From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com  Tue Jun 15 08:17:40 2010
From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:17:40 -0000
Subject: (IAAC)  Obj: Hickson 50 - Inst: 20" F 4
Message-ID: <20100515214046.12711.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com>

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Observation Poster: Barbara Wilson <bwilson2 at ix.netcom.com>

Observer: Barbara Wilson
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 5/15/2010 CDT
Location of site: Texas Star Party (Lat 30 36 38, Elev 5051 feet)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 1 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 20" F 4
Magnification: 504
Filter(s): none
Object(s): Hickson 50
Category: Cluster of galaxies.
Class: 
Constellation: U Maj
Data: mag 17.0  size 
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
Observed Hickson 50 last night.  I have seen all 5 components in a 36" with 
Larry Mitchell.
This observation was with my 20". Hickson 50 A was the only galaxy visible 
with careful study.  I believe it is much brighter than the published 
magnitude in the Hickson Catalogue, which is 18.4. My estimated visual 
magnitude of this galaxy based on comparison of other faint galaxies is 
approximately 17.2.
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From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com  Tue Jun 15 08:17:41 2010
From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:17:41 -0000
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Virgo Galaxy Cluster - Inst: Celestron Nexstar 102mm f6,
	6 refractor
Message-ID: <20100520000336.31006.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com>

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Observation Poster: Jose Ramon <joser416 at latinmail.com>

Observer: Jose Ramon
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: Spring 2010
Location of site: Colmenarejo, Madrid (Spain) (Lat 40? 33', Elev 899 mts)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 6 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestron Nexstar 102mm f6,6 refractor 
Magnification: *23, *46, *79
Filter(s): None
Object(s): Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Category: Group of galaxies.
Class: 
Constellation: Vir
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
Here's the first part of the observation campaign of the Virgo Cluster of this
year, that has spanned over April, May (and perhaps also June if weather is OK);
since it's so largue and contains so many galaxies, I've divided it into several
parts; the first one -this- will deal with its core, around M87, the second one
with its northern part (ie: the zone where're the largue spirals M99, M100,
among others), the third one with its eastern part (M59, M60, etc), and finally
the fourth one with the southern part (M49 and beyond):

*M87. Bright, small, round, well defined. Little gradient.

*NGC 4478. Elliptical to the west of M87. Looks like a much fainter version of
her, needing certain magnification to make it visible.

*M 89. Another elliptical, but to the east of M87. Round, small -but larguer
than M87-, certain gradient, bright but not so as NGC 4486 :). Appears at the S
of a relatively rich field of 9-10 magnitude stars.

*NGC 4550. Small elliptical/lenticular galaxy to the S of M 89. Faint, small,
well defined, no gradient. Needs *79 (=heavy darkening of the sky's background)
and averted vision to see it. Has a 12th magnitude star to the SE.

*M 90. 45 minutes of arc to the NE of M89. Largue -the larguest Virgo galaxy in
my observations-, Relatively faint -but well visible at *46-, elongated roughly
N-S, no gradient, diffuse.

*M 84, M 86 & friends :). M 84 and M 86 are bright and easy to see even at the
lowest power. Both are bright, well defined, and have certain gradient; what
makes them different are the shapes: M84 round and M86 elongated SE-NW, and a
bit larger.
At *79, and using averted vision, the spiral NGC 4388 is readily visible forming
a triangle with M 84 and M 86. She looks diffuse, elongated E-S, largue
-comparable to M 86-, and with no luminosity gradient.

To the E, starts the Markarian's chain, whose galaxies need at least *46 power
to see it (due to luminic pollution). The first two galaxies visible are NGC
4435 and NGC 4438, both easy ti pick at those powers; the first one (a barred
lenticular) looks quite small and round, with no gradient and well defined edges
(just its core); the second one -a distorted spiral; see for example
http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr08/pr0807.html- appears larguer, but also
more diffuse, with a bright core, diffuse edges, and certain gradient. 
Following E, the next galaxy is NGC 4461, another nearly edge-on barred
lenticular. It's elongated N-S, has no gradient, well defined, edges, and is
faint, needing averted vision and *79 power, but does not give much trouble to
pick it with that and the help of a 11th magnitude star that's to the N.
To the NE appears a brighter galaxy, the elliptical NGC 4473. Looks like a
typical elliptical elongated E-W, with well-defined edges and no luminosity
gradient. North of it appears NGC 4477, even another barred lenticular galaxy
(but seen face on) that appears round, well defined, with little gradient,
small, and needs the help of averted vision and *79 magnification to see it
-however, as NGC 4461 does not give many troubes-.  
Finally, to the NW and close to a 9th magnitude star that's to the SE and
disturbs a bit is NGC 4459, a face-on lenticular that looks like a round, small
disk with no gradient and well defined edges. Like NGC 4477, *79 power makes it
readily visible, mostly because it's more separated of that star. If we follow
to the NE, we'll see the largue spiral M88, but she's reserved for the second part.

Finally, far of the chain and at 1 degree S of M 84 appears NGC 4371, yet even
another barred lenticular galaxy. Looks relatively largue, elongated E-W, well
defined, and with little luminosity gradient.
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From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com  Fri Jun  4 19:32:16 2010
From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com)
Date: 4 Jun 2010 19:32:16 -0400
Subject: (IAAC)  Obj: NGC 4244 - Inst: 102mm f6,6 refractor
Message-ID: <20100604233216.21498.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com>

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Observation Poster: Jose Ramon <joser416 at latinmail.com>

Observer: Jose Ramon
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: June 4, 2010 23:30 UT
Location of site: Colmenarejo, Madrid (Spain) (Lat 40? 33', Elev 899 mts)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 6 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 102mm f6,6 refractor
Magnification: *23, *46, *79
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 4244
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: CVn
Data: mag 10,2  size 16,2' (max)
Position: RA 12:18  DEC 37?:48'
Description:
Invisible at very low powers (*23); if I got her was just because I had made a
sketch of the field that surrounds this galaxy as a guide. At *46, she becomes
faintly visible as a "torpedo" with no gradient and well-defined edges; I
estimate a size of roughly 10 minutes. No details visible.
At *79 only visible with averted vision, and also featureless.
 
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From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com  Fri Jun  4 19:41:59 2010
From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com)
Date: 4 Jun 2010 19:41:59 -0400
Subject: (IAAC)  Obj: NGC 4889 - Inst: 102mm f6,6 refractor
Message-ID: <20100604234159.21602.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com>

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Observation Poster: Jose Ramon <joser416 at latinmail.com>

Observer: Jose Ramon
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: June 4, 2010 23:00 UT
Location of site: Colmenarejo, Madrid (Spain) (Lat 40? 33', Elev 899 mts)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 6 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 102mm f6,6 refractor
Magnification: *79
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 4889
Category: External galaxy.
Class: Giant cD system (brightest Coma cluster galaxy)
Constellation: Com
Data: mag 11,4  size 2,9' * 1,9'
Position: RA 13h:00m  DEC 27?:59'
Description:
Only seen at high power a few minutes north of a 12th magnitude star as a small,
well defined, featureless, and with no gradient patch of light elongated E-W. No
trace of other Coma cluster galaxies, although I believe I was able to see once
the nearby (and also huge) NGC 4874, the second brightest member of this galaxy
cluster.
The edge of the known Universe for me :) (a large elliptical galaxy that
outshines even M87 at roughly 300 million ly away!)  
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From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com  Wed Jun 16 09:21:46 2010
From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com)
Date: 16 Jun 2010 09:21:46 -0400
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Virgo Galaxy Cluster - Inst: Celestron Nexstar 102mm f6,
	6 refractor
Message-ID: <20100616132146.31671.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com>

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Observation Poster: Jose Ramon <joser416 at latinmail.com>

Observer: Jose Ramon
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: Spring 2010
Location of site: Colmenarejo, Madrid (Spain (Lat 40 33', Elev 899)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 6 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestron Nexstar 102mm f6,6 refractor 
Magnification: *23, *46, *79
Filter(s): None
Object(s): Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Category: Cluster of galaxies.
Class: 
Constellation: Vir
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
OK, here's the second part of the observation campaign of the Virgo Cluster of 
this year. As promised, this one will focus on its northern part, where one 
can find most of its brightest spiral galaxies. Here we go:

*NGC 4064. Peculiar spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices and quite far of Virgo's 
center. Very elongated NW-SE, well defined, little gtradient, needs *79 power 
and a bit of averted vision to see it.

*M 98. Nearly edge-on spiral galaxy also in Coma Berenices. Needs *46 power to 
start to see it and the help of a chart. Elongated N-S, well defined, little 
gradient.

*M 99. Face-on spiral galaxy that at *23 can be seen (with difficulties), but 
that with higher powers become much easier to see. Largue, round (perhaps some 
elongation E-W), high luminosity gradient, diffuse ill-defined edges. Very 
beautiful (one of my favourite spirals); looks like an unresolved globular.

*M 100. Altough this spiral it's considerated by some authors as the larguest 
galaxy of the cluster, looks quite small. Can be guessed at *23 and at *46 and 
higher appears as a round patch of light with well-defined edges and no 
gradient; I suspect I'm seeing just its core (see the beautiful HST images).

*NGC 4212. An unexpected surprise. Despite being a late-type (Sc) and faint 
(11th magnitude) is clearly visible at least *46 power as an elongated E-W 
patch with little gradient and a bit ill-defined edges. Has a 11th magnitude 
star some minutes to the south that helps a lot in locating her.

*NGC 4216. Nearly edge-on spiral galaxy. As with M99, at *23 can be guessed 
and at higher powers is seen with no difficulties. Seen as a needle of light 
well defined, with no gradient, and elongated N-S.

*M 85 & NGC 4394. Largue lenticular galaxy (M 85) and one of the brightest 
galaxies of Virgo. Easily seen even at low powers as a well-defined patch 
elongated N-S with no luminosity gradient and forming a pair with a 10th 
magnitude star to the SE. With higher powers and averted vision, her companion 
the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4394 can be seen a few minutes to the east as a 
faint, round and diffuse patch with some luminosity gradient.

*NGC 4450. Peculiar spiral galaxy. Needs at least *46 power to start to see 
it, looking as a patch of light elongated N-S. Well defined, no luminosity 
gradient.

*NGC 4419. Another nearly edge-on galaxy to the N of M88. Needs at least *46 
power to start to see it. Very elongated SE-NW, little luminosity gradient, 
well-defined.

*M 88. Largue and bright spiral galaxy (one of the larguest and brightest 
spirals of Virgo). Between a 9th magnitude star and one double star formed by 
two 10th magnitude stars (closer to the former). Bright -can be seen with just 
*23 power-, elongated N-S (a bit NW-SE), well defined, little gradient; seen 
photos of it, it seems I saw (as always) just its central region.

*M 91. Barred spiral to the E of M88. At *46 pops up and despite being 
classified as one of the hardest Messier, it's not hard to see it. Largue, 
elongated E-W, ill-defined edges a bit diffuse, little luminosity gradient, at 
*79 seems to have its center "fatted" respect to the rest of the galaxy (once 
compared with photos, becomes clear I saw the bulgue and the bar)   
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From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com  Wed Jun 16 23:22:16 2010
From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com)
Date: 16 Jun 2010 23:22:16 -0400
Subject: (IAAC)  Obj: ngc 6067 - Inst: refractor 75 mm f13
Message-ID: <20100617032216.15811.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com>

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Observation Poster: Nuncius Australis <nunciusaustralis at gmail.com>

Observer: Nuncius Australis
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10 june 2010
Location of site: Buzios , Brazil (Lat 22 43?, Elev 0 m)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 6 <Bortle Scale (9 worst)>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: refractor 75 mm f13
Magnification: 50X
Filter(s): 
Object(s): ngc 6067
Category: Open cluster.
Class: T I 1 r
Constellation: Nor
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
Pretty bright . Very concentated. Its envolved into a avery rich field . !!!
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