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Two good deep sky objects

 

We'll have numerous deep sky objects to observe this weekend at ECSP, but there are two particularly well suited to small as well as larger apertures.
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NGC 3115, aka The Spindle Galaxy in Sextans. The thin edge-on galaxy is quite a treat in modest to large telescopes.
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NGC 3424, aka The Ghost of Jupiter in Hydra. An awesome planetary nebula with very high surface brightness. I observed it last night in Virginia Beach at 500. Look for the brighter central portion shaped much like the "CBS-Eye".
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Kent Blackwell
 

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Both looked great here at SRSP last night. I hope you have a great ECSP sorry I¡¯m missing it.


On Mar 27, 2025, at 11:36?AM, Kent Blackwell via groups.io <kent@...> wrote:

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We'll have numerous deep sky objects to observe this weekend at ECSP, but there are two particularly well suited to small as well as larger apertures.
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NGC 3115, aka The Spindle Galaxy in Sextans. The thin edge-on galaxy is quite a treat in modest to large telescopes.
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NGC 3424, aka The Ghost of Jupiter in Hydra. An awesome planetary nebula with very high surface brightness. I observed it last night in Virginia Beach at 500. Look for the brighter central portion shaped much like the "CBS-Eye".
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Kent Blackwell
 

They were quite surprisingly good for urban skies.

On Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 12:00:34 PM EDT, Ian Stewart <ian@...> wrote:


Both looked great here at SRSP last night. I hope you have a great ECSP sorry I¡¯m missing it.


On Mar 27, 2025, at 11:36?AM, Kent Blackwell via groups.io <kent@...> wrote:

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We'll have numerous deep sky objects to observe this weekend at ECSP, but there are two particularly well suited to small as well as larger apertures.
?
NGC 3115, aka The Spindle Galaxy in Sextans. The thin edge-on galaxy is quite a treat in modest to large telescopes.
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NGC 3424, aka The Ghost of Jupiter in Hydra. An awesome planetary nebula with very high surface brightness. I observed it last night in Virginia Beach at 500. Look for the brighter central portion shaped much like the "CBS-Eye".
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Kent Blackwell

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