I forgot Plato - how many craterlets do you see? I've spent hours doing this, thanks to Siegfried. ________________________________ From: Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Utah Astro observing list 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. Brent _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php