· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Deep Sky Observing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 nytecam Postmaster Reged: 08/20/05 Posts: 5744 Loc: London UK M25 OC + Pal 8 GC       #3313135 - 09/03/09 02:57 PM Attachment (11 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's a wideangle shot from last week via my e-finder of OC M25 that may also be helpful in locating globular Pal 8 ~2 degs east at Mv 10.9. The red exposure highlight mag 6 star V3879 Sgr immediately north of Pal 8 Both clusters in the visual murk from London -------------------- Nytecam 51N 0.1W Meade 30cm LX200+ETX-70+e-finder+C8+Ha+CaK PSTs SBIG SGS+homebuilt spectrographs Starlight SXVF_M9+Lodestar CCDs/Canon 300D DSLR/Fuji E550 My observatory build-ETX-70 imaging-my videos Post Extras:       star drop Guilty as Charged Reged: 02/02/08 Posts: 16198 Loc: Snow Plop, WNY Re: M25 OC + Pal 8 GC [Re: nytecam]       #3313616 - 09/03/09 07:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That sure is a faint globular cluster. -------------------- Ted Post Extras:       sgottlieb sage Reged: 07/22/07 Posts: 339 Loc: SF Bay area Re: M25 OC + Pal 8 GC [Re: star drop]       #3314121 - 09/04/09 01:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It may not look like much on the image, but it's actually one of the brighter Palomar globulars and easier to view than a few of the NGC globulars! Here are my last couple of observing notes for Pal 8 (at dark sites) -- 18" (7/14/07): this moderately bright Palomar was immediately visible at 174x as a 3' disc with a slightly uneven surface brightness, with no visible core. At 280x, the central 2' is clearly slightly brighter and the 3.5' halo is very irregular or scraggly. Perhaps a dozen very faint stars are resolved over the face of the cluster. At 393x, a brighter star at the south edge of the core is a very close double and cluster is quite clumpy, although there was no additional resolution. 18" (7/19/04): at 225x appears moderately bright and large, round, ~3.5' diameter, with little or no central concentration. Still, this is a surprisingly prominent Palomar GC that was missed by the Herschels. Four or five faint stars are scattered around the periphery. At 434x, the surface brightness is very irregular and mottled and the halo is no longer round but more ragged. A nice mag 14 double star is at the south edge and a couple of additional stars (compared to 225x) pop in and out of visibility over the disc. -------------------- Steve Gottlieb 18" f/4.3 Starmaster Adventures In Deep Space 7500+ NGC/IC Visual Descriptions NGC/IC Project Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 5 registered and 4 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Olivier Biot  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 130 Jump to *International Year of Astronomy 2009* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA*Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Celestron SkyScout and Meade mySky   Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning and Intermediate Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   NEO   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space Exploration   AstroWebsites   Space Rocks*Speciality Forums* -----   AstroArt   Astronomy Software & Computers   Stellar Media   Astro Outreach, Clubs and Star Parties*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements CN Forums Home

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