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Re: (IAAC) Your deep sky projects
Alan,
The project I am involved in is The NGC/IC Project, with a web site at
http://www.ngcic.org explaining in detail what the project is all about.
/Bob
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us
to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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Bob Erdmann - Core Team Member & Webmaster
The NGC/IC Project - http://www.ngcic.org
e-mail: bobe@ngcic.org
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Subject: (IAAC) Your deep sky projects
> I am developing a talk for an astronomy meeting on deep sky-related
projects
> by amateurs. I am interested in collecting information on what projects
YOU
> are doing. It can include:
> *Observing projects (telescope aperture info needed)
> *Imaging projects ( " " ")
> *"Mining" resources on the web
>
> The more unusual, the better! You can respond to me directly or to the
group,
> since I am sure others would be interested.
>
> For example, I used to be active in using a darkroom to correct the
> inclination of spiral galaxies to make them look face-on. This project was
> done in the early 1980's but I have not tried to do it with computers -
the
> way to go today. I have an album with over a dozen "corrected" galaxies
(the
> record being NGC7640 inclined 89 degrees, but as an open-arm barred spiral
it
> is possible).
>
> Thanks in advance for your input!
> Alan Goldstein
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