Re: Another neat TAC picture of the day.

Hey! That's my crappy shot! It's the "Stone" galaxy! .... shaped like an S.

Michelle

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Alsing, Paul <palsing@harris.com> wrote:
> Greg LaFlamme said;
>
> Again, TAC picture of the day sent me into my log book:-)
> Astrophotographers
> rule! Turns out NGC 7449 is on my favorites list and is a big stepping
> stone
> object in my history with this hobby.
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>
> I'm sure you meant NGC 7479...
>
> This was one of the objects I was lucky enough to view through the 82" @
> McDonald a couple of years ago, and it was one of the more spectacular
> objects of the entire weekend. Here is what I wrote then;
>
> NGC 7479, Pegasus,
> This barred spiral has 2 major arms, and completely fills the 5 arc-
> minute FOV. One of the arms is very subtle and wraps back on itself
> near the bar, while the other arm ventures far from the nucleus and
> forms a huge loop. A very unique object in this telescope, and a
> wonderful surprise, I didn't expect it to look this good.
>
> \Paul A
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