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  1. Object of the Week, January 22nd 2024 — The Box

    HCG 61 = The Box
    Compact Group of Galaxies
    RA: 12 12 26
    Dec: +29 09 57

    This compact group comprises of four galaxies, all with NGC designations:


    NGC designation
    Redshift (z)
  2. Finally got to look at the Pencil from humid but...

    Finally got to look at the Pencil from humid but dark skies at a star party in Coorg in South India (13°N latitude). The conditions were around Bortle 3, with M33 visible to naked eye as an elongated...
  3. Excellent OOTW, and great pictures of the alps....

    Excellent OOTW, and great pictures of the alps. Thanks for introducing this off-the-beaten-path object!
  4. Thanks for featuring this excellent target, Uwe....

    Thanks for featuring this excellent target, Uwe. I took a look at both NGC 918 and NGC 7497 during two nights of excellent transparency near Death Valley National Park in California, about 8 hours...
  5. Very fascinating, Uwe! Thanks for a great OOTW,...

    Very fascinating, Uwe! Thanks for a great OOTW, this reminds me of another such galaxy NGC 7497. I'll put this on my list.
  6. Thanks for your report, Uwe! Ah, so that's...

    Thanks for your report, Uwe!



    Ah, so that's where the [LA83] designations in SIMBAD come from! I looked up [LA83] NGC 253 A and [LA83] NGC 253 B in SIMBAD and both are listed as galaxies. This...
  7. Raul, that's a fantastic sketch, thanks for...

    Raul, that's a fantastic sketch, thanks for sharing!

    Scott, there's a wealth of info in your response. Very cool stuff.



    Oh, excellent. I had no idea it might be possible from the northern...
  8. Thanks for the inspirational OOTW, I felt...

    Thanks for the inspirational OOTW, I felt compelled to take another few looks at this object. I'm pleased to report an excellent view of the Heart Nebula that I enjoyed through my 25x100 binoculars....
  9. Object of the Week October 29th, 2023 – NGC 253, the Sculptor Galaxy, and its companions

    NGC 253 = UGCA 13 = PGC 2789 = Sculptor Galaxy
    Galaxy in Sculptor
    RA: 00 47 33
    Dec: -25 17 20
    Mag: 8.0
    Size: 28.8' x 5.9'

    Wait, what!? How has this galaxy never been featured as an OOTW yet?...
  10. Wonderful write-up on the history, and how they...

    Wonderful write-up on the history, and how they confirmed the membership of the planetary Scott!

    Perhaps it was 14 years ago when a friend pointed me to this article. In one of my recent trips to...
  11. Here are my notes on Palomar 11 from a Central...

    Here are my notes on Palomar 11 from a Central Texas observing site on 2013 August 3rd using my 18" f/4.5:

    Easy star-hop from Kappa Aquilae. Rather faint, but "resolved" even in 31mm Nagler. After...
  12. I've traced out the heart twice and the soul...

    I've traced out the heart twice and the soul once. Both are challenging nebulae for visual observers. Here are some of my meager notes on some aspects of the heart nebula:

    IC 1795 = NGC 896: "Easy...
  13. Object of the Week, August 6th 2023 -- The Blue Horsehead Nebula

    IC 4592 = Ced 128 = LBN 1113
    Reflection Nebula in Scorpius
    150' x 60'
    RA (J2000): 16h 12m 00s
    Dec (J2000): -19° 27' 35"

    (I apologize for the very late post this week. I'm currently abroad in...
  14. Interesting timing. This past new moon weekend, I...

    Interesting timing. This past new moon weekend, I wrote a detailed naked-eye report on the Milky Way from the pristine skies of the Warner Mountains of northeastern California in my logbooks. Here's...
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    Remember the good old Edmund Mag 5 Star Atlas?...

    Remember the good old Edmund Mag 5 Star Atlas? Flip to Map 5 and you'll see this globular plotted in Libra. In my beginner days, I generally trusted anything in Edmund Mag 5 as "visible easily in my...
  16. Comprehensive list of observable local group galaxies?

    I'm wondering if anyone has made a comprehensive list of observable local group galaxies. I find these to be some of the most challenging targets for visual observers, and I would like to see as many...
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    The only observing report I have of this object...

    The only observing report I have of this object comes from perhaps the year 2005 or 2006, when I used to observe with a few friends using my 8" f/8 telescope from the variable skies of southern...
  18. I have a log entry of KTG 61 through Jimi...

    I have a log entry of KTG 61 through Jimi Lowrey's 48" f/4 telescope from 2022 April 27th.

    I wrote of the night: "Steve Gottlieb and Howard Banich arrived here. The sky is terrible with...
  19. While I'm on this thread, I might as well share...

    While I'm on this thread, I might as well share the report of the tidal tail of NGC 4438 in my 18" f/4.5
    This was from ~5500ft altitude Bortle 2-ish skies near Big Pine, CA but the transparency was...
  20. Last week, during Texas Star Party, I was up at...

    Last week, during Texas Star Party, I was up at Jimi Lowrey's observatory to observe with his marvelous 48" telescope. One of the observations that stood out from the Tuesday night of TSP 2023 (16th...
  21. Amazing sketch, Mel! You must have had excellent...

    Amazing sketch, Mel! You must have had excellent seeing to see so much in a 30"!

    Follow-up: I just noticed you mention the seeing to be "poor to medium". Perhaps our definition of excellent seeing...
  22. As Steve pointed out, it looks like it might be...

    As Steve pointed out, it looks like it might be -- but no paper that I encountered explicitly calls it a "Jellyfish Galaxy". But they do talk about ram pressure stripping and this galaxy is mentioned...
  23. Thanks for the enlightening OOTW post, Uwe. I did...

    Thanks for the enlightening OOTW post, Uwe. I did not know that these two globulars share a history.

    In my 25x100, the pair makes a nice view in the same field: NGC 5053 obviously significantly...
  24. Hey Raul, Thanks for sharing your observation...

    Hey Raul,

    Thanks for sharing your observation report! Looking at the star-field in the DSS2 image and your sketch, I suspect you've interchanged the designations. The more diffuse galaxy is NGC...
  25. Object of the Week May 14th, 2023 – NGC 2276 in Cepheus

    Arp 25 = NGC 2276 = KPG 127a = VV 1189a = Part of Arp 114
    Peculiar Galaxy in Cepheus
    RA: 07 27 14
    Dec: +85 45 16
    Mag: 11.4
    Size: 2.3' x 1.9'

    Background and Science
    An NGC 2000-something...
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