Telescope Reviews: Re: Cheshire Cat & Harrington's STAR List

Mike,

Thanks for the welcome! This is a great forum.

The discussion on this thread concerning the asterism is not actually a parallel find. I made the announcement of the discovery on StarryNights in 2002 to see what this grouping of stars was called. It was so distinctive I thought it would've been named already.

I soon found out I was the first to bring this to the attention of amateur astronomers and Carol L. was one of the first to view it after the announcement. It has been a favorite of hers since. She briefly mentions this in her first reply to this thread.

Re: S.T.A.R. List: Phil Harrington posted his favorites in a Sky & Telescope article in the May 1998 issue. See Phil's books 'Touring the Universe Through Binoculars' and 'The Deep Sky: An Introduction' for additional asterisms.

On the Yahoo! Group 'skymap' I found this awhile ago. It lists over 2 dozen S.T.A.R. asterisms. This may or may not be complete since I haven't looked through Phil's books yet:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skymap/message/5463

All the best.

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Date: Fri Sep 6, 2002 12:20 pm
Subject: Re: [skymap] Re: Asterism Catalog? Wayne@...
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Found this on the net,

The planned list, caged from Mr. Harrington's books, looks like this:

STAR Number
Constellation
Time of Year
Size
Focal Length
RA
DEC
Name

1
Ursa Minor
Summer
45'
600 mm
2h 32m
89d 0m
Diamond Ring

2
Fornax
Summer
30' X 30'
2500 mm
3h 27m
-35d 0m
Chi 1,2,3

3
Camelopardalis
Winter
150'
600 mm
4h 0m
63d 0m
Kemble's Cascade

4
Auriga
Winter
75'
600 mm
5h 19m
33d 40m
Flying Minnow

5
Monoceros
Winter
15'
2500 mm
6h 41m
-9d 0m
Arrow Head

6
Leo Minor
Spring
45'
600 mm
10h 14m
31d 30m
Sailboat Cluster

7
Hercules
Summer
100' X 15'
600mm
16h 18m
13d 0m
Zig Zag

8
Telescopium
Summer
15'
2500 mm
18h 30.4m
-46d 08m
X Marks The Spot

9
Delphinus
Summer
60' X 30'
600 mm
20h 38m
13d 10m
Theta Delphini

10
Cygnus
Summer
600' X 180'
135 mm
21h 0m
55d 0m
Dark Lane

11
Cepheus
Summer
600' X 300'
135 mm
21h 48m
61d 0m
Cephus OB2 *Word deleted by the CN gnaughties gnomes*'n

12
Cassiopeia
Autumn
60'
600 mm
23h 20m
62d 20m
Airplane

13
Cassiopeia
Autumn
220' X 160'
300 mm
1h 38m
58d 30m
Queen's Kite

14
Andromeda
Autumn
20' X 95'
600 mm
1h 52.5m
37d 30m
Golf Putter

15
Cassiopeia
Autumn
90' X 30'
600 mm
3h 28m
72d 0m
Kemble's Kite

16
Taurus
Winter
200' X 90'
300 mm
4h 22.5m
21d 25m
Davis' Dog

17
Monoceros
Winter
10'
2500 mm
6h 40.5m
-9d 0m
Unicorn's Horn

18
Monoceros
Winter

600 mm
6h 52.5m
-10d 10m
Pakan's 3

19
Ursa Major
Spring
20'
2500 mm
10h 51.0m
56d 09m
Broken engagement Ring

20
Corvus
Spring
15'
2500 mm
12h 35.7m
-12d 02m
Stargate

21
Virgo
Spring
15'
2500 mm
12h 38.5m
-11d 30m
Jaws

22
Ursa Minor
Summer
15'
2500 mm
16h 29m
80d 13m
Mini - Coathanger

23
Hercules
Summer
20'
2500 mm
16h 37.8m
31d 05m
Backwards 5

24
Hercules
Summer
15'
2500 mm
18h 02.5m
26d 18m

25
Draco
Summer
10' X 20'
2500 mm
18h 35m
72d 25m
Little Queen

26
Cygnus
Summer
45'
1600 mm
20h 13.8m
36d 30m
Red Necked Emu

27
Delphinus
Summer
15'
2500 mm
21h 07.3m
16d 20m
Dolphin's Diamonds

28
Cygnus
Summer
25'
2500 mm
21h 08.3m
47d 14m
Horseshoe

29
Cassiopeia
Autumn
70' X 125'
600 mm
23h 03m
59d 30m
Lucky 7

Regards,
Wayne

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