http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/42.aspxShare your most extreme observing experiences.enCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274926.aspxMon, 04 Apr 2005 12:33:07 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:274926starramus0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274926.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=42&PostID=274926http://heritage.stsci.edu/2002/21/big.html for another good reason to repair Hubble. <br />I have not viewed it personally as of yet, but many big Dobsonian owners have. It will be on my viewing list for this summer.http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274925.aspxMon, 04 Apr 2005 10:57:15 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:274925Al Debaran0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274925.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=42&PostID=274925This object has been observed by two amateur astronomers in Finland and by one in Sweden, all visually. Here is a photo of the object, by Finnish amateur astronomers. (2. and 3. pictures.) <a href="http://www.ursa.fi/yhd/kassiopeia/tho/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1111455622&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&sivu=uutiset" target="_blank" title="http://www.ursa.fi/yhd/kassiopeia/tho/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1111455622&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&sivu=uutiset">http://www.ursa.fi/yhd/kassiopeia/tho/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1111455622&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&sivu=uutiset</a>http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274924.aspxTue, 22 Mar 2005 19:47:59 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:274924MaddCow0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274924.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=42&PostID=274924I have definately heard of this object before... don't know if it was because I observed it, or I read about it, or I just saw it on my star charts.... <br />I will check it out tonight on my star charts to try to determine if I have observed it or not.http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274923.aspxTue, 22 Mar 2005 18:00:06 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:274923Al Debaran0http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/thread/274923.aspxhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=42&PostID=274923PGC 54559 Hoag's object in Serpent <br /> <br />We had a discussion on a Finnish stargazer's forum about this elusive galaxy. Has anyone observed this one visually? It is anyway a though one, and yet no one has observed this visually in Finland...at least as I know.