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Re: (IAAC) Obj: NGC7048 - Inst: 200mm Newtonian F5
AHA !!! I actually got this one right!! yep
it was definately 7048 and I had looked at the object first and the pic after,
actually as you probably know 7048 is very round looking in the DSS image, but
it definately had a fan shaped appearance in the scope, I guess that it must
have a brighter region to cause that effect but it was seen at all
magnifications, ( I too have entered some dodgy logs, but having only recently
lashed one up I was extra carefull with this lot!!!) {:+))
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: (IAAC) Obj: NGC7048 - Inst: 200mm Newtonian F5
>In the eyepice this Nebula looked somewhat Fan Shaped,
splaying out from the
>Star to it's south, but this must have been an
illusion as imges downloaded
>show it to be circular, nevertheless, it
looked this way at all 3 powers used.
Would it be possible you may have
been looking at NGC 7008 here, Kim, and not
NGC 7048 like you thought? I've
sure made this kind of mistake myself before!
(In one case, I made a really
stupid misindentification, and it actually got
published in a Webb Society
periodical... Oh, what a memory!)
On the other hand, always be careful
when using photographs as a guide to what
your eyes might see! In my own
humble experience, the "human's view", and that
through the lens will often
be completely unrelated. After all, the human eye
and the film emulsion (or
CCD chip) have very different sensitivies, and will
handle dynamic ranges in
contrast and intensity very differently! This is one
reason why I think
recording what *you* see (as opposed to what Hubble or the
Keck sees) really
is worth while... If you're an artist, try sketching it. If
you aren't (and I
am not, sadly), then send your log here. :)
BTW, there ARE good
indications that NGC7048 looks very different at different
apertures,
magnifications, and bandpasses. Take a look at these two other logs
about our
Mystery Planetary, for comparison's sake!
http://www.visualdeepsky.org/logs/msg00231.html
http://www.visualdeepsky.org/logs/msg02011.html
Clear
skies, Kim, and please keep sharing your intriguing logs with us!
Lew
Gramer
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