[sac-forum] Re: Call for Observations
- From: hofland@xxxxxxx
- To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:26:07 -0500
Here's hoping Fay gets out of here by the weekend....
Dave, Centre Alabama
Quoting AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxx>:
> Here's the observing list for your viewing enjoyment. I had hoped to have
> something for November but that will have to wait. I have no observations
> for Sagittarius and only one set, from Dick Harshaw, for Cygnus. So the
> short story is YOUR observations are needed, so get out and observe! :))
>
> Call for Observations
>
>
> The September selection is Sagittarius, up for its third appearance. Most of
> the objectst will be from the Messier Catalog, but not all. We will keep with
> some of the lesser-viewed globular clusters and save the more popular ones
> for another time. Our search begins with M 69 that has stars from 14th to
> 16th mag. What is smallest telescope that can see the well-resolved nature
> of this object? On July 22, 1995, just 15' west of southwest of where Comet
> Hale-Bopp was discovered is the next selection - M 70. Still within the body
> of the Tea Pot asterism is the very bright M 54. Now moving more towards the
> east is M 55, the brightest globular cluster so far. Continuing to the
> northeast part of the constellation is the planetary nebula NGC6818, often
> called the Little Gem Nebula. Can you detect it's slight elongation of
> 22"X15"? The last entry is nearby, NGC6822 also known as Barnard's Galaxy
> and a Member of the Local Group of Galaxies. It has a surface brightness of
> mag 14.5 but is still viewable is telescopes smaller than 8". Look for the
> bright HII region.
>
>
>
> For October the observations will come from the Swan Cygnus and will start
> with the cluster NGC6819 that has over 100 stars from 11th mag. Should be
> quite pretty. Next is a selection from Sky and Telescopes' Deep Sky Wonders
> authored by Sue French. It's an asterism called the Fairy Ring that is a
> gathering of pretty faint stars, including some doubles and interesting
> stellar colors. It is located at R.A. 20h 04.1m Dec +38° 14' is round and
> about 20'. Let us know what colors you see. Nearby is NGC6888 a 10th mag
> nebula that should be large, pretty bright and elongated. The next nearby
> entry is an open cluster NGC7044. This Herschel 400 entry is large, rich and
> faint with stars from 15th to 18th mag. Moving 1.5° almost due south of
> Gamma (g) Cygni is Berkeley 86 and its 30 stars from mag 9.5. The last of
> the Herschel 400 entries is NGC6910 in the Gamma (g) Cygni nebulosity. It is
> another open cluster with about 50 stars and should be easily found. Last is
> M 39 This bright, large, loose cluster should be easily found.
>
>
> AJ Crayon
> Phoenix, AZ
>
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