Mat, Here are some of mine: NGC 1514 PN in Taurus. Large planetary with easily seen central star with some structure evident in the nebula portion. NGC 7479 in Pegasus. Barred Spiral Galaxy. Bar is easily viewed and in good seeing and dark skies you can see the hooks on the edge of each arm. NGC 6946 in Cepheus. Spiral Galaxy face on. Bright inner core and wonderful spiral arms from a dark site. NGC 6939 in Cepheus. Open Cluster that is large and tight. Near NGC 6946 and in a wide field view makes a wonderful pairing. NGC 2362 in Canis Major. Open Cluster with beautiful Tau Majoris in the center that is bright and bluish. In my opinion the prettiest open cluster of the winter. h3945 In Canis Major and not far from NGC 2362 also known as the winter Alberio. NGC 2207/IC 2163 in Canis Major. Interacting spiral galaxies that are interesting to observe. IC 418 in Lepus (below Orion); Planetary Nebula that can reveal some interesting things depending on the filter used. NGC 1535 PN in Eridanus. Beautiful teal/blue PN where the central star is easily viewed. Use a filter. NGC 1232 Face on Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus. Small bright core, surrounded by a elongated halo. Some detail is viewable. NGC 2264 Monoceros. Open Cluster also called The Christmas Tree Cluster. Large and fun to view. NGC 2261 Monoceros Hubble's Variable Nebula. Cone shaped and varies in its brightness. Fun object to view. NGC 2359 Canis Major Thor's Helmet Diffuse Nebula in Canis Major. You need a filter to really get the shape and detail out but it is a very fun object to observe. NGC 2903 in Leo. Tilted Spiral Galaxy with a bright core and details viewable. Very rich and wonderful object to observe. NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 in Virgo. Spiral Galaxies that are gravitationally bound and are perhaps interacting. NGC 4038 & NGC 4039 Corvus also known as the Antennae Galaxies. Spiral Galaxies that are interacting and easily viewable. Details can be observed from the bright core. Challenge on this is to see if you can see the tidal wisps coming from the interaction. NGC 4361 Corvus PN. This planetary nebula is easily seen in a 6 inch scope and the larger the scope the more detail that comes out. Ultrablock/NB or OIII filter on this. Some of these are Caldwell objects. I have others but that's a start for now. Jay On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Hutchings, Mat (H USA) < mat.hutchings@siemens.com> wrote:
Thanks guys.
Keep 'em coming everyone.
If you can, please include the name (NCG, IC, etc), the type of object, the constellation, and any notes you might want to add (like why it's on your list, as it might be fun for others to see why particular objects are favorites of yours).
The more objects you can provide, the better list I will be able to come up with.
Mat
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:42 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Utah Astro observing list
Just for a start on my suggestions, I like NGC7331. -- Joe
________________________________ From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Utah Astro observing list
Mat,
Off the top of my head the first three that come to mind is the Ghost of Jupiter (in Hydra), The Cat's Eye Nebula (Caldwell 6) and the blinking nebula (Caldwell 15). I like planetary nebula because they always look great in a SCT.
Thanks Rodger Fry
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Hutchings, Mat (H USA) Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:12 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] The Utah Astro observing list
I like to use observing lists as a way or organize my star-gazing sessions, and so I thought it might be fun to copy what another usenet group did some years ago. A query went out to all the subscribers to nominate their favorite non-Messier deep sky objects. After some time, this was winnowed out to a list which is now known as the SAA (sci amateur astro) 100.
So let me present the idea to all of you. Please respond back with your favorite 20 or so non-Messier deep sky objects that are appropriate for 8 - 12 inch telescopes and that are visible from our latitude. These may include objects of special interest like quasars, or chance alignments such as N6520 next to the ink spot (B86). Double stars (especially colorful ones) are welcome, and so are carbon stars. I will then consolidate the responses down to a list of I hope 100 objects and share it with this group. The objects with the most nominations will be first in the list in order of votes. In the case of objects with 1 vote only, I will put them in name order at the end of the list.
If something similar has been done by this group in the past, please enlighten me.
Please include the name (NCG, IC, etc), the type of object, the constellation, and any notes you might want to add.
Have fun!
To start this off, below is my list in no particular order:
Name Type Const. Notes
N6946 Gal Cep near OC N6939
N6939 OC Cep near gal N6946
N253 Gal Scl
N4565 Gal Com Bernice's Hairclip
N6960 SNR Cyg Western Veil
N6992 SNR Cyg Eastern Veil
N869 OC Per Double Cluster
N884 OC Per Double Cluster
N457 OC Cas Owl Cluster
N436 OC Cas Owl Dropping
N4038 Gal Crv Antennae
N4039 Gal Crv Antennae
N6888 BN Cyg Crescent (ghost of Mr. Potato-head)
N891 Gal And
N4567 Gal Vir Siamese Twins
N4568 Gal Vir Siamese Twins
CR399 asterism Vul Coathanger
N6826 PN Cyg Blinking Planetary
N6520 OC Sgr Near B86
B86 DN Sgr Near N6520
N6543 PN Dra Cat's Eye
N7293 PN Aqr Helical nebula
Keep looking up!
Mat
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