[sac-forum] Call for Observations
- From: AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: SAC Forum <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:23:52 -0700
I really feel guilty asking for observations, mainly because of the weather
but I have to. So the constellation and objects, as they appeared in the
January issue of the newsletter, are as follows -
For February we are going to take a tour of Canis Major. While most of us
are aware it has many open clusters and nebula, not all of us realize it
doeshave a very nice selection of galaxies, which are included in our list.
First will be NGC2207 and IC2163, a pair of interacting galaxies with
magnitudes of 10.8 and 13.4 respectively. NGC2217 is a barred spiral with a
very faint ring. NGC2325 is another fairly bright galaxy. NGC2354 is a
pretty rich galactic star cluster. About one degree northeast you will find
our next object, another cluster, NGC2362, which includes tau (t) Canis
Majoris, which is also a nice double; please include your description of
thisdouble in your observation. This brings us to NGC2359, a bright nebula
that seems to respond well to UHC filters. While in the area check the
galactic cluster NGC2374. Try it if you have one and let us know your
results. Beware; this emission nebula is not very bright. NGC2367 is
another interesting galactic star cluster.
If you have observations of these objects before they were published last
month, submit them! We don't necessarily need fresh observations.
So far it doesn't even look like we will be a little lucky for observing
Saturday night.
Thanks and clear skies to all,
aj
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