Do you need some observing ideas?
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Re: Do you need some observing ideas?
His guides run the gamut of constellation guides to various catalogues within object type categories. There is a lot of stuff here to be certain, with over 50 individual observing guide packages available for free download.
But be warned that many of the individual observing guide packages are quite large, running in the multiple GB size range because the
Scopes: Astro Sky 17.5 f/4.5 Dob || Apertura AD12 f/5 Dob || Zhumell Z10 f/4.9 Dob ||
ES AR127 f/6.5 || ES ED80 f/6 || Apertura 6" f/5 Newtonian
Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
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ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
Filters (2 inch): DGM NPB || Orion Ultra Block, O-III and Sky Glow || Baader HaB
Primary Field Atlases: Uranometria All-Sky Edition and Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas
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Re: Do you need some observing ideas?
I took the southern skies list from the first and took out the galaxies. Still leaves enough to look through, I probably have done a fair chunk of them.
I still have to check them against my logs.
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Re: Do you need some observing ideas?
Thanks Clinton. I am not sure what all is included in the southern edition, but just trying to cover the bases, I would suggest the following star cluster catalogues which are oriented to your region of the sky. They are all individual editions within the star clusters CSOG group, and not significantly large files. I have observed some from each of these while on my more southern forays. Good luck and hope you find something in there to add to your targets.KingClinton wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 4:55 pm Thanks for the links Alan.
I took the southern skies list from the first and took out the galaxies. Still leaves enough to look through, I probably have done a fair chunk of them.
I still have to check them against my logs.
Basel
Bochum
Haffner
Hogg
Loden
Lynga
Pismis
Ruprecht
Van den Bergh-Hagen
Scopes: Astro Sky 17.5 f/4.5 Dob || Apertura AD12 f/5 Dob || Zhumell Z10 f/4.9 Dob ||
ES AR127 f/6.5 || ES ED80 f/6 || Apertura 6" f/5 Newtonian
Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
EPs: AT 82° 28mm UWA || TV Ethos 100° 21mm and 13mm || Vixen LVW 65° 22mm ||
ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
Filters (2 inch): DGM NPB || Orion Ultra Block, O-III and Sky Glow || Baader HaB
Primary Field Atlases: Uranometria All-Sky Edition and Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas
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"Astronomers, we look into the past to see our future." (me)
"Seeing is in some respect an art, which must be learnt." (William Herschel)
"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean." (Sir Isaac Newton)
"No good deed goes unpunished." (various)
“Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?” (Scarecrow, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
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