I was just reviewing a DSS image of NGC 3158 and environs (fov at 25') of
what I had observed as part of my Herschel II list last night up at the
Peak. The DSS image shows the seven brighter galaxies surrounding the
brightest one 3158; I saw those eight easily with the fairly bright skies
from a nearby 5 day old moon. There are an additional six fainter galaxies
that might be visible in my 20" in darker skies. I've got to see all of
these in my 12mm Nagler at 200X at a darker site.
Check out:
http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_search?v=poss2ukstu&r=10+13+50.56&d=%2B
38+45+52.1&e=J2000&h=15.0&w=15.0&f=gif&c=none&fov=NONE&v3=
Peter Natscher
Monterey
Received on Thu Apr 14 19:48:10 2005