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Re: (IAAC) Your deep sky projects

Alan,

I have a personal deep-sky project. I am attempting to observe 1000
galaxies. By "observe", I mean studying the galaxy at the eyepiece to
squeeze as much visual information as I can out of it and then make a
sketch - as detailed as possible. Obviously, in the majority of cases, this
will still just be a little smudge on the paper! I am using a 12"  Newtonian
on a Dobsonian mount.

If you want any more info, please feel free to email me.

Patrick

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Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:21 PM
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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