I discovered a galaxy - really! :-)

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Still waiting.
Cheers

Got an Answer for you Ron!

It's called Scl-MM-Dw1 and is at

R.A. (h:m:s) 00:47:34.93 ± 2''
Decl. (d:m:s) −26:23:19.7 ± 2''

Paper is HERE

They used the 6.5m Magellan telescope, so......I win!

Mike

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Got an Answer for you Ron!

It's called Scl-MM-Dw1 and is at

R.A. (h:m:s) 00:47:34.93 ± 2''
Decl. (d:m:s) −26:23:19.7 ± 2''

Paper is HERE

They used the 6.5m Magellan telescope, so......I win!

Mike

Great stuff Mike
And thanks
I won't bother looking with the 16" then
Cheers

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Great stuff Mike
And thanks
I won't bother looking with the 16" then
Cheers

Yeah Gary Kopff noted it in his reply (#31) to my original post but I didn't recognise it as the No.1 of my No.2 at that stage but our paper's author Aaron Romanowsky has confirmed it is indeed our dw1

With a surface brightness similar to my little baby of 26mag/squ arc sec, you'd essentially....have Buckley's mate

Mike

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yeah Gary Kopff noted it in his reply (#31) to my original post but I didn't recognise it as the No.1 of my No.2 at that stage but our paper's author Aaron Romanowsky has confirmed it is indeed our dw1

With a surface brightness similar to my little baby of 26mag/squ arc sec, you'd essentially....have Buckley's mate

Mike

Yes I missed Gary's post as well,thanks for the reminder.
Now go and take a picture of #1 to complement your #2.
Cheers