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  1. Would love to, but at 51 degrees north it is too...

    Would love to, but at 51 degrees north it is too low in the sky. And a Summer object too.

    M17 looks reasonable, everything below it, especially the nebulae, are not very good to look at.
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    I mostly read this forum on an iPad. The banner...

    I mostly read this forum on an iPad. The banner is full width, and the other bits are about 3/4th of the total width. In landscape mode that isn't a problem as the text is still very readable. In...
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    What would be the point? With 200 billion...

    What would be the point? With 200 billion galaxies all numbering systems are akward, imho.
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    As I understand it (not being a professional...

    As I understand it (not being a professional astronomer), astronomers have abandoned the idea that your coordinate systems needs to be tied to a rotating frame. They have now fixed the coordinate...
  5. I have looked at NGC 2419 with a C8 on 3 Jan...

    I have looked at NGC 2419 with a C8 on 3 Jan 2014, from within the city, SQM 18.3. 10 mm Pentax XW, 203x.

    NGC 2419 is weak, but visible with direct sight most of the time. It is next to three...
  6. I have seen NGC 2261 last week with my C8 under...

    I have seen NGC 2261 last week with my C8 under urban skies, SQM 18.3.

    "Easy to see using the Meade SWA 24 mm (85x) as a comet-shaped cloud.

    Best image with the 8 mm TMB Planetary II (245x)....
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    Dragan Indeed, the Hofheim uses collapsable...

    Dragan

    Indeed, the Hofheim uses collapsable rulers as trusses, and they apparently work very well, and are very easy to pack in a small space. In fact, one guy I know has one too, and I have seen...
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    There are a couple of other such scopes, some of...

    There are a couple of other such scopes, some of them bigger too. In The Netherlands, ATM's make travel scopes based on the one designed by Pierre Strock:...
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    I use www.deepskylog.be a lot. Next to logging...

    I use www.deepskylog.be a lot. Next to logging your own observations, you can also look at the ones from other observers. And it can generate finder charts.

    Edit: I didn't realize in time that...
  10. Thread: Mystery Objects

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    In the online copy M51 is at page 122, and M27 is...

    In the online copy M51 is at page 122, and M27 is at page 209.
  11. Thread: Mystery Objects

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    I believe that the circle with the arc and the...

    I believe that the circle with the arc and the ball inside on the second slide is M51 also. I have an old Dutch translation of Flammarion's "Les Etoiles et les Curiosités du Ciel", and that drawing...
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    There's Blanco 1, the open cluster near Fomalhaut.

    There's Blanco 1, the open cluster near Fomalhaut.
  13. Thread: Ngc 5053

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    I saw NGC 5053 at 22 april '12 during a...

    I saw NGC 5053 at 22 april '12 during a stargazing trip in Northern Germany, close to the Elbe river and one of the nearest dark places to The Netherlands.

    With my 8 inch Sky-Watcher f/5 Newton...
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