RE: Another neat TAC picture of the day.

The great Paul Alsing wrote:)
 
>I'm sure you meant NGC 7479...

Ya, I got moving too fast for my brain this morning. These amateur photos
really

get me up moving but I get sloppy:-/

>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

Wow, I remember you said you had a short list of objects you wanted to see
in that

scope, I'm glad 7479 one was on that list! Thanks for showing your notes on
it, I'm jealous

but in a happy way:-)

GML

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