5:51am, local time The sonic boom was heard here...
À cause d'un problème informatique, j'ai perdu les éventuels courriels (e-mails) que j'ai reçu de cette liste au cours de trois derniers jours. Quelqu'un...
I've not tried binocs but have enjoyed the views of Barnard's Loop through small scopes of 4 to 6 inch aperture. The portion closest to M78 is probably...
Dear all, does anyone have any relevant data (size, surface brightness, dimensions) of NGC 604? I am pretty sure I saw it last night in my 8" LX-90 under mag....
... Surely this size estimate is too small by factors of several. At 67x you won't be able to resolve a shape as small as 2"x1" at low light levels. For what...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Feb 3, 2003 3:16 am
9616
... At 67x ... levels. ... 20"x15", ... from ... image ... across. ... It is. I apologise for the typo. I have gotten my apostrophes mixed up - it should by...
Hi Dave, Definately looking at the sky now is all wrong. Everything is upside down now! :^) The way the constellations rise and set is all different. But ...
Maurice Clark
mclark@...
Feb 3, 2003 2:36 pm
9618
... skies at ... to the ... part of M33. ... terms... You will have seen it. Assuming you mean arc-minutes..! I found it surprisingly bright in a 140mm...
Hello dear Amastro readers Some time ago a member of finnish deep sky section had an idea about automated site, that would allow members to send in their...
... really ... inches and ... Hello there Riku, I stumbled upon your site (in a different form) about 1.5 years ago and it has been a tremendous help in trying...
... through ... no defined ... view to ... other. ... I had a reasonable view of Barnard's Loop in my 18" f/4.5 Saturday night, using an H-Beta filter with a...
Hello ... Heh heh indeed :) ... I've left sort of option to implement a checkbox on "edit your personal data", which could be checked if user doesn't want...
While traveling in South Africa on the recent solar eclipse trip last December I saw Barnard's Loop naked eye with the use of a UHC filter. Orion was nearly...
Hello all; I didn't even think about the Shuttle re-entry, I had gotten up to photograph Venus and Mars in Scorpius. We had a group of 10 folks and scopes at...
Steve Coe
stevecoe@...
Feb 4, 2003 5:16 pm
9626
... Nice observing report Tom. Eyepiece fogging is a real problem during winter months here in the Pacific Northwest. I have adopted a few guidelines to help...
Chuck Dethloff
telmor@...
Feb 4, 2003 5:30 pm
9627
Chuck: It sounds like some good advice. I'll try some of these next time I'm out this winter. Thanks! Tom Campbell ... From: "Chuck Dethloff"...
Hi Tom, good grief, we have to figure something out for you to use... otherwise your wonderful reports will get shorter and shorter! <G> Here's a little trick...
No month in recent memory has had so much to offer the comet observer as this February. There are currently five comets visible in a four inch telescope! 2002...
... last ... filter. Orion ... again, with ... confirm they ... On a recent (Mid December) observing trip out to our alternate dark sky site, a friend and I...
In another list, there was a statement that NGC 4477 is not part of the Markarian's Chain. I'm not disputing this as in truth I now have no idea :-(, although...
... Ron, you misunderstood Alan Whitman's statement. Alan simply did not consider NGC 4477 to be the end of the chain. He thought it included NGC 4477, and...
... of ... not ... included ... Thanks Randy for the clarification. ... vol. ... that ... and ... Indeed, searching the internet results in different members...
... So things are not quite as simple in astronomy or on the internet as one might like. There is no astronomical governing body that has defined what ...
... M81, I might believe (its about magnitude 6.9 or so), and I have seen it once or twice (barely) on an outstanding night from a dark sky site, but it was...
David Knisely
KA0CZC@...
Feb 4, 2003 11:31 pm
9636
Another item to be added to the list is the finder, they can also become susceptible to fogging. We have on rare occassions, and I do mean rare, been subject...
AJ Crayon
acrayon@...
Feb 5, 2003 4:25 am
9637
... rural ... comet ... readily ... that ... Hi Maurice! We saw Barnard's Loop on the night of 2/3 November 1997. We used my unfiltered 20x80 binoculars (we...
I looked at the pn K 2-3 in Canis Major with the 25" last night. It's position is listed below. I searched frantically for it with the OIII filter, then an...
