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MessierScott
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Re: Minkowski's Buterlfy?
07/29/08 11:06 AM
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Got this one in June of 2006 with my 20-inch at 279x on an exceptionally steady night at our clubs dark sky site:
"Minkowski’s Butterfly! Nothing like the Hubble image, but the definite shape is there! A central star is visible at the center. Can be seen with direct vision, but averted vision almost doubles the length of the two “wings”. Wings extend to the N and S extending the object 3 or 4 times its width. The “wings” appear to be detached from the central star by only an extremely narrow gap. A OIII or UHC filter doesn’t show any more detail. To the NE 30’ is faint planetary nebula (?) DHW 2-1 between to bright stars."
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Scott Kranz
20-inch f/4.3 Starmaster w/Zambuto mirror, Feathertouch focuser, GO TO & tracking
7-inch Starmaster
H-alpha Coronado PST
Denkmeier II binoviewers w/24mm Panoptics
16x80 binos
Astronomical Society of Kansas City
Astronomical League Messier, Meteor, Sunspotter, & Asteroid Observing Programs Coordinator
ASKC Dark Sky Site
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