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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

May 28, 2004 12:56 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Gaseous nebulae showing detail

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Some additional noteworthy nebulae:

NGC 40 (the Bow Tie Nebula) - planetary
NGC 1435 (the Merope Nebula) - reflection
NGC 1535 (Cleopatra's Eye) - planetary
NGC 1931 - reflection
NGC 2024 (the Flame Nebula)
NGC 2068 (M78) - reflection
NGC 2070 (the Tarantula Nebula) - located in the LMC
NGC 2261 (Hubble's Variable Nebula) - reflection
NGC 2392 (the Eskimo Nebula) - planetary
NGC 2438 - planetary associated with M46
NGC 3132 (the Eight Burst Nebula) - planetary
NGC 3372 (the Eta Carinae Nebula) - the best emission nebula in the heavens
NGC 3587 (M97, the Owl Nebula) - planetary
NGC 6210 - planetary
NGC 6543 (the Cat's Eye Nebula) - planetary
NGC 6572 (the Emerald Nebula) - planetary
NGC 6826 (the Blinking Nebula) - planetary
NGC 6781 - planetary
NGC 6888 (the Crescent Nebula)
NGC 7000 (the North America Nebula)
NGC 7009 (the Saturn Nebula) - planetary
NGC 7293 (the Helix) - planetary
NGC 7635 (the Bubble Nebula)
NGC 7662 (the Blue Snowball) - planetary

Dave Mitsky

June 18, 2004 08:53 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Neptune

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Neptune is smaller, of course. At 200x plus it appears as a small blue disk to my eyes.

Dave Mitsky

June 22, 2004 03:50 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Menard 400?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Ask and ye shall receive or perhaps retrieve as it was Dogpile that dug up the Menard 400 at http://www.1000plus.com/vic400.htm

Dave Mitsky

June 27, 2004 10:48 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Morning Star Contest - Venus Returns! (Naked-Eye Sighting Announced)

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Carl,

I saw Venus rather easily with the naked-eye early this Sunday morning, 2004/6/27, at approximately 5:15 a.m. EDT (9:15 UT). Through an 8" f/6 Hardin Dob at 72x the planet presented itself as a thin crescent.

Dave Mitsky

July 3, 2004 11:40 AM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

25 mm MK-70 for deep sky?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The Astronomical Society of Harrisburg owns the 25 and 40mm U.O. MK-70 eyepieces. (I suggested their purchase, as a matter of fact.) They work very well in our 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain but show a bit of astigmatism in our 12.5" f/6.5 Cave Astrola Newtonian.

The 25mm's eye relief is not as much as you might think. I need to have my eye fairly close to the eye lens to take in the entire field.

Dave Mitsky

July 6, 2004 02:34 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Favorite globular cluster?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
My favorite is NGC 104 (47 Tucanae) at very high power. Otherwise, it's NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri). I'll be seeing both of them again from the Bolivian Andes by the end of the week!

Dave Mitsky

July 6, 2004 02:50 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Herschel Question

Posted By Dave Mitsky
A few of them will be tough unless you have a very good VLM. I was unable to log NGC 6118, perhaps the most difficult object on the list, through 17 and 20 inch classical Cassegrains at sites with VLMs of a bit better than 5 and 5.5 but finally bagged it with Phil Harrington's 8" Criterion Dynascope at Stellafane.

The legendary observer Jay Reynolds Freeman observed the entire H400 with a 55mm fluorite refractor some years ago.

Dave Mitsky

July 8, 2004 02:00 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Mercury 9.4 Arcminutes from Mars - Sat July 10

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I should have a good view of this event from Huatajata, Bolivia, on Saturday.

BTW, I agreed with your letter to the editor that appeared in the August issue of Astronomy.

Dave Mitsky

July 22, 2004 07:20 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

M55 in Sagittarius

Posted By Dave Mitsky
M55 is an excellent object but northern latitudes don't do it much justice. As seen from the southern hemisphere it is certainly among the top ten globular clusters. I had some great views of M55 from Bolivia through a 22" Starmaster last week and in June of 2002.

Dave Mitsky

August 18, 2004 08:48 AM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

PSTs etal at Stellafane

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Paul,

Thanks for snapping my picture! The fellow in the tie-dye Stellafane t-shirt looking through John Vogt's Solar Max 40 is yours truly and my significant other, Maura, is standing behind me.

Dave Mitsky

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