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GALAXY QUEST - A visual and imaging catalogue of galaxies based on increasing
distance from Earth.
With improved optical designs, cameras, software and the internet coupled with
our better understanding of our nearby universe, the amateur astronomer can
further push the envelope. To observe obscure and challenging galaxy systems,
reaching out further into the deep sky with our telescopes as well as our minds.
Inclusion in the catalogue is based on interest and variety, posing challenges for
small and large scopes alike. Ultimately, the objects are chosen to provide the
viewer with a sense of the real deepsky by offering the third dimension; DISTANCE.
A NEW CATALOGUE FOR THE NEW ERA IN THE STUDY OF OUR UNIVERSE.
GALAXY QUESTOR Paul Buglass from York AS better describes the
aims of Galaxy Quest!
>>>>”One of the talks was given by Gain Lee from the
Huddersfield AS and was about observing objects with a different approach.
It was based on distance and started with the near stuff, with which we are
all familar, then moved out further from Earth to some quite large
distances. It’s a great talk and I may ask Gain if we can book him for our
2009 season, or maybe the YAS AGM in October. At the end of the talk an
observing list was handed out, and I intend to work my way through it,
starting with the closest, and working up to the farthest away object.
Some of these distant objects are very faint, and need dark skies, very
well dark adapted eyes, and as large a scope as you can beg steal or borrow,
but are achievable. I have actually already been fortunate to observe the
farthest object on a previous visit to Kielder through Gain’s very nice18″
Dobsonian telescope, so that’s the hardest one I can tick off, although I’d
like to observe it again myself.
Once you start to reach the faint distant stuff, the fact is that most of
these objects have been photographically catalogued, and many have maybe
never been observed visually by anyone before. Just think, you could be the
first person to actually see some of these objects! Most of them simply
don’t have finder charts as they are too faint, and you have to make your
own charts out of a combination of skymap s/w and images from the Deep Sky
Survey photographs, etc, available on the Internet, and work your way to the
target via the charts and star fields in the images. Real detective work
astronomy, and so satisfying when you find your intended faint target, even
if it is at the limit of human observing capability.
Images and drawings from the list can be seen on the
THE LEE GALAXY QUEST CATALOGUE
Please click on the link below to download full catalogue>
LEE GALAXY QUEST CATALOGUE PDF
Please contact me at gainlee@aol.com
for Word doc version.
February 19, 2009 at 8:38 am
awesome…