Hickson 92/Arp 319 – Stephan’s Quintet
Hickson 92
Month: October 2009
Solar H-Alpha: OCT 25, 2009 – 21:00 UT
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Epsilon Monocerotis (Struve 900)
Epsilon Monocerotis
LCROSS Lunar Impact – Negative Observation
For every few successful observations, there have to be some failures right? I got up at 3:30 AM to set things up and then watch for any evidence of the LCROSS impact in Cabeus Crater at the lunar south pole (scheduled for…
Double Star Illustration Update
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Rigel (Beta Orionis / Struve 668)
Rigel
Bullialdus and Surroundings
Bullialdus and Surroundings
Messier 89 (NGC 4552)
M089
NGC 7662
NGC 7662
Drawn to the Universe
OCT 2009 – NGC 7662
The October issue of Astronomy Now focuses on NGC 7662, the Blue Snowball nebula. Two methods are covered in this column: 1) Using an isophote (contour) field sketch as a basis for a final shaded drawing, and 2) using Photoshop to add…