... and here's the second blog: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/10apr24/
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... and here's the second blog: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/10apr24/
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Two observations in my log for the Jewel Box, back in 2008 during my first visit to Sutherland, South Africa, in the early days... I mean nights of my astronomy 'career'.
The morning of 8 January,...
I blogged: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/2apr24/
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Cheers,
Victor
This week's OotW is not a large object. It does not reveal a lot of detail. It's not an Arp, a Hickson or a Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov nor is it included in any other "usual suspects" list and - despite...
One observation in my log for this one. 27 February 2019 under moderately dark skies in the French Ardennes, 14" SCT @ 168x / 29':
A faint, east-west elongated, oval glow, even in brightness....
Two observations in my log for this galaxy, the first in March 2007 under Dutch skies using an 8" SCT @ 78x / 38':
Quite faint, somewhat elongated east to west, slightly brighter in the middle...
A great pair! The galaxy is easily overlooked by many, that I am pretty sure of.
6 observations in my log for the globular, one for the galaxy:
NGC4147
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3 observations in the...
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When there's a bit of moisture in the sky, it will lead to "Flaming Star conditions", as I like to call it: halos surrounding brighter stars that all try to mimic IC405.
Dew on the optics and...
How would you like to observe something new?
The nebula that is this week's OotW has probably been around for ages, hardly something "new". What makes it new is the fact that it has seems to have...
An intriguing object, even more so because of what I know about it ever since our resident encyclopedia Scott H. recently delved deeper into the nature of the nebula NGC1931. But I will of course...
To my surprise, there's only one observation in my log for this beautiful group, that's not just a Hickson, but a Rose, a KTG, a Holmberg and a Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov group, too. It's also part of the...
One observation to share since I last posted about this group.
5 October 2018 in the French Ardennes, 14" SCT @168x / 29':
NGC7331 (Holmberg 795A) is elongated NNW-SSE, suddenly brighter in a...
... and here's my blog for the second night: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/7nov23/
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Cheers,
Victor
Hi all,
In November David Daelman and I went stargazing in France. I wrote a blog about it: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/6nov23/
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Enjoy,
Victor
Apologies for posting a few days late, as I did not return home from a trip to French Alps until Sunday night.
Pictures or it didn't happen:
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Conditions weren't great and...
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There is a LOT going on in this region. As I had just forayed into Cassiopeia to compile nebula guides, I had not yet reached this region of the constellation. But I put a rush on it and here...
A very neat planetary, not too small and visible in small apertures. Six entries in my observing log since 2005, most recently six years ago in the French Ardennes using my 14" SCT and a bit of...
My log tells me I observed these five galaxies (in Pisces) almost 6 years ago under the skies of the French Ardennes. 14" SCT @ 168x / 29':
NGC125, that is component C of the double star HJ623...
This week's OotW is planetary nebula Henize 1-6, located centrally in the constellation of Vulpecula. 30 Minutes of arc east-southeast of the bright variable and double star QR Vulpecula (Burnham...
The third and final observing night of the trip: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/13apr2023/
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Galaxies and the NGC HII regions of M101.
Cheers,
Victor
Blog 2, of 3: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/9apr23/
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Enjoy,
Victor
I was stargazing in France and it went a little something like this:
https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/8apr23/
(blog 1 of 3)
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Let's talk about Boötes first: it's a bit of a troubled constellation. And not just because it is the only one with a diaeresis in its name.
In springtime at mid-northern latitudes, the...
It's not included in the current edition but I will add it in V3.0; which I unfortunately can not complete until 2024 as my iMac passed away this week after 8 1/2 years of loyal service.
The...