NGC 839/838/835/833 Hickson 16 Cetus 09/08/10 Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope Field: 15′ Magnification: 314x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:57 Black Canford paper White pen White pencil White pastel chalk Blending stump Paint brush This lovely little chain of four galaxies was easily visible in the 56cm dob. Though small all of them … Continue reading Deep Inside the Whale
Palomar 8 Globular Cluster Sagittarius 08/08/10 Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope Field: 17′ Magnification: 354x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:71 Black Canford paper White pen White oil pencil Paint brush The Palomar globular clusters numbering 15 in total were discovered on the original National Geographic-Palomar Sky Survey plates of the early 1950’s. Those … Continue reading Faint But Within Reach
MCG-3-1-15 “Wolf-Lunmark-Melotte System” Dwarf irregular galaxy Cetus 09/08/10 Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope Field: 32′ Magnification:: 129x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:58 Black Canford paper White pen White pencil White oil pencil White pastel chalk Paint brush Blending stump This diffuse dwarf galaxy required a relatively wide field with modest magnification to show … Continue reading The Wolf-Lunmark-Melotte System
NGC 6541 Globular Cluster Corona Australis 11/06/10 Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope Field: 17′ Magnification: 354x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:41 Black Canford paper White pen White pastel pencil White pastel chalk Blending stump This lovely globular cluster was first discovered by Nicolo Cacciatore on 19th of March 1826, and later in the … Continue reading A Great Globular Cluster of the Southern Crown
NGC 4038/4039 “The Antennae” Interacting galaxies Corvus 13/05/10 Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 dobsonian telescope Field: 17′ Magnification: 354x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:35 Black Canford paper White oil pencil White pastel pencil White pastel chalk White pen Blending stump The interacting galaxies NGC 4038/4039 are always good value in any size telescope. In the … Continue reading Beautiful Collision
NGC 4268/4272/4277/4281/4270/IC 3153 Galaxies Ilford NSW Australia 14/05/10 56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope Field: 17′ Magnification: 354x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:43 Black Canford paper White pen White pencil Soft white pastel chalk White oil pen Blending stump Fine tip paint brush for smoothness Whenever Virgo is well placed in the southern sky I always try … Continue reading So Many Bright Galaxies in One Field
NGC 6266 (M-62) Globular Cluster Ophiuchus 41cm f4.7 Dobsonian telescope Ilford NSW Australia Field: 31′ Magnification: 159x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:15 Black Canford paper White pen White pencil This Globular Cluster was very pretty at fairly low magnification, some nice stars are scattered throughout the 31′ field Scott Mellish
NGC 55 Irregular Galaxy Sculptor 16/11/09 Chillagoe, Queensland Australia TeleVue 76mm Apo Refractor Magnification: 32x Field: 128′ Black Canford paper White pen Soft white pencil Blending stump Last November I went to visit my sister who lives Cairns in Queensland. My travel scope is a TeleVue 76mm Apo and it fits into a large duffle … Continue reading Edge On Irregular
NGC 4755By Scott Mellish NGC 4755 “The Jewel Box” Open Cluster Crux 18/03/10 Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 Dobsonian Field: 27′ Magnification: 149x Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:46 There was a bit of haze around while I was out observing, along with intermittent thin cloud so I decided to stick with something bright. I have … Continue reading NGC 4755 – The Jewel Box
ESO 270-17By Scott Mellish ESO 270-17 18/03/10 “Fourcade-Figueroa Object” Galaxy Centaurus Ilford NSW Australia 56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope Field: 15′ Magnification: 314 Centaurus Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:31 This is a sketch I done recently of the elusive galaxy ESO 270-17, sometimes described as the “Fourcade-Figueroa object”. Studies have shown that this galaxy could quite … Continue reading The Fourcade-Figueroa Object
