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>I polished off the Dickinson atlas. Yup, after thinking I'd pulled
>off a finish last week, and afterward finding 7 galaxies and an
>emission nebula hiding in corners on the charts, now it's complete.
>I've observed and described every extended object in Edmund's Mag 6
>atlas down to -40 dec. This is the atlas I started observing with
>4.25 years ago. While having gotten into Uranometria regularly for
>things not charted in SkyAtlas, still have been continuously
>watching this atlas fill up. Text is by Terence Dickinson and the
>charts are by Victor Constanzo, tables by Glenn Chaple. A marvel of
>clarity. Has tons of doubles and variables, in which I've started on
>the doubles, but a real focus on extended objects, some 343
>including the Messiers.
Finishing off a project is one of the big treats. there oughta be an award :-)
cheers,
Robert.
-- -- Robert Leyland, r.leyland@No-SpamSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow!