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[bphaneuf]

Is it time to kick start the thread?  These were some nice finds in Andromeda last winter.

 

G1 is a monster globular in M31:

 

         

 

 

 PS J0147+4630 or Andromeda's parachute is a quadruple-lensed quasar nearly 11 billion ly out:

 

         

 

-b

[mdowns]

Wonderful targets Butch,always enjoy the lessor knowns posted to the threads.I'll go in a very different direction.Both of these are from Aquarius. M2 as seen with the c11 and M73 as viewed with the equinox.I was never one to sketch the bogus DSOs that messier included but decided to give it a try this time around as I explore with the equinox.Each are 'easy peasy' types.

 

 

[Raul Leon]

Ngc 1055 spiral galaxy in Cetus ; magnitude:10.6 ; size : 6.9' x 3.5' ; fairly bright, very elongated ; a triangle of stars point to it ; dark lane just visible with averted vision and good seeing ; I used a 6mm Ethos at 304x with my 14.5 StarStructure f/4.3

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[nof]

These are very nice sketches, Michael, particularly M2. I like the way you do the sky background.

Wonderful targets Butch,always enjoy the lessor knowns posted to the threads.I'll go in a very different direction.Both of these are from Aquarius. M2 as seen with the c11 and M73 as viewed with the equinox.I was never one to sketch the bogus DSOs that messier included but decided to give it a try this time around as I explore with the equinox.Each are 'easy peasy' types.

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[TomC]

Pisces contains many hidden deepsky gems. I remember vividly observing these two galaxy clusters: 

 

 

 

[bphaneuf]

Love these Tom.  I'm always drawn to galaxy groups and these are terrific.

-b

[David Gray]

Using a newly acquired a 2” SW ED Barlow and more in mind for use with the SW 120mm f/5 refractor.  Given a good few nights of fine/excellent conditions I took to looking at smaller fainter DSOs with it on the D-K.  But screwed in the barrel of the 24mm/82º ES Maxvision becomes 285x1.67 =~475x rather than the 570x with the supplied extension tube. This has given some fine views on the fairly recent good night conditions with smaller-scale DSOs and here an example from 2019.

 

Interacting Galaxies NGC 7714 & 7715: (adapted from an earlier thread) Very easy to locate being just inside the Pisces Circlet about 3.4’ north of 16 Psc. The star being mag. 5.7 and in the aperture used the star is a glaring distraction seriously affecting the view of those galaxies – especially 14th mag. NGC 7715.  The Barlowed view considerably eased the situation, and it was striking to see NGC 7714, especially, ‘grow and shrink’ as the star was eased in and out of bottom-field.

 
For the sake of rendering the overall affecting of the star I have rather overstated the effect of its light in the field; and at the same time also somewhat overstated the galaxies...BUT...understated those as compared to the view with the star out of the field........Thus trying to convey the general experience – hoping to get **a future glare-free and well dark-adapted view in due course**…..see below
 
Similar to sweeping across comets this up and down moving was quite surely bringing out the bridge twixt the galaxies – even with the star not quite from the field!
 
**Following up from that: a year later looking at Neptune one night in very good conditions I realized that the region of those Pisces galaxies was well available.  With the Zeiss Monocentric already installed I thought it the best ep I have for that hoped-for better view.  Same magnification as before, but relative to the much smaller fov they look much larger.  Here the Mono’s simpler/crisper light throughput vs the greater amount of glass used in 2019 surely gave a superior view I felt**………..Dave. 

 

 

Edited by David Gray, Today, 10:20 AM.