[AZ-Observing] Re: McNeil's Nebula Images
- From: BillFerris@xxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:11:45 EST
This seems like past situations--Pluto, Charon to mention a couple--where the
first person to image an object isn't the first person to realize what he's
imaged. The discovery credit belongs to Jay McNeil. It's McNeil's nebula.
Regards,
Bill in Flagstaff
Stan Gorodenski wrote:
>Should it be called the McNeil nebula, the Mallas-Kreimer nebula, or the
>Mallas-Kreimer-McNeil nebula? Or maybe the Mallas-Kreimer-McNeil-Welch
>nebula?
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Bill Ferris
"Cosmic Voyage: The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers"
URL: http://www.cosmic-voyage.net
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