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THE WEBB DEEP SKY SOCIETY BULLETIN BOARD ***** 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.
MEMBERS SHOWCASE - CARL KNIGHT
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.
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.
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 Nebula 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
 For Sale
10-inch f10.6 Calver telescope and dome. For further details contact Mrs Corinne Lord on (01223) 263481 The telescope is featured on the following website: http://www.brayebrookobservatory.org/BrayObsWebSite/HOMEPAGE/CALVER.html
For Sale ESO/SERC Southern Sky Survey Peter Gill is looking to sell his ESO/SERC Southern Sky Survey for £500. For further details please click here. |
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