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Subject: Re: [M]: goto # for the horsehead
From: Jim Ross
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun Sep 28 03:18:10 1997

> Anybody know the goto object # for the horsehead nebula?
. . .
The Horsehead doesn't have a NGC number (2024, given in another message,
is close but no cigar). But it is Barnard 33. I do not myself know how
to give Barnard numbers to the Meade. However, the bright nebular
against which the dark Horsehead is seen is IC 434, and that can be
entered with the Meade, following the directions for "other databases".
Of course the Horsehead is close to Zeta Orionis, Alnitak, and that is
goto #53. The RA of the Horsehead is 5.40.9 and the dec is -2 degrees
28'.


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