Hi Dana,
Great to hear you have observed them and take heart that I spent a good part
of a year of my life hunting down historical co-ordinate errors such as the one for Ton 2.
Even the NGC was riddled with them.
Thanks for the detailed background on what is happening in the case of HP 1
and the puzzle it provides. By all means, please forward the links.
Great to hear you are bringing statistical techniques to bear as part of visual
observation! That's dedication. We Electrical Engineers love using Root
Mean Square metrics and Argo Navis reports its pointing performance in
terms of Root Mean Square (RMS) and Population Standard Deviation (PSD)
values.
I just had a look on Google maps where the village of Nieu Bethes was in the Karoo
and I can imagine you must have exceptional skies there.
One globular that I haven't seen is UKS 1. I've observed for a few hours one night
with Barbara Wilson in Texas. I know she has seen it in a 36" Dob that I
also got to look through that belongs to Larry Mitchell. I don't believe Australian
friend Andrew Murrell has ever seen it either, but I will ask.
Thanks again for the detailed response and that fascinating background.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
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