I have an observation from September 15, 2014 from my backyard, using an 18" f/4.5 reflector at 207x, no filter used. Seeing was 6/10 and the NELM was 6.0:
“This nebula is extremely faint and very...
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I have an observation from September 15, 2014 from my backyard, using an 18" f/4.5 reflector at 207x, no filter used. Seeing was 6/10 and the NELM was 6.0:
“This nebula is extremely faint and very...
I have an observation from August 1, 1995(!) on a night of average seeing conditions and a NELM of 6.0 at Sutton, Quebec. 15-inch f/5 Dobsonian at 146x:
“This is a fairly faint galaxy, ill-defined...
I have an observation from August 20, 2014 with an 18-inch reflector at 295x. The accompanying sketch was not scanned, though.
“A crescent-shaped grouping of three bright stars marks this cluster...
I have an observation with my 18"reflector at 295x, March 18, 2021 from my backyard observatory, naked eye limiting magnitude +5.8:
“Two of the galaxies (MCG-01-30-32 and MCG-01-30-33) are faint...
I have an observation from 2008 (November 1) that I made at the late, lamented New Mexico Skies with a 25-inch F/5 reflector which I believe was a Telekit. Regrettably, I don’t have a scan of the...
Great sketch!
This is an observation from seven years ago in my backyard with an 18-inch Litebox telescope using a Baader Hyperion 10mm eyepiece for a magnification of 207x. Visual limiting magnitude was mag....
Both “NGC 1258” and “NGC 1288” are southern galaxies, and there is no “NGC 12588” as the NGC ends at 7840. Could you clarify which galaxy you are discussing?
From home, this planetary scrapes along my southern horizon, but in October 2014 I made a trip down to Marathon Tx where I observed 122 objects over three nights; 121 of them were galaxies and IC5148...
Congratulations on a terrific accomplishment! That catalogue is not for the faint of heart. I’ve not gone after Arps in any systematic way over the years but I’ve probably tracked down 150 or so......
My notes from September 14, 2013 observing from my backyard (limiting magnitude +5.8) with an 18-inch Litebox at 295x:
“This object is small, but pretty high in surface brightness; a well defined...
Just a note that this interesting pair is identified as “3Z52” in the first edition of Uranometria. In the second or all-sky edition, it is plotted using its MCG designation.
Observation from two years ago, the observing details with the sketch:
“This is a bright, large and detailed object, very well seen at high magnification. The central star is bright (though unseen...
Here is a sketch of the WBL 258 galaxy group, usually identified as the NGC 3158 Galaxy Group. I was able to identify eleven galaxies in the field, but I may have seen the image of a twelfth,...
From October 2008:
NGC 1851
Columba
Globular Cluster
October 28, 2008
03:30 MDT, 09:30 UT
15-inch reflector, 272x
NELM +6.5
New Mexico Skies
Here in Canada, this object has been known and remarked upon for many years. My observing friends and I have always thought of the chain of stars as a stem and Stock 2 itself as a flower head. No one...
I believe Arp 114 is actually NGC 2276 and NGC 2300 together, as they are under the heading: “Elliptical and Elliptical-like Galaxies close to and perturbing spirals” in Arp’s atlas.
Did you look under the tarp yet?
22" F/3.3 Spica Eyes Slipstream telescope. What I appreciate most about this telescope is its superb, super clean design... All encoders, motors, batteries (3 12-volt), slip clutches and SiTech...
I have an observation of King 2 with an 18" reflector at 295x: “This extremely faint cluster is not well seen; an extremely faint nebulous glow is suspected south of a N/S pair of stars of mag. +14...
I had a look at IC 1365 tonight, though the seeing alternated between bad and terrible and the transparency was average as well (stars naked eye to between +5.6 and +5.8). I wasn’t able to resolve...
Amazing observations, Jimi... you are the King of the Obscure!
May I add my congratulations as well, Ivan... maybe you’d like to consider doing John Herschel’s Slough discoveries next?
No British record, Timo - I’m Canadian, but I don’t even think I have that here... there are some seriously good visual observers in Canada. I also like the Webb Society; I joined in ’93. I’ve been a...
Impressive totals, Timo, especially considering you probably do most of your observing from north of 55° latitude.