From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Sun Oct  1 06:01:22 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 1 Oct 2006 06:01:22 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) 
	Obj: NGC 6940, 8/7 - Inst: Brennweite 12.5 inch homemade Dobsonian
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Observation Poster: Steven H. Yaskell <steven.yaskell at wtnord.net>

Observer: Steven H. Yaskell
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: September 29, 2006 / 1950 UT
Location of site: Stockholm, Sweden (Lat 59:33, Elev 61m/200ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 5 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: Minor - crescent or far from object
Instrument: Brennweite 12.5 inch homemade Dobsonian
Magnification: x25, x40, x80
Filter(s): Deep Sky
Object(s): NGC 6940, 8/7
Category: Open cluster.
Class: E
Constellation: Vulpecula
Data: mag 8  size 20?
Position: RA 20:32.5n  DEC 28:08
Description:
Vulpecula's 6940, close to Cygnus border, resembles a small glowing diamond 
at x25, with the use of a Deep Sky filter. At x80 it loses this apparition 
and becomes less compact, to stars to the N, to staggered sets of stars 
W-E underneath. The background glow is still visible at x80, prominent
with the filter. It trails off to outliers E, in fact, and takes up at 
least 1/4 of a degree. At x40, it makes a teaspoon-like asterism.

At x80 it resembles the 13 inch image in Burnham (III) but unfortunately 
detect no central glowing core beneath the two above-face stars. I see
none of this,not even a glow. Chalk it up to my suburban sky and the 
slight autumn haze.

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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Sun Oct  8 17:29:01 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 8 Oct 2006 17:29:01 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 4332 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061008212901.1460.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 09/19/06  02:10 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 77x, 128x, 193x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 4332
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Dra
Data: mag 12.2  size 2.0' X 1.0'
Position: RA 12:23  DEC +65:51
Description:
A faint, uniform oval halo elongated NW-SE.  It shows no detectable
brightening toward the core.  An 11th magnitude field star is located
just off the S. edge.  This star marks the top of the long leg of an
"L" shaped asterism made up of five 10th and 11th magnitude stars with
the long axis of the "L" aligned NE-SW and the short axis NW-SE.

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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Sun Oct  8 17:38:51 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 8 Oct 2006 17:38:51 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 6236 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061008213851.1941.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 09/19/06  03:15 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 128x, 193x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 6236
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Dra
Data: mag 12.0  size 1.0' X 1.0'
Position: RA 16:44.5  DEC +70:48
Description:
A very faint circular nebulous patch of uniform appearance.  It shows
no detectable brightening toward the core.  NGC6232, located ~10' SW, 
could not be seen.

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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Thu Oct 12 16:44:13 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 12 Oct 2006 16:44:13 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: M 55 - Inst: 4.5" f/4.0 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061012204413.24276.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 09/24/06  02:05 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 4.5" f/4.0 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 150x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): M 55
Category: Globular cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Sgr
Data: mag 6.4  size 15'
Position: RA 19:40  DEC -30:58
Description:
An irregular circular halo which shows slight, gradual brightening to a
diffuse, circular core.  The core is only slightly brighter than the
haze in which it sits.  A scattering of faint stars are resolved completely
across the cluster and a 9th magnitude field star is located just off the
SSE edge.

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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Thu Oct 12 17:01:42 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 12 Oct 2006 17:01:42 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: M 30 - Inst: 4.5" f/4.0 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061012210142.25486.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 09/24/06  02:30 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 4.5" f/4.0 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 150x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): M 30
Category: Globular cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Cap
Data: mag 7.3  size 10'
Position: RA 21:40.5  DEC -23:10.5
Description:
A faint, irregular, circular halo which seems somewhate flattened on the
SE edge.  It brightens abruptly to a bright, dense, diffuse, circular core.
While a handfull of stars are resolved across the cluster, more are resolved
around the W-NW edge than elsewhere.  A pair of stars, aligned nearly N-S
are located just off the N. edge of the core.  An 8th magnitude field star
is just off the W. edge of the halo.
  
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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Thu Oct 26 11:43:28 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 26 Oct 2006 11:43:28 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 6338 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061026154328.25366.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10/21/06  01:55 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 128x, 193x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 6338
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Dra
Data: mag 12.3  size 1.5' X 1.0'
Position: RA 17:15  DEC +57:25
Description:
A faint, uniform oval halo elongated nearly N-S.  It shows very slight
diffuse brightening toward the core.  The galaxy is located ~10' S. of
an obtuse triangle of 9th and 10th magnitude field stars.  Of several
additional galaxies plotted within a 128x (34') field centered on NGC6338,
none could be seen.
  
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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Thu Oct 26 11:54:55 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 26 Oct 2006 11:54:55 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 233 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061026155455.26105.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10/21/06  02:50 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 128x, 193x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 233
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: And
Data: mag 12.4  size 1.0' X 1.0'
Position: RA 00:43.5  DEC +30:35
Description:
A very faint round halo of uniform appearance.  It shows no detectable
brightening toward the core.  The galaxy is located just S. of the midpoint
of a line drawn between three 9th magnitude field stars separated by 30',
a single star to the E. and a wide pair, aligned NE-SW, to the W..

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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Thu Oct 26 12:11:46 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 26 Oct 2006 12:11:46 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 7768 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061026161146.27334.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10/24/06  01:45 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 77x, 128x, 193x, 257x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 7768
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Peg
Data: mag 12.3  size 1.5' X 1.0'
Position: RA 23:51  DEC +27:10
Description:
A uniform oval halo elongated NE-SW.  It gradually brightens to a fairly
bright, diffuse core.  An 11th magnitude field star is located just off
the E. edge.  The galaxy is located ~15' SW of a wide pair of 8th and 10th
magnitude field stars which are aligned NW-SE.

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From owner at visualdeepsky.org  Mon Oct 30 11:50:06 2006
From: owner at visualdeepsky.org (Lew Gramer)
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:50:06 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Apologies for IAAC outages!
Message-ID: <200610301150.06547.owner@visualdeepsky.org>

Apologies to those who have experienced problems accessing 'netastrocatalog' 
email list or our Website http://www.visualdeepsky.org the last few days!

Our internet presence experienced some hiccups - but we believe those should 
all be ironed out now! I'll post again (or email all of you individually if I 
have to) should new problems crop up this week...


And sorry to have been absent last week - believe it or not, I really was on a 
desert island in the Bahamas, studying coral reefs! :) (And yes, the skies on 
the island were truly amazing. But no, sadly, I was working too hard at my 
job to do any all night observing sessions while I was there.)


Clear skies to all,
Lew Gramer
owner at visualdeepsky.org

From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Tue Oct 31 23:02:12 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 31 Oct 2006 23:02:12 -0500
Subject: (IAAC) 
	Obj: NGC 7769, NGC 7770, NGC 7771 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian
	reflector
Message-ID: <20061101040212.7087.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10/24/06  02:15 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 77x, 128x, 193x, 257x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 7769, NGC 7770, NGC 7771
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Peg
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
NGC7769; Mag 12.0, Size 2.0' X 2.0', RA 23:51, DEC +20:09
A large, uniform circular halo which gradually brightens to a fairly bright,
diffuse core.  Visible with averted vision at 77x, it was best seen at 193x.
NGC7771 is located ~4' SE.

NGC7770; Mag ~13.0, Size 0.5' X 0.5', RA 23:51.5, DEC +20:06
A small, uniform circular halo which shows no detectable brightening toward
the core.  Visible with averted vision at 128x, it did not bear magnification
well and was best seen at 128x-193x.  NGC7771 is located just off the N. edge.

NGC7771; Mag 12.3, Size 2.0' X 1.0', RA 23:51.5, DEC +20:07
An oval halo elongated NE-SW which, during moments of steady seeing, appears
slightly mottled.  It shows slight, gradual, diffuse brightening toward the
core.  Visible with averted vision at 77x, it was best seen at 193x.  NGC7769
is located ~4' NW and NGC7770 is just off the S. edge.


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From anonymous at sedna.atmob.org  Tue Oct 31 23:23:18 2006
From: anonymous at sedna.atmob.org (anonymous at sedna.atmob.org)
Date: 31 Oct 2006 23:23:18 -0500
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 7386 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Message-ID: <20061101042318.8016.qmail@sedna.atmob.org>

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10/24/06  02:45 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 128x, 193x, 257x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 7386
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Peg
Data: mag 12.3  size 1.0' X 1.0'
Position: RA 22:50  DEC +11:42
Description:
A uniform round halo which shows slight, gradual brightening to a diffuse
core.  Visible with direct vision at 128x, it was best seen at 193x.  A pair
of 10th and 11th magnitude field stars, aligned NW-SE, are located 10' SE and
point directly toward the galaxy.

NGC7385 is located 5' SSW.  NGC7383 and NGC7387, both located inside of the
same 128x (34') field centered on NGC7386, could not be seen.

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