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["AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>]

Paul, here's an observation of NGC1931 from my 14.5", last year from same 
site.  At 140X, there are 19 stars involved in bright nebulosity.  The stars 
are in 5' and range from 11th to 13th mag.  Reports of an involved triple 
star weren't verified.

Walter Scott Houston noted elongation that is nearly parallel to the Milky 
Way plane, that is in a northeasterly
position.

Glad you and your cohorts had good observing conditions.

Clear skies,
aj


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L Knauth" <Knauth@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:41 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: A good time at Hovatter Norte


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Another object still burning in my memory tonight is the underrated and 
unique NGC 1931 in Auriga.   It is small, needs a lot of magnification, and 
resolves into a surprise:  a very small, tight cluster with 4 bright stars 
enshrouded in an oval of nebulosity.  It also looked great in my 12.5", so 
it should be a neat object in the kinds of scopes people have nowadays. 
Take a look if you haven't seen it and let me know what you think.

Ciao,

Paul Knauth


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