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 novbabies
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Reged: 06/05/05
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1-1-08, Happy New Year to me, saw my first ever galaxy - or object of any kind for that matter! - in Grus, NGC 7410, at about RA 22h55m00.00s, DE:-39°40'00.0"  !!
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Good Seeing!
Mark
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector
Assorted binoculars
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bicparker
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/07/05
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Loc: Plano, TX
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Congratulations! What a great first target.
In the fall, the Grus Quartet (NGC's 7552, 7582, 7590, & 7599) has become a traditional target (just because we can do it) at Eldorado Star Party for some. It is funny as we lie all our dobs on the ground at once to observe these little guys about 16 degrees above the horizon (at transit, that it). Bill Tschumy is to blame for all of this, naturally!
So I have a soft spot for Grus.
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Bic Parker
17.5" f/5 dob
10" f/10 SCT
5" f/8 refractor
80mm f/6 refractor
66mm f/6 refractor
Plus a few others out of the rotation
Edited by bicparker (01/04/08 07:32 AM)
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rocco13
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Reged: 07/29/06
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Loc: Phoenix, Arizona
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I can relate to your experience. Even though I'm at latitude 33°N, I haven't had much chance to see all that the southern skies has to offer. I'm on the north edge of Phoenix, so my southern skies are horribly light-polluted.
But when I recently went to a dark sky site south of the city, I was amazed at how much more of my atlas I was able to use. I remember seeing constellations I'd never seen before...Grus, Eridanus, Fornax, Sculptor, etc. Needless to say, my observing for those two nights was concentrated on that area, and was able to nab at least 20 galaxies in Eridanus, Cetus, and Sculptor, none of which would even be thinkable from my house.
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Rocco
Zhumell Z12
Super C8 (1984 vintage)
Celestron 102 f/5
and a cheap pair of binoculars
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sgottlieb
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Reged: 07/22/07
Posts: 339
Loc: SF Bay area
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Since you were able to view NGC 7410, if you head about two degrees further *north* you'll run into a string of galaxies in Grus -- IC 5273, N7421, N7418, IC 5264, IC 1459 -- that extends north into Sculptor (IC 5269 and IC 5270).
The best of the bunch is probably IC 1459 (it's comparable to N7410) and it's probably one of the brightest galaxies in the southern skies missed by John Herschel!
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Steve Gottlieb
18" f/4.3 Starmaster
Adventures In Deep Space
7500+ NGC/IC Visual Descriptions
NGC/IC Project
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CESDewar
GorillAstronomer
Reged: 01/16/05
Posts: 2069
Loc: Morganton, GA, USA
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Well that's a fine catch from your latitude.  I'm a bit North of you in GA, and I noticed that by 6:30pm, it's already down to 10° elevation which makes an 11.2 mag galaxy a pretty tough catch for anything but my biggest scope.
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Dave Mitsky
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You may also want to give IC 5148, a fine planetary nebula in Grus, a try. It was a fine sight from New Mexico Skies through a 30" Tectron.
http://www.eastvalleyastronomy.org/dsomarch/dsom0900.html
Dave Mitsky
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Chance favors the prepared mind.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
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novbabies
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Loc: Northern Georgia!
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Thanks for the tips everyone!!
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Good Seeing!
Mark
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector
Assorted binoculars
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