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1500th different NGC observed.

Started by aristaeus63, 11/22/2009 04:42AM
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Posted 11/22/2009 04:42AM | Edited 11/22/2009 04:43AM Opening Post
Andreas Saldivar
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I spent some of this weekend catching up my observation log spreadsheet. I found that on November 7th I observed my 1500th different NGC Object. Number 1500 was NGC 7398. It is a mag. 13.6 galaxy which I described as a: Small faint oval with some core brightening, in the same 255x FOV as 7396.

I added some more to my total last night bringing it to 1546. It breaks down as:
1173 Galaxies
82 Globular clusters.
53 Nebula
162 Open Clusters
76 Planetaries.

If the sky permits I hope to get to 2,000 by some time in 2011. I love this hobby. There are endless things to see.

Andreas
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DSOs observed:
NGCs 2005, ICs 103, Other 70, Palomar GCs 6, Abell PNs 12, Herschel 400: 316.
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Celestron CPC 1100, Lunt 60mm Ha Solar Scope
Posted 11/22/2009 05:37PM #1
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Andreas Saldivar said:

I spent some of this weekend catching up my observation log spreadsheet. I found that on November 7th I observed my 1500th different NGC Object. Number 1500 was NGC 7398. It is a mag. 13.6 galaxy which I described as a: Small faint oval with some core brightening, in the same 255x FOV as 7396.

I added some more to my total last night bringing it to 1546. It breaks down as:
1173 Galaxies
82 Globular clusters.
53 Nebula
162 Open Clusters
76 Planetaries.

If the sky permits I hope to get to 2,000 by some time in 2011. I love this hobby. There are endless things to see.

Andreas
I think that's great and I hope you observe many, many more. I'm curious, how long do you figure it took to observe all of these, what guide or data base did you use, and what scope(s) were utilized. Also, do you feel higher or lower powers worked best on galaxies.
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Andreas Saldivar said:
I hope to get to 2,000 by some time in 2011. I love this hobby. There are endless things to see.
Andreas, Congratulations on your achievement - and you sure are correct about it being endless out there. Let's see; if each of the 1173 galaxies you have observed averaged 100B stars, then photons of over 100 Trillion stars have tickled your retinas. Mind boggling.

You should have no trouble reaching 2,000 with 11". I am working on a similar project to reach 2,500 with 10", then I may take a break and revisit old favorites for awhile. grin

Clear skies, Milt
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