Forgive my ignorance... What is B.C.N.?
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From: Mark Johnston <mark@No-Spam>
To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 10:36:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] OR, MB, 5/5 - 5/6: 2008 B.C.N. #1!
Sounded like a fun surprise Marek, kool. We can feel the energy this
BCN brought out in your OR.
Marek Cichanski wrote:
> I saw Omega Centauri
> naked-eye, albeit with averted vision.
>
Tis the season. Nice of the south to be that clear.
> I had spent a lot of the evening touring around Downtown Virgo using the
> closeup chart in Pocket Sky Atlas.
Gotta get me one o dem someday ... George Feliz likes his Pocket Sky
Atlas as well as do others.
> I was also pleasantly surprised by what a nice edge-on galaxy NGC
> 4762 is! This is probably one of those fun objects that we always forget
> about and discover anew. I'll bet a dollar to holding a donut that it's on
> the TAC Eye Candy list.
>
>
4762 looks like a 'quad hitter' being on TAC eye candy as well as SAC110
(free if it is on Eye Candy), Herschel 400 as well as DeepMap600. Can't
go wrong there. Thanks for reminding us to re-visit that one.
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