Monthly Archives: March 2013

Spotting The Pup

The evening of 13 March was very clear so I thought I would go out and observe some more on the Astronomical League’s Galaxy Groups and Clusters list. While I was using Procyon to zero in the finder scope, I noted … Continue reading

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Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS

A few days ago, on the evening of 12 March 2013, I helped with a public event in Jackson, TN, to observe Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS. We even had a reporter from the local TV station WBBJ (channel 7) in attendance. Two … Continue reading

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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy Groups & Clusters

Whatever you do, don’t panic. I inadvertently left out Galaxy Trio #9 from my last post, so here it is. Some of the galaxies from Trio #10 are visible in the same wide field of view. Here also is Trio … Continue reading

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