Ah, I figured you probably had an observation, Uwe. Thanks for sharing! If I had to guess, the smallest aperture it might be visible in would be 20-inches. But it's just a guess. I normally don't...
This object has been on my list for over a decade, so I'm glad Victor featured it as an OOTW! I took a look within the past couple of months in both my 14.5" and 24" and both showed a diffuse blob...
Hi Everyone,
Below are the links to the YouTube recordings of the 2024 Alt Az Workshop. Please note that I'm about as skilled at using Youtube as I am at using Zoom - which is not much - but I...
I finally got two shot on the little guy.
My first try was under good transparency and very good seeing here on my general observing site at the Alpine foothills.
I wrote: with high...
Great write-up Scott. Although I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand the fully physical aspect, it's an interesting story behind the unusual star.
I only can contribute a little observing...
Anyone, at anytime, ought to feel welcome to share any observation, from any location, using any telescope and any aperture.
It's a hobby, not a competition.
also: I really like the sketches...
It looks like that with each new posted sketch, the aperture drops :)
So I feel comfortable to share my view on La Palma with a 10" travel dob. Even with this small scope, the view was very...
I can contribute a 16" drawing also from Namibia (Hakos, 2012). It was a dream come true to see this galaxy. Though the conditions were not perfect. It was still low in the sky and the morning was...
Hi everyone,
Below are links to both the Zoom meeting and the YouTube live stream for each session of the Alt Az Workshop starting tomorrow evening.
Also, please note there are several changes...
Emission nebula NGC6888 in Cygnus goes by Crescent Nebula, Half Moon and Ear Nebula.
Planetary nebula NGC6445 in Sagittarius goes by Little Gem, Crescent Nebula, Box Nebula, Coffin Planetary and...
Yes i/we did - with 33". In a position angle of around 100-110 degrees a little short cone reached out of the middle of M82 (down left quadrant in your sketch).
I´ve been the only one of 4 observers...
Tried it several times but I only could pick up the very first beginnings from the main body. It looks like a hood and spans around 1'-1.5'. Along the NW side it reaches to a 16mag star. I never saw...
Hi everyone,
Below are the Zoom links for the Portland XVII Alt Az Workshop starting this Friday evening, 13 September. All times are for the Pacific Time zone (western North America).
There is...
One observation in my log for this beauty during my first ever week of observations under southern skies: Sutherland, in the Karoo desert of South Africa.
It was the night of 9 January 2008 and I...
My first thought, when I saw the topic of this OOTW, was "surely this gem has been OOTW before", but no! My second thought was "not sure if I have observed it to be honest" and it turns out I did. My...
Hi, here's my observation from 9/29/2024: Ngc 6814 galaxy in Aquila ; mag: 11.11 ; size: 3' x 2.7' ; under sub par seeing this galaxy is easily seen but only saw it's brghter central core and part...
A new observation with my 30 inch f2.7.
Exceptional transparency - SQM 21.8.
Newly resilvered primary (30 inch f2.7).
Astonishing IFN / galactic cirrus everywhere, broken into blotches and...
Back in 1994, with an 18" at 332x: " NGC 4125 - In the same field as NGC-4121 and the brighter of the two. Nice bright center fading to the elongated edges."
"NGC 4121 - In the same field as...
This pair is Holmberg 335. My log tells me I observed it twice, both times in a 12" SCT.
First observation in April 2011 from the Alps:
NGC4125 (Holmberg 335A) is elongated WSW to ENE, quite...
At a Bortle 3- site, I found the brighter southern edge-on very faint in my 24" and the northern one was just barely glimpsed. These need good conditions!
The Wilson pair is just 11' NE of NGC 672...
You can probably tell by my wording I'm not 100% confident on the observation. Larry and I usually see things pretty much the same but on HaTr 10 we were seeing things different which doesn't sit...