Berenice's Hair. Strange name for a constellation.
I mean, there's plenty out there to frown upon. Not the mythological persons and creatures, or constellations named for animals, of course... but...
Hey all deep sky hounds!
I just received my copies of the 3-volume set personally sent to me by Larry Mitchell. Outstanding set of books! Great for observers of all levels.
If you don't know...
I can contribute a 16" drawing of NGC 4536 from 2009 (196x, 23' field). I didn't find the spiral structure to be difficult in the 16" scope. I'm sure it can be seen with smaller apertures as well....
Hi all,
5 Editions for the Texas Star Party were added to the Clear Skies Observing Guides collection:
Texas Star Party 2025 - Regular Observing Program
Texas Star Party 2025 - Advanced...
My two observations were made 39 years ago with an early 13.1" Coulter Odyssey (blue sonotube). The planetary itself was unremarkable (guesstimated at mag 14.5-15.0), but the location 20' S of NGC...
These large open clusters truly shine in a small telescope and a wide field. I particularly like M 48 because there is a more or less heart shaped star chain around the denser central part. It is...
Great pick and a quality write-up, Akarsh. I didn't know this was your first OotW. I just studied it some in the last week and found the entire galaxy to be visible in 15x50 IS binoculars while it...
Here is a recently published astrophoto
https://www.astrotreff.de/forum/index.php?thread/298322-sh2-248-und-sh2-249-in-den-zwillingen/
revealing a mass of the details.
Clear skies,
Jiri
IC 443 G189.1+30 jelly Fish Nebula
During the past years, I have been six times observing this nebula. The first time through the 6" F/5 achro at the magnification of 30x and 23x (Leica...
My observation of the planetary nebula with my 20" dob is in the Abell 1656 page that you already linked:
I located the planetary nebula at 320x and it was visible as a faint star. When I used my...
While in the area the other night, I glanced at IC 443 with my 6-inch reflector and an NPB filter. Its thick northeast arc was easily visible since the skies were running 21.55 mpsas. I've made a...
