philjay Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I set the scope and camera on NGC7331 and frreinds last night for an hour just to have a look at what I could get in luminence I just did a quick process and started to try and identify all the galaxies but cant identify the blob marked. Is there a comet nearby? Skymap doesnt show one any ideas Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Stephens Quintet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Thats further away Kim. I dont reckon Ive discovered a comet tho Ive just found a couple of images with it in on the tinternet but Skymap doesnt reference it and the background images you can load are missing in that area. Oh well no comet philjay 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Blimey I see what you mean - there's loads of stuff round there but sadly none of it seems to be a comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) Apparently...there was a comet in Pegasus last night....I just googled it It's on cloudy nights telescope reviews forum so maybe you got it in your image? But I am no expert lol.... Edit: Found it's name....comet 168p/Hergenrother Edited October 7, 2012 by Celeste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Phil it's PGC2051985 a 16.8 mag galaxy found it on Sky6 planetarium. Managed to get a screen shot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I think that is PGC 2051985 />http://kizny.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2009.07.27_NGC_7331_4h_v4_Annotated.jpg />http://njastro.org/agx/image/galaxy-plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yup... I was wrong lol.....but there was a comet making itself known last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Ugh! wish I'd said that earlier - I saw that PGC thing on Stellarium but had no idea what PGC was and couldn't zoom into it. It must be several miles away lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Not many planetarium suites show it, have looked on CduC and Stellarium and it's not on my ones. So I tried Sky6 and there it was, being mag 16.8 I'm surprised Phil caught it. PGC = Principal Galaxy Catalog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Cooerr... I feel more lie a proper astronomer knowing that now lol thanks Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Cooerr... I feel more lie a proper astronomer knowing that now lol thanks Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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