I can contribute a 4" observation from 2012, Hakos, Namibia (40x, 1.8° field).
I almost forgot to draw NGC 5139 on our first trip to the south. So I was in a hurry to get it done. And I managed to...
The Jewel Box was the first object I drew on my first trip to the southern hemisphere. I already decided at home that I want to draw on our first night as well. And that my target would be NGC 4755....
With a 20" and an O-III filter at 73x: "Below Spica. Easy to find but needed filter to catch glimpse of nebulosity. Had to tap the telescope to see it."
My observing notes as follows with my 22" – Featureless faint slightly oval disk (1.5:1) with a two stars embedded in the nebula. The 9.6 magnitude central star is off-center towards the west. The...
Hi, here's my observation from 4/8/2016: Abell 35 is a planetary nebula in Hydra ; mag: 13.3 ; size: 15' x 11' ; faint, very large and oblong in shape ; used an Astronomik OIII filter with my 21mm...
In the June Sky & Telescope Going Deep article By Dave Tosteson he mentioned his observation of Abell 851 galaxy cluster. He also started that Abell 851 is the most distant Abell galaxy cluster with...
This is one of the most famous clusters in the Southern Hemisphere, so my expectations were high when I finally saw it in its full glory during a trip to Namibia. Frankly, the first sight was a tiny...
Two observations in my log for the Jewel Box, back in 2008 during my first visit to Sutherland, South Africa, in the early days... I mean nights of my astronomy 'career'.
The morning of 8 January,...
In a recent observing session from south India (13°N latitude), I was quite amazed to see the Jewel Box with the naked eye! Of course, with an 8" telescope, it was a pretty sight despite extinction...
Back in 1998, while in Aruba for the eclipse, I was able to see this beauty in a pair of 11x80 binoculars from the hotel balcony: "Very resolvable and would be pretty in a telescope." It was one of...
This week's OotW is not a large object. It does not reveal a lot of detail. It's not an Arp, a Hickson or a Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov nor is it included in any other "usual suspects" list and - despite...
Well, I saved a local copy to my laptop. Hope it is ok to repost it here. Looks like the astrophotographer has removed all his content from CloudyNights too.
Mel
I always wanted to go to Chile.
My trip to Oz Sky -17 was amazing but if a higher/dryer observations Chile has been on my list for southern sky.
Ex east of LaSerna at Vicuna is a place call Pangue...
An imager just sent me a note with his deep image of the M13 clouds.
https://www.astrobin.com/xgxp1s/
It lines up really well with our visual sketches.
Mel
Just uploaded v2 of the Shk Guide. The link to the draft version is now offline.
Available here.
Regarding my other guides, if you have any feedback or ideas of objects to add, etc. Please...
Hi all y'all,
Here is the near final draft of the Shk Group observing guide. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Shk Groups guide
The revisions are as follows (copied/pasted) from...
NGC 5084 (ESO 576- G 033, MCG -04-32-004)
RA: 13h 20m 17s
DEC: -21° 49' 39"
Size: 9.3' x 1.7' (up to ~16' length for the outermost regions)
Mag: 10.5v
Today's OOTW brings us in the southern...