NGC 6147 & 6138 (was: Re: OR: Henry Coe 06/28/03)

From: Bob Czerwinski (bczerwin@No-Spam)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 07:29:46 MST

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    I wrote:
    > > ...the only thing I suspected was the coming and going of a
    > > tiny faint object, in line with 6146 and 6145, about
    > > two-thirds of the way from 6146 to 6145. Visible 10% of the
    > > time at best, but definitely there. Is this 6147? TheSky
    > > also shows 6141 just NW of 6146, but I saw nothing there.

    And Steve "Astro Animal" Gottlieb replied:
    > You got N6147 nailed and N6141 is misidentified in most modern
    > sources. [snip...]

    Thanks for all the historical info, Steve. Great stuff!

    I just went to the NGC/IC Project database to look up NGC 6138, the other item I couldn't find on Saturday night. It appears 6138 is actually 6263.

    It'll be nice when TheSky Ver. 6 is released, incorporating the corrections from the NGC/IC Project database. ('Bout time!)

    ...Bob...
    Bob Czerwinski

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