Now, I've never really thought of Cygnus as a summer constellation. Even when the constellation's Alpha star features prominently in the so-called "Summer Triangle" we all have read about ad nauseum...
NGC 7253 = VV 242 = Arp 278
Consists of NGC 7253A = UGC 11984, and NGC 7253B = UGC 11985
Interacting Galaxies in Pegasus
RA: 22:19:28 ("A" component)
Dec: +29:33:45 ("A" component)
B magnitudes:...
Dracula’s Chivito
IRAS 23077+6707
RA 23 09 43
DEC +67 23 40
Type Protoplanetary Disk
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Early this morning just before the start of astronomical twilight I observed the...
Hey Deep Sky Hounds,
I just uploaded an update to the Small Galaxy Groups guide with 31 new galaxy groups, more than a few in the southern hemisphere. This brings it to a total of 102 galaxy...
This past week I was at the Nebraska Star Party. I had privilege meet to Deep Sky Forum's very own Dragan. I was able to visit with him briefly and meet some of his family. He asked me if I had a...
Thanks for taking a look, Jimi! PDS 144S is about 1.1-magnitudes brighter than PDS 144N.
I know you found IRAS 23077+6707 (Dracula's Chivito) to be elongated at 1040x. The brightest part if its...
I looked at this object Friday night under less than optimal conditions. The transparency was sub par due to smoke. The seeing was good so I was able to use high power. At 1040x the pair looked like...
Very interesting object! I'll hopefully be able to try it in August.
Jeff Kanipe devotes a couple of pages to this little nebula in the Annals of the Deep Sky vol. 8 from page 132: "Interlude: A...
The 3-volume atlas was available in digital format (PDF) on DVD at one time by the publisher. This thread on CloudyNights for 2022 has more information and links. Owen Brazell may have something to...
VIXEN FL80S WT
Filter Ha Baader Planetarium
ZWO ASI 294MM
2x900s
22/07/2024 23:34 UT
WCO237 osservatorio
Montecatini Terme - Toscana - Italia
I also took a 15 minute photo with the...
I don't have a complete index from her articles, but entered this object in my database of observed and 'planning to observe' DSOs at that time or perhaps earlier if I ran across it in a journal...
Thanks Steve and Carlo! Also Steve for the GN designation. Using that for a Google search did produce some results. As I understand it, the GN 20.43.9 designation is only mentioned in a 1980's era...
Nice choice for OOTW! This nebula is also in Neckel and Vehrenberg's Atlas of Galactic Nebulae as GN 20.43.9 (though SIMBAD doesn't include the alias).
I haven't looked for it, but Sue French...
Akarsh enhanced a PanStarrs g band Image that show the knot that I have been seeing over the last several nights. Last night I tried a Sloan G filter and it made the knot easier to see. It is...
Thanks Scott and Steve for your response. You showed, that this thing is doable, even from the US.
I'm aware of the southern declination but was hoping that the forum consist also from observer...
I have a single observation of the pre-PN Cotton Candy nebula with my 18" Starmaster back in July 2010. The seeing conditions probably weren't great from +41° latitude (Golden State Star Party), and...
Nice pick, Uwe! But at a declination of -32.5, you aren't going to get many takers since it's 6.5* farther south than my recent OotW! However, it's only 0.1-magnitude fainter than PDS 144N, so at...
Congratulations on perhaps being the first to nab this one and see some structure!
The discovery paper ("Dracula's Chivito: Discovery of a Large Edge-on Protoplanetary Disk with Pan-STARRS") lists...
Thanks for your report, Jimi. Glad to hear that you saw some size to it. I saw it in early February shortly after the paper on it was published. It was so low in the sky that I was forced to use my...
Yeah, no problem. Like I said, I only learned the distinction between the two when I was writing about PDS 144N. And that's coming from someone who has written about proplyds!
I just figure out, that I never visited this impressive pair wit larger aperture. It must be an stunning view through your new 28" Akarsh. Congrats to the new telescope, the observation and the grand...
Akarsh, I hate to be a stickler since I only just learned this "rule" myself, but you can't technically call it a "proplyd" The reason being the term "proplyd" was coined by Robert O'Dell in 1993....