Re: [APML] LDN 1622 and vdB 62 (was Hovenweep Adventure)

["Philippe Chretien" <apml1@gcesoft.com>]

Jon,

I am using the "Sky Charts" free astronomy application.
You can find it at "http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html";

In addition to the application you can download extended catalogs
that you can access using the application. The LDN 1622 is part of
the SAC 7.2 catalog.

Regards,

P.

Philippe Chrétien
http://www.astrophoto.ca


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Kolb" <jkolb@datawest.net>
To: "'Philippe Chretien'" <apml1@gcesoft.com>; "'Discussion of Film Astrophotography'" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: LDN 1622 and vdB 62 (was Hovenweep Adventure)


> Philippe,
>
> > ...snip... Could this V-shape nebulaes be the
> > darn neb. LDN 1622 and the reflection neb. vdB 62 ???
> > Whatever it is .. congratulation for the very nice result!
> >
> > Drk
> > LDN 1622
> > Constellation: Orion
> > Dimension: 15.0'x 15.0'
> > Description: Near reflection nebula vdB 62
> > J2000 RA: 5h54m36.00s DE:+02°00'00.0"
> > Date RA: 5h54m48.84s DE:+02°00'01.9"
>
> Thanks, and yes, these could be the objects in question.  They certainly
> are in the right neighborhood.  I'm a little disappointed that
> Uranometria doesn't list these objects.  They are obviously within reach
> of an amateur's film image, so I would have hoped they would be in this
> work.  I am curious as to where you located them - is there a published
> chart that includes these objects?
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon Kolb
> Adventures in Astrophotography
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
> Life Member, International Dark-Sky Association
> jkolb@datawest.net
>
>
>
>


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