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All,<BR>
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I was going through my notes regarding M-27, and realized that I had done some pretty extensive work on this object. It was one of the objects in my first and only publication to date. <BR>
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In 1995 and 1996, I went through <EM>The Finest Deep-Sky Objects </EM>by James Mullaney and Wallace McCall, Sky Publishing Corporation, with three printings, 1966, 1972, and 1978. This was my first deep-sky reference book many years ago. <BR>
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I wanted to do extensive visual work and include a more precise and modern update of this excellent book. I ended up spending over 250 hours at the eyepiece and another 50 hours to summarize within a period of less than one year.<BR>
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Tom English helped me to print this book at GWU and I sold over 100 copies, mostly locally. I have included a picture of my front cover. If you will notice it has a picture of M-27, showing a very round, almost bubble like appearance. I used the orginal Mullaney/McCall cover picture on my publication along with some of my notes, etc. <BR>
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I am thinking about revising this book and self publishing again on a broader scale. <BR>
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The (+)1 was the Crab Nebula, as Jim Mullaney said that he should have included in their orginal publication in 1966.<BR>
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Mullaney and McCall used the famous Allegheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh, during their original survey, and the writing of the book.<BR>
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Both astronomers used a variety of telescopes at this facility, but one of particular interest would be the very, very famous 30-inch refractor. Do a little Google research and find out about the stolen lens, and other interesting reading regarding this scope and observatory. <BR>
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Roger Ivester<BR>
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