For this OOTW I am choosing the other NGC planetary nebula in Lyra in NGC 6765.
I am surprised that it has not been included as an OOTW before. NGC 6765 was first
discovered by Albert Marth using...
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For this OOTW I am choosing the other NGC planetary nebula in Lyra in NGC 6765.
I am surprised that it has not been included as an OOTW before. NGC 6765 was first
discovered by Albert Marth using...
You are correct that these nebulae were discovered by Annie Cannon from objective prism surveys with the 24" in Peru. They were published (in the case of Cn 2-1) in a paper by Harlow Shapley in the...
NGC 5466
Globular Cluster
Bootes
R.A. 14h05m27.0s
Dec. +28°32'06" (2000)
I thought that the name Bode's galaxy referred to M81?
Alvin you could add the Miles Paul's atlas is now freely downloadable from the Webb Society website.
Palomar 4
Gcl 17
Globular Cluster
UMa
R.A. 11h29m16.0s
Actually it was covered in 2017 by Rolando
M79
NGC 1904 Melotte 34
Lepus
R.A. 05h24m11.0s
Dec. -24°31'30" (2000)
We still have copies in the Webb Soc of this volume for sale :-)
HASH has it as an ionised remnant of the ISM
Palomar 11
Gcl 114
Globular Cluster
Aquila
R.A. 19h45m14.0s
Tom Polakis wrote an article in the old Deep Sky magazone about these and his observations with a 13" (I tihnk) I am sure you will have seen more with your 5" though. Will try and find the reference....
NGC 5897
GCL 33, H VI-8
Globular Cluster
Libra
R.A. 15h17m24.0s
NGC 3090
MCG 0-26-5, Z 8-16, PGC 28945
Constellation Sextans
Galaxy
R.A. 10h00m30.3s
If your interest is in the RC3 then I suggest you look at Harold Corwin's updated version at http://haroldcorwin.net/rc3/index.html rather than the HEARSAC one.
Abell 8
PN G167.0-00.9
Planetary Nebula
Auriga
R.A. 05h06m38.4s
NGC 7679
Arp 216
VV 329
Galaxy
Class SB0 pec
Pisces
R.A. 23h28m46.7s
I see that some sources refer to this object as NGC 153 as Lewis Swift also found it but his positions were not good so Dreyer did not pick up it is the same object as NGC 151.
IC 4634
ESO 587-1
Planetary nebula
Ophiuchus
R.A. 17h01m33.6s
It does have the VV designation 1875 in the extended VV catalogue
Probably worth noting Paul also covered this object in 2019 https://www.deepskyforum.com/showthread.php?1289-Object-of-the-Week-June-30th-2019-NGC-6070-amp-Friends
M 4-17
PN G079.6+05.8
Planetary Nebula
Constellation: Cygnus
R.A. 20h09m01.9s
Howard I think the declination is -06 not +06 for this object.
NGC 2242
Other Names PN G170.3+15.8
Planetary Nebula
Constellation Auriga
RA: 06h 34.127m
I am sure Steve will chip in but Wolfgang has William Herschel discovering it on the 15th Jan 1788. I can check his massive tome on this for further information.