Bill Weir
scholastic sledgehammer
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The first portion of the NGC/IC Project is now complete. The link provided has DSS images of all the NGC objects and many of the ICs, It also has the most relevent information on these objects. This represents over 9 years of work by, Bob Erdmann, Steve Gottlieb and Dr. Harold Corwin.
http://www.ngcic.org/dss/dss_ngc.asp
Save this link to your favorites. I've put it at the top of mine.
Bill
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AJTony
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Truly a great site!
Thanks Bill,
AJ
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Corn
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Wow!
Nice work, thanks.
Cheers
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Anonymous
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This a monumental work and already has been on my favorite list for some time. Hats off and a bow of respect for all involved in this project.
Roger
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Chris Graham
mmmm...Haggis
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That is simply outstanding work !!!!
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Erix
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Wonderful...thank you very much!
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Erika
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ForgottenMObject
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Wow...
That is incredible!
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Matthew
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jdickson
professor emeritus
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Loc: Desert Hot Springs, Ca
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Awesome! What a fantastic reference.
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Joe
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DougieBoy
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Reged: 06/12/05
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Loc: New Jersey
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Impressive indeed.
Not to diminish what can be done with this as is, but I'm curious if additional categorization / grouping / searching will be built into the interface, for example, grouping objects by constellation. I would think it would be fairly straightforward if the data elements were already stored in a database-oriented format, which I would guess they are.
Doug
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RRaubach
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Wow!
This is an extermely vlauable link! Thanks!
Rodger 
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Rodger
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desertstars
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Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Wow, indeed. Bookmarked and ready to use...
Thanks for pointing this out! 
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Tom W.
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Starman1
Vendor - Scope City
Reged: 06/24/03
Posts: 10955
Loc: Los Angeles
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Ever since the report of this on Amastro, I've been looking up all my NF's (not-founds) to see whay I may not have been able to identify something.
It'll take me a while (I have quite a few).
I'd like to thank Corwin, Gottlieb, Erdmann for resolving so many of my NF's and enabling me to update the locations of so many mis-plotted objects in the RNGC.
I hope this will notify Steve Coe (I think he lurks here) so the SAC database can be updated and corrected.
What a monumental work!
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Don Pensack
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typhus
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/06/04
Posts: 667
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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A definite bookmark for me. That is a wonderful resource. Thanks for sharing.
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Shane
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b_erdmann
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Reged: 07/18/05
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Loc: Prescott, Arizona
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Dougieboy:
Go to http://www.ngcic.org/oblstgen.htm . There you can do a search (generate an observing list) by constellation, by faintest magnitude, by NGC only (no IC's), etc. Mayhaps this will help.
/Bob Erdmann - Webmaster & Core Team Member
The NGC/IC Project - http://www.ngcic.org
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DougieBoy
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Reged: 06/12/05
Posts: 125
Loc: New Jersey
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Thank you much, Bob. A very nice capability indeed.
...and welcome to the forum. Your efforts are much appreciated.
Doug
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16" f/4.5 Teeterscope (Truss Dob)
10x50's
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b_erdmann
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Loc: Prescott, Arizona
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Thanks, Dougieboy - much appreciated.
We'll probably publish a set of books to be used at the eyepiece containing all of the NGC (and IC) images along with basic information on each object as well. Right now it's just a thought, but we've had a lot of folks ask for something like that over the years. I've obtained the permission from the Digitized Sky Survey to use the images on our web site in a book, or books, so if we decide to do it the ground work is laid.
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Bob Erdmann - Webmaster & Project Team Leader
The NGC/IC Project - www.ngcic.org
Prescott, Arizona
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Jim52
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 Thanks to all involved! Just added to my favorites! Jim
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jdickson
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/26/04
Posts: 685
Loc: Desert Hot Springs, Ca
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Quote:
Thanks, Dougieboy - much appreciated.
We'll probably publish a set of books to be used at the eyepiece containing all of the NGC (and IC) images along with basic information on each object as well. Right now it's just a thought, but we've had a lot of folks ask for something like that over the years. I've obtained the permission from the Digitized Sky Survey to use the images on our web site in a book, or books, so if we decide to do it the ground work is laid.
That would be a nice field reference. I'd pay money for a Palm PDA formatted data file version also
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Joe
10" f5 ATM dob, 20x80 p-mount binos.
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Starman1
Vendor - Scope City
Reged: 06/24/03
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Loc: Los Angeles
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I agree. I'd pay whatever it costs. It would be THE definitive reference. [I'd throw away my RNGC and similar books].
I suspect that it would help tremendously in the field to help identify a lot of ? objects.
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Don Pensack
12.5" Truss Dob, 5" Maksutov
Sustaining Lifetime IDA member, TeleVue junkie
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b_erdmann
member
Reged: 07/18/05
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Loc: Prescott, Arizona
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We're just in the talking stages at this point, but your input is very informative. I suspect that we will produce the books. Currently it looks like 2000 objects per book (4 per page, 8 per physical page) i.e. 250 pages per book. That yields 4 books to cover the entire NGC (7840 objects). A 5th book with all of the puzzle solutions, and a 6th book containing Steve Gottlieb's visual observations of over 6000+ NGC objects. They would be spiral bound so that they could be folded back on themselves or lay flat on an observing table. I'm also taking any additional ideas as to format, number of books, layout, etc. After all, you folks are the intended audience.
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Bob Erdmann - Webmaster & Project Team Leader
The NGC/IC Project - www.ngcic.org
Prescott, Arizona
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