Looks like a beautiful place .
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Looks like a beautiful place .
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...
Gottlieb’s Circle
Lyra
18 17 32
+42 10 33
LEDA 2193753 Gx in center
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I bet you are saying what the heck is “Gottliebs” circle. Last May Steve Gottlieb and I were observing together...
Fantastic report Keith! NGC 4449 is one interesting galaxy. Lots to see!
Are you and Larry coming out to Fort Davis this year?
For me the part I could see and only a small percent of the time as it would pop in and out is the purple color in figure 12 of the paper. There was no structure just a smuts that would come and go.
I hope to try for the central star in the near future. I will report back my results.
TBG-1
Central Star
RA 07 58 20
Dec +66 45 58
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Uwe and Frank from Germany were here at my house for the eclipse and the night before the eclipse we were observing with the 48” at my...
I vote for Coil-binding also.
Deep image of the twisted dust in NGC4753 by Gemini South telescope.
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Uwe great suggestion NGC 2146 is one of my favorite galaxies. I like the nickname “Dusty Hand Galaxy”
I had forgotten that you and I discussed NGC 4753 with Steve Odewahn and he called it the evil galaxy. I remember him saying it was a most unusual type of galaxy and was of much interest to his...
NGC 4753
Virgo
RA 12 52 21
Dec -01 11 58
Type S0 Pec
Mag 10
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The quote “Who Scribbled on my Galaxy” Came from the late Deep Sky imager Rick Johnson. This is what he said when he was...
I recognize the 8 ZW 222 number now that you mentioned it Thanks Steve.
UGC 8091
Virgo
RA 12 58 39
Dec +14 13 09
Mag V 14.3
Type Dwarf Irregular
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I am traveling for the Holidays so forgive my brief post.
This is a SDSS image of the pair
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IC 1757
Cetus
RA 01 57 11
Dec -00 28 25
MAG 15.7
Type E
Z= 0.080
IC 1756
Mag 15.3
NGC 5297
Canes Venatici
RA
13 46 23
Dec
+43 52 19
Mag 12.6 V
Type SAB
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If you notice in the image below NGC 5297 has what appears as a most unusual hook like...
Great pick Victor.
Lots to observe in this gem!
That’s a great quote!
Zwicky’s Pyramid
8ZW423
RA
14 29 17
DEC
-03 09 06
Virgo
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Last night after everyone left from the Texas star party as usual the skies cleared. I had one of the best...
Fantastic drawing and observation. The transparency must have been amazing.
Mel what power were you using for this drawing?
Welcome to Deep Sky Forum Peter. I look forward to your post.
Akarsh would this be classified as a Jellyfish Galaxy? I thought Jellyfish galaxies were only in galaxy clusters? It sure looks like a Jellyfish.
Here is a size comparison of IC 1101 to the Milky Way.
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