Re: (IAAC) Markarian 205 - 8inch F/10

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• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Wed, 03 Jun 98 12:16:33 -0400
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> a long focal eyepiece (Lichtenecker 100mm!!! a huge piece of rock)

Good lord, Yann - I've never even heard of a 100mm epc! "Lichtenecker" ("light 
corners") is an apt name for such a doorstop! :)  What is the eye relief on an 
ocular like that??

> I also think that even on deep professional ccd images, the QSO
> stays away from the halo: only the bridge or pseudo-bridge -
> I won't enter the polemics- can be seen...

RIGHT, I remember now reading some book reviews about this object. Apparently 
Zwicky (or was it Sandage??) used it as one of the prime counterexamples for 
the red-shift hypothesis for quasars...

It would be NEAT to be able to see such an animal with one's own eyeball: have to try for it next time I have access to that 36". :)

Clear skies,
Lew

• Re: (IAAC) Markarian 205 - 8inch F/10
• From: Yann Pothier <ypothier@closun.snv.jussieu.fr>

• Re: (IAAC) Markarian 205 - 8inch F/10
• From: Yann Pothier <ypothier@closun.snv.jussieu.fr>

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