Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sunday night/Monday morning
I found this image of IC 1613 when I googled it. http://astro.nightsky.at/Photo/Gal/IC1613_Newton.html Debbie On Tue Sep 7 13:51 , Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> sent:
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Debbie wrote:
According to Stephen James O'Meara, the sky has to be really clear to bag IC 1613. I'm going to try it next month at the Kolob Fingers section of ZNP. I marked it on Sky Atlas 2000 since it is not on chart #10. The Cave Nebula was a hard one but is more for imagers than visual observers. The Bubble Nebula is best seen with an OIII filter. I found Pac Man Nebula this weekend and it too benefits from an OIII filter.
I am very stupid about my Sky Atlas. I always leave it at home, despite the fact that the charts in O'Meara's Caldwell book leave something to be desired (they don't show enough context). So a good ten minutes of my time was spent figuring out which star in Pisces was epsilon! Meanwhile, that Atlas is at home.
The Bubble and the Crescent in Cygnus I used an O-III on, but only to check after I had thought I detected them without. Now, I definitely didn't pick out the Bubble itself, but some of the extent of the nebulosity was there. Even though I was at a dark site, I used a UHC to see the Cave. Again, I didn't see the cave feature, but saw about a 1-2 degree sliver of nebulosity. IC 1613 -- I have made two very concerted efforts. Both times I thought I saw the same thing. I absolutely pinpointed the field, and stood at the eyepiece each time for 15-20 minutes tapping the tube, breathing rhythmically, and moving the center of my FOV around. I checked the direction I thought I saw nebulosity against a photo and they agreed, so I count it as attained. I still have my doubts, and will probably revisit it each time I'm out. I think that I may have just caught a couple of 12-13th magnitude stars nearby that fooled me...
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751 Best wishes, Joe
Oops, I meant it's NGC77479! Excuse my typo. -- Joe --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:15 AM Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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Another typo -- where's the copy desk when I need it? This time I'm getting it right: IT IS GALAXY NGC7479. Disregard all previous descriptions. I knew I shouldn't have had that glass of wine. -- Joe --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:20 AM Oops, I meant it's NGC77479! Excuse my typo. -- Joe
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:15 AM Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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Great work, Joe. With or without the wine. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:26 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral Another typo -- where's the copy desk when I need it? This time I'm getting it right: IT IS GALAXY NGC7479. Disregard all previous descriptions. I knew I shouldn't have had that glass of wine. -- Joe --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:20 AM Oops, I meant it's NGC77479! Excuse my typo. -- Joe
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:15 AM Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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I am sure it is more fun with wine.
Great work, Joe. With or without the wine.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:26 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral
Another typo -- where's the copy desk when I need it? This time I'm getting it right: IT IS GALAXY NGC7479. Disregard all previous descriptions. I knew I shouldn't have had that glass of wine. -- Joe
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:20 AM Oops, I meant it's NGC77479! Excuse my typo. -- Joe
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:15 AM Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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Kudos Joe. Your persistance continues to pay off. Now go have another glass... :) patrick On 08 Sep 2010, at 00:15, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
Thansks (hic)! --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:42 AM Kudos Joe. Your persistance continues to pay off.
Now go have another glass... :)
patrick
On 08 Sep 2010, at 00:15, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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I remember looking at IC 342 several years ago with a 20" Dob and a C-14. The C-14 had a big dewcap on it and we could see IC 342 in the C-14 but not the 20". Sky conditions may have been a factor but the Sky background was darker in the C-14 probably because of the baffling and the dewcap. IC 342 at only 10 million light years would be one of the brightest galaxies in the sky if it was not obscured by the Milky Way. I imaged it last weekend at Midway, UT along with NGC 891. See: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3757&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3760&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 You can see numerous faint galaxies in the image of NGC 891.
Wonderful, Don. -- Joe --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] IC 342 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 10:22 AM I remember looking at IC 342 several years ago with a 20" Dob and a C-14. The C-14 had a big dewcap on it and we could see IC 342 in the C-14 but not the 20". Sky conditions may have been a factor but the Sky background was darker in the C-14 probably because of the baffling and the dewcap. IC 342 at only 10 million light years would be one of the brightest galaxies in the sky if it was not obscured by the Milky Way.
I imaged it last weekend at Midway, UT along with NGC 891. See:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3757&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3760&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
You can see numerous faint galaxies in the image of NGC 891.
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Hi Don, Both are beautiful images. What camera are you using? Cheers, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Don J. Colton Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:22 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: [Utah-astronomy] IC 342 I remember looking at IC 342 several years ago with a 20" Dob and a C-14. The C-14 had a big dewcap on it and we could see IC 342 in the C-14 but not the 20". Sky conditions may have been a factor but the Sky background was darker in the C-14 probably because of the baffling and the dewcap. IC 342 at only 10 million light years would be one of the brightest galaxies in the sky if it was not obscured by the Milky Way. I imaged it last weekend at Midway, UT along with NGC 891. See: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3757&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3760&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 You can see numerous faint galaxies in the image of NGC 891. _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Thanks, Tyler and Joe. The camera is the QSI 583 with a 150 mm refractor at f/5.7 (using a focal reducer). I combined 5 ten minute luminances for each image binned 1x1 and 5 each four minute RGB's binned 2 x 2. I would like to do longer exposures but my time was limited and I wanted to do more than one object. Tyler, I really enjoyed your image of Van den Bergh 158. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Allred Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:50 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] IC 342 Hi Don, Both are beautiful images. What camera are you using? Cheers, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Don J. Colton Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:22 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: [Utah-astronomy] IC 342 I remember looking at IC 342 several years ago with a 20" Dob and a C-14. The C-14 had a big dewcap on it and we could see IC 342 in the C-14 but not the 20". Sky conditions may have been a factor but the Sky background was darker in the C-14 probably because of the baffling and the dewcap. IC 342 at only 10 million light years would be one of the brightest galaxies in the sky if it was not obscured by the Milky Way. I imaged it last weekend at Midway, UT along with NGC 891. See: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3757&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3760&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 You can see numerous faint galaxies in the image of NGC 891. _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Joe, Great shot! Your persistence is paying off. Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751 Best wishes, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Very nice work Joe. Congrats! Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751 Best wishes, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Nice image Joe. It looks like you have solved your tracking issues. Has the PEC helped? -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751 Best wishes, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Hi Don, PEMPro, which regulates PEC, is an amazing tool. It has helped immensely. I still have some small problems with tracking, probably related to imperfect balancing, but when I get them worked out I'll be in much better shape. I'm excited about the improvement. Thanks, Joe --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 10:06 AM Nice image Joe. It looks like you have solved your tracking issues. Has the PEC helped?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral
Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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Joe, I have also found the polar alignment tool that comes with PEMPro is a good way to get very accurately polar aligned. Are you also using Phd guiding? -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:25 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral Hi Don, PEMPro, which regulates PEC, is an amazing tool. It has helped immensely. I still have some small problems with tracking, probably related to imperfect balancing, but when I get them worked out I'll be in much better shape. I'm excited about the improvement. Thanks, Joe --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 10:06 AM Nice image Joe. It looks like you have solved your tracking issues. Has the PEC helped?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral
Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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Hi Don, Yes, I'm also using PHD Guiding -- haven't tried the PEMPro polar align tool yet but it certainly looks promising. It took me a while to get enough data for PEC, but sure was worthwhile. --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 10:59 AM
Joe, I have also found the polar alignment tool that comes with PEMPro is a good way to get very accurately polar aligned. Are you also using Phd guiding?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:25 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral
Hi Don, PEMPro, which regulates PEC, is an amazing tool. It has helped immensely. I still have some small problems with tracking, probably related to imperfect balancing, but when I get them worked out I'll be in much better shape. I'm excited about the improvement. Thanks, Joe
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 10:06 AM Nice image Joe. It looks like you have solved your tracking issues. Has the PEC helped?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] barred spiral
Hi all, Here's a view of an interesting barred spiral galaxy, NGC7476, which I made early Tuesday morning (9-7-2010) from Lakeside. It's a combination of exposures but I haven't added up how many. The color views aren't coming along well and I may not post one. I came across estimates for the galaxy's distance at 100 million and 105 million light-years.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3751
Best wishes, Joe
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