| NerfMonkey |
| (sage) |
| 06/29/09 10:50 PM |
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Re: Glob Hoppin'
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The most striking thing to me about NGC 6540 is that it appears substantially elongated east/west. I thought my recent sketch had perhaps overemphasized this, but a look at the Digitized Sky Survey confirms its' shape. I can not think of any other globular that is so elongated. Can anyone else?
Not me. I've seen all the Messier globs and none of them have as much elongation as 6540, and I don't remember seeing any non-Messier globs that are anything like it.
I'd like to see this one under a truly dark sky and see if more detail can be teased out of it.