[AZ-Observing] Re: M33's HII Regions

  • From: "Jones, Jack (AZ75)" <jack.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:17:37 -0700

Your perusal of M33 is most interesting and informative. I was wondering
what is the easy way to make these arcminute measurements in the field. Do
you just guesstimate or have a template or reticle in the eyepiece, or use a
high-power eyepiece with a small known field or what?

Jack


> NGC 604 is the largest and brightest of these. We first 
> located a pair of 
> 10th and 11th magnitude stars blazing 11.5 arcminutes 
> north-northeast of M33's 
> core region. They lie about 5' north of the stellar nursery, 
> are separated by 
> about an arcminute and point the way to 10.9 magnitude Tycho 
> 2293:642:1.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Ferris
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