[AZ-Observing] Re: NGC 891
- From: "Bernard Miller" <bgmiller011@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 19:24:49 -0700
Wayne,
I will give this s try at the next new moon, weather permitting.
Bernard
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: NGC 891
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hm ph: 520-586-2244 As usual, wonderful imaging, Bernard! I wondered if I
could make a couple requests for images? One is a deep image of IC 1613 and
the other is the WLM (Wolf, Lundmark, Melotte) galaxy (also catalogued in
the MCG, which is how AJ Crayon listed it in his request). Both of them were
listed by AJ as needing observations for the SAC newsletter. I have seen
both and have already sent in a description of my observation of the WLM
galaxy to AJ. My observation of IC 1613 was more confused, but pretty much
verified when I checked its image out on the POSS site. Anyway, my
description of IC 1613 through my 25-in goes like this: very large, very
faint, elongated oval outline with several very faint stellarings and clumps
scattered around it; very gradually, very little brighter nucleus located
following the center of that oval outline. There is a very bright star north
proceeding the galaxy which I tried to keep out of the field of view and a
pretty bright star is on
the south proceeding edge. Both IC 1613 and the WLM galaxy are close-by
dwarf galaxies and you should be able to show resolution in them. BTW, for
those of you with a good southern horizon, just before Thanksgiving I just
missed by a day or two finding the nice supernova that is currently
occurring in the bright elliptical galaxy, NGC 1404, in the Fornax Galaxy
Cluster. It was discovered on a CCD image by an Australian observer. I was
able to see it in my 13-inch telescope a couple nights ago despite the moon
and scattered clouds.
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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From: "Bernard Miller" <bgmiller011@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] NGC 891
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:49:49 -0700
Hi,
I captured this data last month and finally got around to processing it.
This is a cropped version of NGC 891. You can just make out the dusty
filaments in the halo. These patterns are extending into the halo of the
galaxy, away from its galactic disk. Scientists presume that supernova
explosions caused this interstellar dust to be thrown out of the galactic
disk toward the halo
http://www.azstarman.net/NGC891_CROP.htm
The full frame version can be seen here
http://www.azstarman.net/NGC891.htm
Bernard
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