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astroron

25-05-2009, 10:02 AM

Chris Watson and a group of like minded astronomers have resurrected the NGC/IC Project:D
A very helpful site for "Deep Sky" observers:astron::astron::astron:
http://www.ngcicproject.org/

ngcles

25-05-2009, 10:25 AM

Hi Ron & All,

That's very good news -- thanks for letting us know mate!:thumbsup:

Best,

Les D

Robh

25-05-2009, 10:58 AM

Ron,

That's fantastic news!
Was a handy place to get info on any NGC object (data and pics).

Thanks for letting us know it's back online. :thumbsup:

Regards, Rob

glenc

26-05-2009, 04:00 PM

That is great news Ron, it is an excellent resource.

erick

26-05-2009, 04:32 PM

Thanks Ron. The things one can learn! Looking through the table, I thought, what is this really bright galaxy (2.2) with an NGC number, in Tuc? Huh? Oops, Small Magellanic Cloud - NGC 292 :rolleyes:

(Also discovered that M31 is NGC 224, while answering the question - what about this other bright (3.6) galaxy?)

Lismore Bloke

27-05-2009, 05:09 PM

A great collection of accessible data in one site. I love the observing list generator!

It reminds me of the comment by a staff member at Bintel Sydney when I was there a week or so ago: "These really are great days for amateur astronomy." When you think of the information, technological changes and the quality and affordability of equipment available now... how right he was!!