Yeah, if you were hoping to escape the confusion of
misidentifications by moving from TheSky to MegaStar, you're still
going to have to sort things out like Richard has done. Maybe
MegaStar will use the NGC/IC Project identifications/positions in the
next version which would help, particularly in rich clusters where
the galaxies are so close together.
Steve
On Sep 27, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Lumpy Darkness wrote:
> On 9/27/06, RichardN22@aol.com <RichardN22@aol.com> wrote:
>> Working with Mark Wagner and Dean Linebarger, we were observing
>> objects on
>> Steve Gottliebs challenge list. One such object was the IC 5370
>> group. We
>> found the area and saw a number of galaxies. Neither Megastar of
>> TheSky list
>> IC 5372 which is part of the group. Any thoughts?
>
> Sure....
>
> Checking IC 5372 in NED, the RA and Dec are listed at 00h00m16.2s
> +32d47m33s. Look at the RA and Dec for 5371... 00h00m16.3s
> +32d57m33s in Megastar. Looks like according to NED, Megastar's IC
> 5371 is really IC 5372. OK, what about IC 5372? NED lists IC 5372 at
> 00h00m14.8s +32d49m55s. Hmmmm.... Megastar has.... well.... MAC 0000
> 3250 at.... 00h00m14.9s. +32d49m65s. Hey... looks like the MAC galaxy
> has an IC designation... it is IC 5372.
>
> So, we did see all the members of the group, except two were
> misidentified in Megastar.
>
> In Megastar
>
> MAC 0000 3250 is IC 5372
> IC 5372 is IC 5371
>
> Whatever, it was fun to see!
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