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...