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Old 09-07-2018, 04:51 PM
Tropo-Bob (Bob)
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NORMA - The Grand Tour

Norma is a small constellation that does not have stars designated as Alpha or Beta.

Below are the subjects in Norma that I wish to view:-


The Main Stars:

The following four stars make up the square in Norma.

Gamma Normae (Nor). The brighest part of Norma. Gamma is used to designate two nearby stars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Normae

Delta Nor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Normae

Eplison Nor. Said to be a fine double star.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Normae

Eta Nor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Normae

Mu Nor. It is 339,000 times the luminosity of the sun and 40 times its mass.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_Normae



Objects of interest.

NGC 6067. Open cluster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6067

The Great Attractor. "Approximately 200 million light-years from Earth with a redshift of 0.016 is Abell 3627; also called the Norma Cluster, it is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known to exist, at ten times the average cluster mass. Abell 3627 is thus theorized to be the Great Attractor, a massive object that is pulling the Local Group, the Virgo Supercluster, and the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster towards its location at 600–1000 kilometres per second."
I assume that I will not be able to see this, but will nevertheless point a scope in that direction and see how I go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Cluster

NGC 5946. A faint globular.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5946

Menzel 2. Said to be the brightest planetary in Norma.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzel_2

Shapley 1. The Fine Ring Nebula. Another Planetary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley_1


Messier objects in Norma: Nil.
Caldwell Objects in Norma: C89
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