Steve is right and here is an image of it (actually one I shot and another
that is a combo with data from Al Kelly)
it is getting into better sky position too
http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/pk164_page.htm
cooperative effort with Al
http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/pk164_akrc_page.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Gottlieb" <steve_gottlieb@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Jones 1
>
> On Nov 28, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Jamie Dillon wrote:
>
>> The Beastmaster asked -
>>> Has anyone seen Jones 1 visually? I think Mark Wagner has.
>>
>> Once so far, in Kent Wallace's 20" at the last CalStar, same view that
>> Lord Alsing mentioned. It was lovely, two graceful arcs, lots of
>> filamentary structure in those arcs.
>>
>> Haven't yet hunted it up in my 11", but I will.
>>
>> DDK
>
> With all this talk about Jones 1 (Jn 1), don't forget about Jones-
> Emberson 1 (JE 1) in Lynx which measures a whopping 405"x360" and also
> has enhanced arcs along the rim. Here's my last observation of
> Jones-Emberson 1. BTW, there ain't no Jones 2 or Jones-Emberson 2, or
> Jones anything else AFAIK. Should also be doable in an 8-inch with O-III
> filter.
>
> 17.5" (3/2/02): excellent view at 64x (31 Nagler) and OIII filter.
> Appears fairly faint but clearly quite irregular in surface brightness
> and with a nearly 6' circular boundary. The center is darker giving an
> annular appearance and brighter arcs are along the NW and SE borders with
> the large SE knot slightly brighter.
>
> astro-animal
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