Excellent information, Steve! BTW, "An Atlas of Local Group Galaxies" by Paul Hodge, Brooke Skelton and Joy Ashizawa designates a brightening just east of the core as "C1" and calls it an open...
I was one of the observers who saw the halo around the star. There was definitely a brighter halo around V814 Her than other stars that "appeared" roughly similar in brightness. I put appeared in...
Wonderful pick, Steve. And I enjoyed reading what you were able to piece together about its discover(s).
While not as bright as Akarsh's Local Group pick from a few weeks back, this one is still...
I should probably have mentioned that 1° due west of PegDIG is the galaxy cluster Abell (AGC) 2593 with cD member NGC 7649. Most of the other galaxies are very small and fairly dim (V = 15.0-15.6),...
I had an entry with my old 16-inch.
I wrote: very sensitive to exit pupil - not visible with low power searching eyepiece and disappearing from 180x up, best magnification around 100x-129x...
I got an old observation and sketch with my 16-inch under very good skies in the High Alps back in 2005. I definitely had to revisit it with larger aperture.
sketch: 16", 360x, NELM 7m0+
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This glow was a pleasant surprise, the one time I observed it in the night of 30 September 2021 in the French Alps (session / blog).
Truth be told, I doubted it could glimpse it at all in my 14"...
Seen twice with a 22". 337x "Star hopped from NGC-7653.Used Millenium and printout after that. Definite hazy glow next to 2 field stars. Worth a re-look."
Two years later same telescope, same...
Thanks Steve Gottlieb, for the HST image & an amazing list of post AGB objects. I will try & add as many as I can for the 12" scope.
Thanks Victor, for the response. Hopefully you didn't struggle...
The structure appeared more complex to me than a ring through Lowrey's 48-inch at 488x on 11/5/21:
Overall, bright, fairly large with a highly irregular appearance. The outer halo extended nearly...
Hi All,
I observed this galaxy a year ago on la Palma, herewith my observation note and sketch:
16" Sumerian Alkaid; Pentax XW 7mm at 259x
Immediately seen as quite large, bright and oval...
Can you give a more constructive reply?
With my 12" I have observed the disks of several stellar planetary nebulae so I know it is possible. Also TS states that two other observers confirmed their...
The Hubble image shows that there is a shell so there is a possibility that it can be observed visually. In that sense the Hubble pic can very well be used for planning observations.
A shell of 4"...
The problem with this "observation" is unfamiliarity with angular size and the true field of view in an eyepiece. In (visual) astronomy this is as basic a thing as understanding right ascension &...
Here's an HST image, which shows an irregular dust shell elongated N-S, though scattered light from the bright post-AGB star does seem the most likely cause.
The Torun catalogue of Galactic...
Hi Sudhash,
I took a look at the information you sent and I can not identify an extended, non-stellar object at the position of V814 Herculis. I am quite confident you observed a halo brought upon...
Hello all,
In my recent visit to Hanle (a Bortle 1 location in Ladakh, North India), a cold dry dessert at an elevation of 4300m, (32°47'N 78°58'E ), I tried to observe this Proto Planetary...
Once upon a time, nebulae were a thing.
In the 40's and 50's of the 20th century a great many uncatalogued ones were photographed, studied and assigned proper designations. Even Boris...
I can only contribute a negative observation using a 4" Newtonian from Namibia, 2012. It was only a quick half-hearted attempt with the dawn approaching and many other much more spectacular objects...
I have several observations of the group with the 13.1-inch to 18-inch scopes, but the only time I saw the interesting structure in NGC 7463 was through Jimi's 48-inch:
At 610x, NGC 7463 is very...
Here's what I wrote in the Sky & Tel article on Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellites --
A few years ago, I observed the Sculptor Dwarf using my 18-inch telescope at 113× from a dark site at...
Nice triplet, Uwe!
Two observations in my log, both from the French Alps.
First one in September 2014 using a 12" SCT @ 179x / 27':
NGC7463 (Holmberg 802A), NGC7464 (Holmberg 802C) and...
Interesting fact that Clark concludes, that the Dwarf is not visible at all.
I only had one observation from Namibia with a 25x150 binocular under Bortle1 skies. I wrote: showy! brightening,...
I've never observed this object, but it's been in my queue for quite awhile.
The late Rick Johnson, who imaged all things unusual and obscure, has a great amateur image on CloudyNights here. Rick...