markan
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A couple of nights ago I looked at NGC1502 Kemble's Cascade for the first time. It's now my current favorite. I'll have to go back and look again.
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David Knisely
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A couple of nights ago I looked at NGC1502 Kemble's Cascade for the first time. It's now my current favorite. I'll have to go back and look again.
I can't say that I can pin down a favorite, as there are simply too many to choose from. Favorite NGC galaxy: NGC 253: Favorite NGC Open Cluster: (tie) NGC 7789, NGC 457, (and maybe one or two more). Favorite NGC Planetary Nebula: NGC 2392. Favorite NGC Globular: NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri). One thing to note however, is that NGC 1502 is merely located near the southeastern *end* of Kemble's Cascade (the number does not refer to the entire asterism itself). Clear skies to you.
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walt r
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NGC7331 and friends is up there on my list.
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AlanK
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Impossible to say - so its all of them for me.
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FirstSight
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NGC 2362, a superb very young open cluster in Canis Major (unfortunately, it's not yet in-season to view at the moment). It's centered on a very bright star Tau Canis Major, and surrounded closely by about 60 fainter hot blue stars like a jewelry pattern, and also still visibly contains some of the nebulosity of the original gas cloud from which all these stars were born about 5 million years ago (which on the universe's time scale, qualifies as very young indeed). This cluster jumps out very distinctively from the background (no ambiguity when you've found it whatsoever), yet being in the plane of the winter milky way is surrounded by a fairly rich background of nonassociated stars. Absolutely splendid in either a low-power widefield eyepiece (30-50x) set against this lush background, or in a medium-power (e.g. about 80-100x) eyepiece focusing more narrowly on the cluster itself.
For galaxies, NGC 5128 (aka "Centaurus A) is near the top of my favorites, although it's too low on the horizon to be easily viewed except from the southernmost United States (it lies just a small handful of degrees almost directly north of Omega Centauri). Visually, it appears as a near-spherical glow bisected by the most vividly defined dark lane you'll ever see (more of a dark belt than a "lane").
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Edited by FirstSight (08/18/09 06:54 PM)
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rocco13
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Favorite NGC's
253
4565
2438 - that little planetary 'hanging' in M46
891 (my favorite - when I conditions allow me to see it!)
869/884 (Double Cluster)
5139 (Omega Centauri)
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Jim Curry
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1502 is one of my favorites as well. From your description I'm not sure if you were focused on the cluster or the asterism. The cluster is small enough to take in ALL details and handles high X well revealing patterns and double stars up to 200x in my scope.
Jim
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markan
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I was focused on the asterism. I could see the Cascade and cluster both. We're finally getting some very clear, dry nights in my locale so I hope to go looking at this again tonight.
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Edited by markan (08/19/09 12:32 PM)
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Doug Brown
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There all good in there on ways.
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I have loved the stars too truly to be fearfull of the night. ---Sarah Williams, 1868
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Man in a Tub
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NGC869 and NGC884, the Double Cluster in Perseus. Also, many other NGC and non-NGC OCs — large and small, but the Double Cluster is the favorite.
Clear Skies!
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HellsKitchen
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I've always been fond of NGC 3242. Best PNe in the sky IMO, large, bright and shows vivid colour at the eyepiece.
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I love them all, but 7331 (galaxy), 7662 (PN), and 884/869 (OC) have special places in my heart.
Ron
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Dain
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As under my location says...by far, NGC 4565.
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azure1961p
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A couple of nights ago I looked at NGC1502 Kemble's Cascade for the first time. It's now my current favorite. I'll have to go back and look again.
Named after Father Lucien Kemble but brought to my* attention by Walter Scott Houston, I cant help but "see" both of them when either viewing or just hearing it mentioned. If I'm not mistaken, Walter named it such after being told of it by Kemble.
My favorite NGC... kind of like saying - whats your favorite food... I dont think I can answer that really.
BUT...
I can say that in Lynx I am looking forward to seeing NGC2683 again. A really "well lit" near edge on galaxy.
Pete
*He mentioned it in one of his monthly articles, he never contacted me per se.
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Edited by azure1961p (08/22/09 10:58 AM)
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azure1961p
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NGC7331 and friends is up there on my list.
I love that galaxy - like a distant M31 with some nice satellite galaxies of which I've only seen one. 
Pete
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David Pavlich
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There's several, but NGC457 and NGC869 and NGC884 really stick out.
David
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