[AZ-Observing] Re: Eridanus Goodies
- From: "Joe Macke" <joe01@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:55:23 -0700
Steve,
When you're recording observations like "small", "pretty large", etc. Are
these made relative to the FOV of the eyepiece you're using, or is there
some kind of adjustment factor based on the magnification so that "small" is
always small?
Just curious,
Joe
>
>NGC 1331 Nexstar11 125X--faint, small, round, low surface
>brightness, averted vision helps. Off the end of 1332.
>
>NGC 1332 Nexstar11 125X--bright, pretty large, very much
>elongated 3X1, much brighter middle with a stellar nucleus. This
>galaxy has a blazing center in 2 layers.
>
>NGC 1535 Nexstar11 200X--bright, pretty large, round,
>stellar nucleus, inner detail with averted vision. With Ken Reeves
>20 inch at 280X--nice view of inner detail, the CBS eye effect
>is easy, a beautiful blue-green disk with several layers of brightness.
>The central star is unmistakable.
>
>NGC 1600 NGC 1601 is in contact.
>Nexstar11 125X--pretty faint, pretty large, elongated 2.5X1, gradually much
brighter middle.
>
>NGC 1601 125X--very faint, small, very little elongated, brighter middle.
>
>NGC 1603 125X--very faint, small, round, low surface brightness.
>
>NGC 1637 Nexstar11 125X--pretty bright, pretty large, round,
>gradually brighter middle, mushy. The center is offset toward the
>10 o'clock direction. AJ: "The center is not the middle"!!
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