Deepsky observing database
Streicher 41
Last update 2007 January 16
Primary identifier: Streicher 41
Other identifiers: DSH J2126.9-7753
Type: Asterism
RA: 21h 26m 54s
Dec: -77° 53' 00''
Constellation: Octans
Observer: M. Streicher
Date: 2003 Nov
Location: Polokwane (23.90S, 29.47E, 1310m).
Equipment: 12-inch SC f/10 & 16-inch SC f/10 (127x, 218x)
Description: Another Radio Telescope in a NW to SE direction. It consist of seven more or less 9 magnitude stars. Comment: Guide search then visually; sketch done. Magnitude estimate: 9.0. Size estimate: 16.0 arcmin.
The circle near the centre of the above sketched shows the position of a faint smudge noticed while observing. See the foot below for details.
Copyright: Sketches and/or descriptions by Magda Streicher are copyright and may not be reproduced without permission. Contact the copyright holder [magda{at}pixie.co.za] for further information.
Posted 2007 January 17
Digitized Sky Survey image, POSS2 red plate, 25 x 25 arcmin (rescaled).
DSS image © 1993-5 Anglo-Australian Observatory Board and the
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
Footnote: The faint smudge noticed and recorded in Magda's sketch is shown in the accompanying POSS2 red image. Using NED I was able to identify it as the dim galaxy 2MASX J21255435-7753008.
DSS image © 1993-5 Anglo-Australian Observatory Board and the
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
Keywords: Astronomy, deepsky observing, asterisms, Magda Streicher
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