[AZ-Observing] Re: Triangle in a triangle asterism--Reeves-2 in Corvus

Jenn,

I think I've mentioned this before when this object comes up, According to
SkyMap pro it is STF 1659, at least the center grouping. 

Regardless of its designation, it is certainly an interesting object. Easy
to hop to from M104 as well.

Clear Skies
Rick Tejera
President, Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
www.saguaroastro.org
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx 
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Triangle in a triangle asterism--Reeves-2 in Corvus

This one has come up a few times recently with questions on how to find
it--most recently, last night at Stan Gorodensky's place in Dewey.  I
"independently" discovered it out at Buckeye Hills in 1997 when I was brand
new to the hobby and excitedly called Ken Reeves over to my scope to check
it out only to learn: "Oh yeah, that's Reeves-2"  For a while after that, I
named all my little asterism finds with a Reeves #.
This information is from Ken Reeves' "Fuzzy Spot" article in the April 2000
_SACNEWS_.  This link will give you the corresponding Constellation/Telrad
map.  

http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/reeves-2.jpg

If you would rather independently discover it,  just surf a degree or two to
the right of the Sombrero M104 and it will spring into your field like a
prarie dog/whack-a-mole/meerkat, or something like that that can spring into
a field.  

"Reeves-2 (12h35.7 -12 01): I'm really not being

conceited, but I could find no designation for

this prominent asterism of 6 stars. It is found

while star-hopping to the Sombrero Galaxy in

Virgo. It is a nice asterism of 6 stars, with 3

bright stars in a triangle surrounding three

fainter stars in the center, which form a triangle

pointing the opposite direction"...Ken Reeves, Fuzzy Spot, SACNEWS, April
2000

By the way, in the the great seminal work _Star Clusters_ by Brent Archinal
and Steven Hynes this cluster/asterism is noted as "Canali": Canali, E. 1997
"An Interesting Asterism in Corvus."  _The Guide Star: Newsletter of the
Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, Inc. Vol. 31 #2 May 1997_

Jenn Polakis



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