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....
It was very easy to track down the pair at 200x (13mm Ethos), as they sit inside a triangle formed by a mag 7.0 star 18' W (HD 141063), a mag 6.6 star 24' SE, and a mag 4.6 star (1 Sco) 28' NE. At...
I observed this pair in November 2015 from a not very dark location using my 20" dob:
At 151x both NGC 7253A and B already are visible as a thin streak of light. This is also the case at 320x. At...
Great pick, Akarsh!
Two observations in my log for this pair.
First in September 2013 from the French Ardennes in my 12" SCT. I discerned both galaxies but did not observe much detail. 179x /...
With my 16" at 362x I wrote:
Nice, but faint duo. NGC 7253A is brightest and is best seen with AV as a stretched galaxy with some central brightening. Almost perpendicular to it is NGC 7253B and...
I just wanted to update that Steve, Jimi and I looked at this through Steve's 24" at the Golden State Star Party last week. This was the opening new log entry for me at the star party. I logged "A...
Back in 2009 with a 20" and 313x:"NGC-7253 showed a nice elongation and one of an interacting pair with NGC-7253B. 7253B with steady looking, I could see it as a much fainter glow. Almost makes a "V"...
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:...
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...
Hi Scott I enjoyed your OOTW. I am on the road traveling to GSSP. I am looking forward to trying your object with the 48” when I get back home in Texas.
Great write-up, Scott, and I appreciate all the research and links you've provided! Hopefully, if any others split this Herbig Ae-Herbig Ae binary they'll post the observation.
Hi, here's my observation from 4/4/2011: Ngc 3511 and Ngc 3513 galaxy pair in Crater ; Ngc 3511 is mag.11.5 and elongated with many bright knots . Ngc 3513 is 12th mag. and round and diffuse. I used...
Hi All,
Herewith a selection of 14 planetary nebulae, all sketched in Namibia with a 16" (Martini) dobson.
Very interesting to compare and seeing how different these objecst are!
SP 1...
CD-25 11111B / IRAS 15462-2551 / PDS 144N
Scorpius
Circumstellar protoplanetary disk around an intermediate-mass YSO
RA 15:49:15.5
DEC -26:00:50.2
Vmag +14.2
Size 1" x 1"
Dist 475 light-years...
With my old self-made 6" Newtonian telescope I observed these nebulae on August 5, 2005, from Southern France. I observed it with a 40 mm eye piece which IIRC was a Plössl eye piece so with a...
With a pair of 10x50 binoculars: "Both B-142 & B-143 are in the same field of binoculars. Opacity = 3 (B-143), Opacity = 4 (B-142). Relatively blank but not totally black. West of Altair."
Dark Nebula
Aquila
RA: 19 40 42
Dec: +10 57
Barnard’s E – note that B143 is the northern, more distinctive part, with B142 below. Photo credit: Hunter Wilson
I'm excited to post about...
It's a bit surprising to me that none of the later visual observers (after William Herschel) who might have taken a look resolved the pair. In any case, it wasn't reported so we're left with a...
Here is my observation with Jimi:
At 610x, I was able to easily detect both NGC galaxies. The tidal stream going northwest was a vague sensation and for some reason seemed much brighter around due...
I can contribute a sketch through the 27-inch. Under soso transparency but good seeing some structures could be resolved but not tidal streamers were visible.
sketch: 27" 586x, NELM 6m5+, Seeing...
Nice object.
As I told Dragan that I'm compiling all of my 2007 to 2019 observations from my notebook to spreadsheet, I ran across my notes for this object.
I'll eventually upload the notes...