NGC 371 in the SMC

[Stevec35]

I managed to get a bit of Hydrogen Alpha for NGC 371 in the SMC. The data wasn't great but these days you take what you can get. Eventually I hope to produce a mosaic of this area centred on NGC 346.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/NGC371_STL6303_RC.htm

[Hagar]

Very nice Steve, Wow the mosaic sounds great and quite an effort.
Look forward to seeing more.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Doug. Don't hold your breath on the mosaic though given the weather.

Cheers

Steve

[glenc]

I am very impressed by that shot Steve.

[Alchemy]

The 2 frame mosaic looks good, particularly the 346 side ( presume it has more data) . A great project, of a not too popular section of the SMC.

[Stevec35]

Thanks guys. Judging by the weather (it's raining again) the mosaic should be finished sometime in 2012.

[TrevorW]

Good one Steve of another obscure target Have you any reference to these nebual and others in the LMC as to VB etc

[glenc]

Trevor this catalogue gives the sizes of LMC & SMC objects.

Catalogue of extended objects in Magellanic Clouds (Bica+, 2008)
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J%2FMNRAS%2F389%2F678 (http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?J/MNRAS/389/678)
You can join the selected tables. If you type *NGC* in the names box it will list only the NGC objects.

NGCs 330, 346 and 371 are visible in 7x50 binoculars.

[TrevorW]

Thanks Glen but in my frustration I found this site which seems easier to follow the item I'm looking for is in the IC catalogue

http://www.ngcicproject.org/

[Stevec35]

Thanks Trevor. I still use my copy of Hartung "Astronomical Objects for Southern telescopes" a lot but I understand that copies of it are very hard to find these days.

Steve

[TrevorW]

Thanks Steve FYI 1st edition second hand at Amazon $286