deep-sky

• “Observing diaries just like those of Messier and Me´chain have led countless astronomers along the road of discovery to all the deep-sky objects we know today!”

  Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: February 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today

• “Observing diaries just like those of Messier and Mechain have led countless astronomers along the road of discovery to all the deep-sky objects we know today!”

  Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: January 15-17, 2010 | Universe Today

• “The closest deep-sky study to Cas A is the dense and compact open cluster NGC 7510 RA 23 11 00 Dec +60 34 00.”

  Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – October 16-18, 2009 | Universe Today

• “Tammy, thanks for including Hickson Compact Group 87 HCG 87 as this weekends deep-sky challenge.”

  Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – October 16-18, 2009 | Universe Today

• “With the 50D's Live View and high resolution, I hope to try my hand at some longer exposure deep-sky objects before long.”

  Jayme Lynn Blaschke's Gibberish

• “He then uses another telescope attached to a high-end digital camera for his deep-sky shots, similar to the rig he used for his desert shots.”

  Wired: Photographer Documents Secret Satellites — All 189 of Them

• “Sagittarius was known for its collection of "deep-sky objects," but this one wasn't familiar.”

  Newsweek: The Return Of The Great Comet

• “For 20 pts - In addition to the above there is another deep-sky phenomenon within the field of view which has had important implications for human understanding of cosmology, namely ...?”

  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science

• “For 20 pts - If you pointed a telescope at the edge of the Aurora Borealis on the 1.30 position from the top of the eruption plume, what are the official designations of the famous deep-sky objects you would be able to see?”

  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science

• “Audiences learn how images are captured and what the colors tell us about the composition of deep-sky objects.”

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