The other day, I posed this question to the members of the Cloudy Nights forum: "What are some good face-on spirals?" Among some of the responses I received was this list. This list compiles the 200 brightest galaxies in the night sky. It also gives RA/Dec coordinates for each, along with their magnitude, type, and orientation as viewed from Earth. I'm going to be using it to plan observing sessions.
Clear skies!
EDIT: I have made this list of galaxies available as a Microsoft Excel .xls file here.
Monday, February 11, 2008
A List of Galaxies
4 comments:
I, as well as others, would love to have the 200 Galaxy list in .xls format, is it possible.
Good idea! That way you could sort them any way you want! I'll work on that while I'm at work today!
Sean
I've made the list available in .xls format. Sorry to have taken so long to get it done! Check the post above for the update.
Sean
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