Update - I was able to see the ring of Hoag's Object at the GSSP a couple weeks ago with my 28". Jimi saw it as well and we were pretty darn excited. The ring came and went with the seeing and even...
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Update - I was able to see the ring of Hoag's Object at the GSSP a couple weeks ago with my 28". Jimi saw it as well and we were pretty darn excited. The ring came and went with the seeing and even...
Hey, that should be fun scope Jimi, and I'll bet we'll see Hoag's core with it at GSSP if we have decent skies. We've had very nice spring weather up here the last two months so hopefully early...
I've had a good look at Hoag's Object with my 28 and Jimi's 48 and also have not seen the outer ring as a distinct ring. In my 28 the galaxy looks like a planetary nebula and the "ring" is seen as a...