Article: 100 Brightest Galaxies for Southern Observers

[iceman]

Hi all.

Paul Mayo has kindly written a great article - The 100 Brightest Galaxies for Southern Observers.

You can read the article at the IceInSpace Articles (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/?projects) page, or directly by clicking on the link below:

The 100 Brightest Galaxies for Southern Observers (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,268,0,0,1,0)

Thanks to Paul Mayo for his contribution.

If you'd like to submit an article/how-to/review for the site, please contact me.

[iceman]

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[h0ughy]

might use this at lostock

[[1ponders]]

Great stuff. Very handy that one :thumbsup: Better print out a few copies h0ughy ;)

[ving]

think i need to print this one out. I never seen to have much luck finding galaxies tho but this might help :)

[fringe_dweller]

nice one - i was already a fan of Paul's article's when they were on his website - there ** good reads! :thumbsup:

[danielsun]

Thanks for that!!!! i like my fuzzies!! , just printed it off. That will come in handy!!! ;)

[Rodstar]

Who's seen them all? (not me, but yet another project presents itself :P )

[ballaratdragons]

As a Galaxy freak I jumped into this thread! Ooooo goody, Galaxies!!!!!

Then I saw the list :o :sad:

It's fine for folks with GoTo, Argo-Navis, etc.

I can't understand all those Dec & RA figures so it's useless to me. I'm better with a star map & go star hopping to find things. :) That's how I find all my Galaxies.

[mickoking]

G,day cobbers,


This list seems like a good challenge, Im hooked ;)

[gaa_ian]

I know what you mean Ken .... I'm a star hopper myself
It's great to have this list though, what is the signifigance of B-mag?
How does this relate to intrinsic brightness (apparent magnitude ?)

[Glenn Dawes]

Hi guys,

Paul, the list is galaxies is great and I would use it if it was presented differently. It doesn't seem to be in any order? A star hopper, like me, would like to see it arranged by constellation. Someone who uses setting circles (or an Argo Navis) might like it in RA order.

Is it available as an Excel spreadsheet, for it needs sorting.

Regards

Glenn D

[iceman]

It's sorted by magnitude now, which is how it arrived to me in a word doc. I copied it to excel in order to put formatting tags around the data, so I could've used that opportunity to sort by different columns.

When I get some spare time, I'll add some download links to the article to be able to download it as a PDF sorted by different columns.

[gaa_ian]

I think I can frame my question a little better than late last night:
Is the magnitude shown the "Absolute" Mag. or the "Apparent" Magnitude (I think I have that right.)
For Example M33 has a high Absolute Mag. but a low Apparent Mag. because its light is spread out over a large area, making it a challenge to see.

[Glenn Dawes]

Thanks Mike, I notice that now (I'm definitely not a morning person). Is it possible to get the Excel document?

Regards

Glenn

[xrekcor]

Ving you should try the Virgo-Coma cluster which is now appearing in the
morning. I logged 65 in my trusty 8" in one night including the M objects all
within a few degree's of each other. especially on the southern and western
flanks. Try and locating M84 & M86 in a low powered wide field ep, and see
what else you can find. This is one on my most favorite multiple galaxy
views. You can then swing NE by a FOV and follow the chain : ) there a
dozen right there!

BD, I'm like you a star hopper, can find pretty much anything within the
limit of my scope, and prefer it that way. Do you have CDC or something?
you can punch in the numbers, print em out and still do it the traditional
way.

regards,CS

[[1ponders]]

Glen, try left click and drag over the table and then copy it and paste it into excel. Pasted fine when I did it and now I can sort to my hearts content.

[PhotonCollector]

Hi everyone,

Gee I'm sorry. I didn't realize there had been responses to this article I posted. First I would like to say that I am happy that some of you have found uses for the list - that was the whole idea giving this information to other amateurs.

Yes, the list is available in Excel (but it sounds like some of you have already manipulated and sorted it anyhow). The list is in R.A. order so the galaxies that are visible can be related to the time of observation, but once in Excel you can of course sort it anyway you like.

The B-Mag. is the Magnitude measured through the blue photo plate (the only data available) and is still a good indicator for the Magnitude even though it may slightly differ from a visual magnitude.

There is an IRAS galaxy in the list - It's an Infra-Red galaxy and maybe it shouldn't be in the list or maybe it should. If you an observer only, then
it probably should be dropped off the list since it is an infra-red galaxy you won't ever see it - on the other hand if you an astrophotographer with a infra-red sensitive camera then it should be on the list.

In fact I didn't think anyone took notice of this Article and so I didn't go on to produce the other lists/articles I had planned on.

I did plan ;

The 100 brightest Planetary Nebula for Southern Observers,
The 50 Largest Globular Star Clusters for Southern Observers,

Best Regards
Paul Mayo

[iceman]

I think they'd be very useful Paul, and would be great if you took time to write them!

[mental4astro]

I can't believe I've only NOW just found this excellent article! :rolleyes::ashamed::doh:

This is one article I'll be raiding regularly, :2thumbs:

Ta, Paul.

[Spookyer]

Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, just copy and paste it into Excel then you can sort away to your hearts content.

[mithrandir]

I've been hunting for the catalogs to try to generate the "100 Brightest Planetary Nebulae for Southern Observers" but none of the catalogs on Vizier appear to have magnitudes. The closest appears to be MASH which has spectral line intensities.