Jenn, I think I've mentioned this before when this object comes up, According to SkyMap pro it is STF 1659, at least the center grouping. Regardless of its designation, it is certainly an interesting object. Easy to hop to from M104 as well. Clear Skies Rick Tejera President, Editor SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jennifer Polakis Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:07 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Triangle in a triangle asterism--Reeves-2 in Corvus This one has come up a few times recently with questions on how to find it--most recently, last night at Stan Gorodensky's place in Dewey. I "independently" discovered it out at Buckeye Hills in 1997 when I was brand new to the hobby and excitedly called Ken Reeves over to my scope to check it out only to learn: "Oh yeah, that's Reeves-2" For a while after that, I named all my little asterism finds with a Reeves #. This information is from Ken Reeves' "Fuzzy Spot" article in the April 2000 _SACNEWS_. This link will give you the corresponding Constellation/Telrad map. http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/reeves-2.jpg If you would rather independently discover it, just surf a degree or two to the right of the Sombrero M104 and it will spring into your field like a prarie dog/whack-a-mole/meerkat, or something like that that can spring into a field. "Reeves-2 (12h35.7 -12 01): I'm really not being conceited, but I could find no designation for this prominent asterism of 6 stars. It is found while star-hopping to the Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo. It is a nice asterism of 6 stars, with 3 bright stars in a triangle surrounding three fainter stars in the center, which form a triangle pointing the opposite direction"...Ken Reeves, Fuzzy Spot, SACNEWS, April 2000 By the way, in the the great seminal work _Star Clusters_ by Brent Archinal and Steven Hynes this cluster/asterism is noted as "Canali": Canali, E. 1997 "An Interesting Asterism in Corvus." _The Guide Star: Newsletter of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, Inc. Vol. 31 #2 May 1997_ Jenn Polakis -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.