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Hoag's object
Last post 04-04-2005 07:33 AM by starramus. 3 replies.
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  • 03-22-2005 01:00 PM

    Angry [:(!] Hoag's object

    PGC 54559 Hoag's object in Serpent

    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.
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  • 03-22-2005 02:47 PM In reply to

    RE: Hoag''s object

    I 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....
    I will check it out tonight on my star charts to try to determine if I have observed it or not.
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  • 04-04-2005 05:57 AM In reply to

    Angry [:(!] RE: Hoag's object

    This 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.) http://www.ursa.fi/yhd/kassiopeia/tho/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1111455622&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&sivu=uutiset
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  • 04-04-2005 07:33 AM In reply to

    • starramus
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    RE: Hoag's object

    http://heritage.stsci.edu/2002/21/big.html for another good reason to repair Hubble.
    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.
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    The message in my Chinese fortune cookie read, "There appear to be many clouds, but they quickly pass". Only in a better universe, huh?
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