Hi Scott,
this is a really interesting project!
I observed the Orion trapezium yesterday at 800 meters altitude, using my 25" f4 Dobson. Fst was around 5,5 mag.
At 500x proplyd 159 was easy to...
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Hi Scott,
this is a really interesting project!
I observed the Orion trapezium yesterday at 800 meters altitude, using my 25" f4 Dobson. Fst was around 5,5 mag.
At 500x proplyd 159 was easy to...
Hi Steve,
last summer we had a long thread about the SC's in Barnard's galaxy in the German deep sky forum. There were several reports of sightings of SC 6 and 7. In my 25" I could see them both...
Paul,
What a beautiful sight! I observed the group for the first time the other night. The combination is just stunning: the 4 bright and small lenticular NGCs and the 2 delicate and large face-on...
Great observations, Uwe! I have tried the 4 Hodges in NGC 147 two years ago in the Alps at 6000 ft. under very good skies. (I did not know about the other GCs then.) Of the Hodges I could only see #...
Jimi,
very interesting object indeed. I tried it last night. What I saw was a bright stellar core sitting in the center of a disk. Only at moments of good seeing, which were few, I could see that...
I observed ETHOS 1 with 25“ in August 2013 at 2000ft. under fairly dark skies (Schwaebische Alb). I could see the central disk at times directly, but mostly in averted vision. The central star showed...
Hi Akarsh,
thank you for the nice observing report.
So far I have not been able to spot the ring of Hoag's object either. Just like you I have seen only the central part.
I like the Tulip...
I have observed Abell 2065 last year under good skies (NELM ~ 6.5) in southwestern Germany. At 350x I could make out ca. 25 galaxies, three of them with direct vision, the others indirectly and...
Steve
It's very interesting that you saw a mottled structure of the ring in your 24“. At moments I had the very same impression. Only I was not sure if these were moments of very good seeing or...
Hajü,
After months of poor weather I could observe NGC 2022 last week. I was not at my darkest site, but conditions were fair and the seeing was quite good. I was surprised how small this PN is....
Hi Reiner,
When I observed Abell 21, I also tried WDHS 1 (WeDe 1) - same night, same conditions. The observation was inconclusive. I would not dare say that I saw a very faint glow at the position...
Hi Reiner,
I had a chance to observe Abell 21 a few nights ago. Conditions were rather poor. Seeing was mediocre and transparency was low due to very high humidity and patches of fog in my...
Hi Hajue,
very nice drawings, and an interesting comparison of views without and with filter. I am glad you had a chance to observe yesterday. I haven't had a good observing night since October.
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Hi Akarsh,
I have been using the Argo Navis + Servocat combo for 10 years now, first on an 18“ Obsession, then on my homebuilt 25“, and I can say that I am very happy with the system. The Argo...
Very interesting observation of IRAS 20324+4057, which is also known as GLMP 1000. I am a bit surprised you could make out anything all, given the fact that the HST image is a composite of IR, H...
Hi Christian,
congratulations on seeing both lobes with only 12"!
I have observed Mink 1-92 several times this year. I could always perceive both lobes with my 25", but the amount of details...
Howard,
I have looked into some online resources, and it seems that the Hubble photo covers only the central pair of stars (the black dots) plus the innermost portion of the northern and southern...
Howard,
I observed R Aqr yesterday from a good (but not excellent) site with good transparency and seeing. This is an intriguing object indeed. At 150x the reddish hue was obvious as well as the...
Hi FJ,
the body of my Astrosystems encoders is 14 mm thick, but there is also a flat nut that takes ca. 2 mm. In addition to that you need room for the head of the pivot bolt. When I built my...
Ivan,
I am glad you like my website. As for the poiting accuracy, it depends on several factors, namely the accuracy of the initial two star alignment, the tolerances built into one's scope, and...
Hello FJ,
I have been using encoders and the Argo Navis (plus Servocat) for many years now, and I could not live without them. Installing the encoders is very easy, if you have the right hardware....
Hi Reiner,
last night I had a chance to visit Sh 2-174. I could see some nebulosity at 90x and 150x even without filter. The narrow band filters worked precisely as you described. The OIII filter...
With the beginning of this year 2013 I have started to observe protoplanetary nebulae from the list by Reiner Vogel: http://www.reinervogel.net/index.html
I studied the brighter ones like Frosty...
I have worked on “Frosty Leo” for two nights using my 25” f 4 Dobsonian. In the first night (with good seeing at 700m) I could clearly separate the two bright lobes at 350x and 500x. The southern...
I observed LoTr 5 two days ago through my 25“ f 4 Dobsonian at 950 m altitude. Transparency was good, seeing was mediocre. I saw the nebula as a circular disc around the bright star with the star...