Favorite galaxy - Page 2

astro_south (Andrew) · #21 29-09-2005, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dhumpie

I agree with Andrew being heavy on the pencil but the detail is there with averted vision in NGC 1365.

Darren

Much less averted vision is needed for the arms of 1365 when at the darker Leyburn skies where the drawing was done (and also when 1365 is high in the sky). Remember we were looking back through the brighter eastern skies on Saturday night from The Grove

Atlas - NGC 1566 (Spanish dancer) also displays her spirals in my scope and is easily in my top 10 too!

fringe_dweller · #22 29-09-2005, 08:01 PM

I agree - you dont need averted vision for the arms of 1365 if the skies are dark enough/suitable aperture scope - i have seen it non averted vision similar to the excellent drawing before, easy. But even then the averted vision is still another step up from that

..but for the most part I am an edge-on galaxy kind of guy I guess LOL

BD re galaxies - lucky you live under glorious darkskies then

mmmmmm giant dobs

...you know you want one - ...you NEED one - you MUST have it now!
*subliminal message brought to you by the makers of giant dobs*
Kearn

Starkler (Geoff) · #23 29-09-2005, 09:01 PM

Another vote for ngc 1365, in fact I love the whole fornax galaxy cluster

I also like :
ngc 4945 for being an easy to see galaxy in a nice starfield.
ngc 5102, being small and bright it makes part of a nice cross asterism.

gaa_ian (Ian) · #24 29-09-2005, 09:56 PM

1. M31 on a clear night in Summer's night, in the top end, with Bino's is an Awesome sight.
2. Crusing through the Virgo cluster with a big dob & a 31mm nagler

3. NGC 253 has got to be a winner too

RapidEye · #25 30-09-2005, 03:50 AM

M51 and M101 have to be in my top 5 - both are just amazing spirals!

Dunno if you guys can get those from Oz...

I'll trade you M51 for Omega Centauri =-)

CosMos (Rich) · #26 30-09-2005, 04:06 AM

Love all of the above and would include the superb galaxy cluster in Fornax where a 1 degree eyepiece field will show many in one go. How many do you ask?...go look!

Rich

mickoking · #27 30-09-2005, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CosMos

Love all of the above and would include the superb galaxy cluster in Fornax where a 1 degree eyepiece field will show many in one go. How many do you ask?...go look!

Rich

I know the area but have never tried. Whar size scope did you use.

mickoking · #28 30-09-2005, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by RapidEye

M51 and M101 have to be in my top 5 - both are just amazing spirals!

Dunno if you guys can get those from Oz...

I'll trade you M51 for Omega Centauri =-)

We will trade M73 for M51.

RapidEye · #29 30-09-2005, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by mickoking

We will trade M73 for M51.

Toss in the LMC and we've got a deal

mickoking · #30 30-09-2005, 11:58 AM

Rapideye, Mate.

This is my absolute last deal, We will take M51 from you and locate it in Octans

and in exchance you can rent the SMC for a nominal service fee.
But wait theres more I will throw in free of charge NGC 4372 yes you heard right free of charge. We down south have a surplus of Globular Clusters and everything must go...........

ps SMC rental does not include 47 tuc.

RapidEye · #31 30-09-2005, 10:47 PM

I've got a new IIS Telrad to toss into the deal

; however, nothing smaller than the LMC would be considered acceptable to my concortium...

In a moment of weakness, I might even consider tossing in my new AS&T subscription (after I read them of course), but that is going to require a time sharing agreement on the fornax GC - 60/40

mickoking · #32 01-10-2005, 11:12 AM

Your dreaming.

CosMos (Rich) · #33 02-10-2005, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mickoking

I know the area but have never tried. Whar size scope did you use.

Mickoking, a 20cm under a dark sky does it well. The two brightest are NGC 1399 and 1404 and there are many more scattered around the area. A lovely bit of the sky to go galaxy hopping. Once had a look with a 90cm scope and the view was like looking at the acne on a teenagers face, galaxies galore!

The night sky, the night sky
Where everyone gets a bargain.

Rich

#34 02-10-2005, 07:03 AM

hmmmm a toughy, I really dont have a fav. I'm like Ken I love them all. But I do like multiple views and my fav's would be.

M84, M86, N4388 which also includes N4402 & N4387 and a faint IC3303

Fornax Cluster, counted ten in the FOV N1404, N1399, N1387, N1389, N1379, N1381, N1380, N1374, N1375 & N1373

But if we have to go for singles then M51 which just gets high enough off the horizon to not need to swap it for SMC (that would be a crime). M104 because I love the knots and detail of this wonderful edgeon spiral. Another I couple seem to find appealing is Cadwell 72 & Cadwell 62. The latter reminds me of a bright comet with no coma around the nucleus. It has a foreground star at it's southern end of this semi edgeon spiral.

regards,CS

#35 02-10-2005, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by RapidEye

I've got a new IIS Telrad to toss into the deal

; however, nothing smaller than the LMC would be considered acceptable to my concortium...

How about the Coalsack! a wonderfull bright neb in our southern skies

Quote:

Originally Posted by RapidEye

In a moment of weakness, I might even consider tossing in my new AS&T subscription (after I read them of course), but that is going to require a time sharing agreement on the fornax GC - 60/40

Oh hell, we'll give you the Dark Doodad with a couple of stars from Omega Centuri thrown in, we could miss a couple out of there. But that's only because it is a FANTASTIC!!! mag. I hear you guy's are always copying stories out of it, so it must be good

regards,CS

fringe_dweller · #36 02-10-2005, 01:00 PM

Rapideye - how much for your bright pole star?
Kearn

#37 02-10-2005, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

Rapideye - how much for your bright pole star?
Kearn

Good Point!!!

Something we could actually do with

well some of us

regards,CS