NGC 6210 is a worthy addition. I have observed it several times and enjoy it. Might as well add NGC 6207 the Galaxy near M13. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:41 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Seems like an experience repeated at many times and locations.
The blink is the eye focusing on the central star, and the planetary
diminishes in apparent brightness. Then when the eye looks at the nebulosity, it pops out making the nebula appear to blink.
To be honest, I remember the occasion but not a lot of the details. It was a jolly good time.
Brent
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The sky conditions were pretty solid at the time. No twinkling, yet, didn't we all kind of come to the conclusion that it was air movement in the upper atmosphere?
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One of the most amazing parts of the Bald Mountain experience was that at times we were looking through different telescopes too. The amazing part is that the nebula blinked in unison for all the scopes. The nebula doesn't really blink. Its just your eye concentrating on the bright central star and then on the nebula. To have it blink in unison is an amazing feat - group illusion (delusion)?
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Ahh Brent, I do remember Bald Mountain and the Blinking nebula. Such a great memory! If memory serves, there were Dave Chamberlin, Charlie Green, Bill Cowles, you and I. The blinker was at zenith. We each took turns clamering up the 18 foot ladder to get to the eyepiece of your 22". "It's on, it's off, off, on, on." Probably spent close to 30-45 minutes just doing that - around 2:00 in the morning. Have never see the nebula so "active" as that night.
How did you home fair yesterday? You live in Bountiful still, don't you?
P.S. super list. You mentioned some I forgot to mention. I thought the eskimo was a Messier. Of course it isn't, duh.
Mat you are going to have a super list when all is said and done. There are some mentioned that I haven't seen, so I look forward to "correcting" that next year.
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Matt,
Here are a few of my favorites:
Torricelli - a crater on the moon. It looks like someone threw a rock into mud. Gamma Andromedae a nice turquoise triple star - if you can see the third component NGC 2362 - already mentioned. This is the cluster around tau CMa NGC 253 - a nice almost edge on galaxy in Sculptor mag 7.1! Omega Centauri - perhaps the grandest globular in the sky. It can be seen from here, but is a fabulous naked eye object from much farther south. The Magellanic Clouds. Not visible from here, but nice naked eye objects from the southern climes. NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster NGC 2281 I call this the Broken Heart cluster. NGC 2169 - the answer is NOT 42, it is 37. Its written in the sky! Brocchi's Cluster - the Coat Hangar Kim Hyatt's Fairy Ring. Six doubles arranged in a hexagon. After including this in my book, I was called by an observer claiming his right to the name of this cluster. He saw it first! NGC 6302 - the Bug Nebula - alrady mentioned by Joan NGC 6826 the Blinking Planetary. Already mentioned numerous times. We had a great time at Bald Mountain with this one. Anyone remember? NGC 6818 The Little Gem. Visible in 6 inch scopes but very tiny. Also very blue. NGC 2419 the most distant globular cluster visible - an intergalactic wanderer. 3C273 the brightest quasar NGC 457 the Owl. already mentioned. Also looks like an F-14 flying away from you. The owl's eyes are the afterburners. NGC 6990, 6992 the Veil Nebula. Joan mentioned the monster fingers or fingers of death, and also the second part. Planetaries including the Eskimo, 2392, the Ghost of Jupiter, 3242, the Blue Snowball, 7662, the Saturn Nebula, 7009, and the Helix, 7293. The Engagement Ring of Polaris. The circlet of stars that includes Polaris as the gem.
Well, that's more than my share. I don't want to monopolize the list.
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