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***** Date for your Diary *****

The 2009 AGM will be held at the IoA, Cambridge on the 5th Dec.

List of Speakers: 

Janet Drew - The IPHAS Survey

Dave Green - Radio Astronomy & Supernova Remnants

Ian King - Imaging

Wolfgang Steinicke - The History of the NGC

Plus one further talk still to be agreed.

More details will follow in due course.

LATEST PUBLICATION - DSO 148

DSO148 - Front Cover

DSO 148 CONTENTS

 

The Dream Period IX: Nebulae Ad Infinitum

Ron Buta

The NGC Galaxy Project

Jenni Kay

No Snowmen and Lots of Stars:

Tenerife 2008

John Moore

Northern Object of The Season:

NGC 4361 in Corvus

Wolfgang Steinicke

Southern Object of The Season:

The Large Magellanic Cloud

Jenni Kay

Abell Galaxy Cluster 1318

Ron Morales

Book Review

The Atlas of Messier Objects:

Highlights of The Deep Sky

Ronald Stoyan et al

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NGC 3372 - Eta Carina Nebula and Keyhole

 

Following on from Carl's survey of deep-sky objects in the constellation of Orion, Carl has just sent us his drawings of NGC 3372 - Eta Carina Nebula and Keyhole, Click on images to see larger versions

NGC 3372 - Eta Carina Nebula and Keyhole - Sketch Courtesy of Carl Knight NGC 3372 - Eta Carina Nebula and Keyhole - Sketch Courtesy of Carl Knight

 

Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes by Thomas William Webb

This is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes and there are a number of reprints currently available through Amazon, of both the 1st and 4th editions.

 
Click here for the 1st Edition (Paperback) and here for the 4th Edition (Hardback) from Amazon.co.uk.
 

There are other variants, hardback, paperback and versions available, as a search on Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes will show.
 

Owen Brazell says "my suspicion is that these are limited run facsimile editions but they are very nice in terms of the reproduction, at least my copies are".

 PICTURE OF THE MONTH

RCW102 and Menzel 3 aka Ant NebulaRCW102 and Menzel 3 - Image Courtesy of Steve Crouch

  Image courtesy of Steve Crouch  Click on image to see larger version.

Catalogue and alternative designations: RCW102 and Menzel 3. Menzel 3 also has the designations of ESO 225-9, RCW101, Henize 2-154 and Wray 16-213. It is also known as the Ant nebula.

Type: Emission nebula and Planetary

Position: 16 17 12.8, -51 59 11 (Menzel 3)

Constellation: Norma

Camera and Telescope:STL11000M and 31.75 cm Ritchey Chretien Focal Ratio F9

Exposure Details: HaRGB 280:180:135:150 with Astrodon filters all 1x1

Description: The Ant nebula is a much studied reasonably bright bipolar planetary with a cataloged diameter of 25"

 

The Webb Archive DVD 1968 - 2008 - Now Available

Webb Archive DVD - Outer Cover

 

The Webb Archive DVD holds scans of all the Magazine and Journal Publications released by the Webb Society since the first quarterly Journal in 1968 and some 250 people have contributed articles over the 40 year period. Click here for further details on the DVD.

Click here to see a full index.

For Ordering Details click here

 

 

 

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