Mel Bartels' catalog of visual INF Integrated Flux Nebulae
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1 Mel Bartels' catalog of visual INF Integrated Flux Nebulae See Herschel's Ghosts Number Name RA Dec Size (deg) 1 Pegasus Square - east side Visibility Description Sketch 00:10 22:00 4x12 medium Large curved region that splits in two as it curves to the SW; subtle detail 2 M31 Andromeda Galaxy 00:45 41:00 5x3 bright Shelf below M110; sides extend to edges of M31, confusing Andromeda Galaxy's size (possible explanation for reports that vary from 3 to 5 degrees wide); there's a curved arc to the southeast that almost completes a circle of IFN around the galaxy; the deflected arm to the northeast extends to the IFN making me suspect that the deflected arm is actually an extension of the IFN; for images see and
2 3 Beta Andromedae 1:00 38:40 1x2 bright brighter patch of roughly parallel IFN bands that stretch from M31 to M33 4 Eta Ceti 1:10-10:00 2x6 faint Broad complex arc with brightest portion to the immediate NW of the group of stars next to Eta Ceti and a wall of stars ~4 deg further to the NW; there's a portion that detaches and heads directly E
3 5 M33 bridge 1:30 30:10 1x4 bright wall with bridge to M33; for images see 6 M74 1:30 15:30 2x3 medium M74 detail on a night of excellent transparency; spiral arms noticable as well as the nearby NGC 1167; IFN faintly envelopes M74 to the S and E then more faintly nearly to Eta Piscium, then more brightly cuts an arc to the E of M74 which is banded twice further E. Nice juxtaposition of Milky Way stars, M74 galaxy and IFN.
4 7 M74 & Eta Piscium 1:30 15:30 2x6 faint Immediately noticeable are the arc extending to the NW and M74 to the E; after studying the region the arc reveals subtle detail at right angles; in the end an intriguing view with the stars, galaxy and IFN, albeit faint and without delineation 8 Beta Arietis 2:00 2:00 20:00 medium Round IFN brightening towards center
5 9 NGC 918 2:25 18:30 1/2x1/2 faint 'V' shape; for images see 10 Aries: alpha to 41 2:30 25:00 2x10 medium Winding river of nebulosity from south of Alpha Arietis all the way to 41 Ari starting as a bright round area then indistinctly wandering, breaking into branches just before 41 Ari.
6 11 Polaris IFN 3:00 88:00 1x5 faint brightest portion adjacent to Polaris; curved on past ending in blob 4 deg distance; for images see 12 Pleiades 3:45 24:00 4x4 medium bubble surrounding Pleiades with brighter elongated arcs; a fainter side arc to the Taurus IFN complex; for images see and
7 13 M44 8:40 20:00 1x3 faint brightest to E of M44 with very faint extension into the core of the cluster 14 Volcano IFN 9:40 70:20 1x2 bright parallel bands capped by band and blob beyond; base is broad bright area; faint extension curving to NGC 2959; for images see
8 15 M81+M82 9:55 69:20 3x3 bright IFN entwined with the two galaxies; includes a side of the Volcano IFN along with the volcano's ejected puff; for images see 16 Angel IFN 10:40 73:30 1/2x2 medium streak starting at HD90696, one of the eyes, separating into two curved portions representing the feet; extensions to sides representing wings; for images see
9 17 Leo's backbone 10:45 23:00 10x5 faint cup shaped staring with mleo base then sweeping up to 41LMi then slightly less faint and broader sweep to the E and also to the N 18 Leo Triplet 11:20 13:00 1x3 faint an arc that curves around the galaxy group; a very faint extension reaches to NGC 3628; part of the arc that starts next to M64, extends just north of Denebola; for images see
10 19 SW of CO Cam 11:30 73:30 2x5 bright beautiful double winged nebula that arches out from CO Cam and associated IFN then coalesces to a single large IFN near the Angle IFN 20 Denebola W 11:30 16:10 1x4 medium fainter streak west of Denebola, extends very fainter to SW of Denebola with NE extension that meets spike that extends southward to Denebola; for images see
11 21 Bowl of Big Dipper 11:50 60:40 2x9 bright narrower arc beginning W of Megrez that curves into elongated blob which almost touches a similar sized blob of same brightness; a fainter arc curves N of Megrez; for images see 22 Denebola NE 12:00 16:40 2x4 medium curved arc; faint extension to Denebola's immediate south; for images see
12 23 CO Cam 12:13 77:30 2x2 bright Bright nebulosity centered on CO Cam and grouping of bright stars; areas of surrounding IFN; pretty and easy in very transparent skies. A beautiful double winged IFN stretches to the southwest for many degrees. 24 Virgo Cluster - Markarian Chain 12:20 13:20 2x4 faint arc that starts N of M84 and curves to M87 then continues to heart of cluster; for images see
13 25 M64 13:00 21:20 2x4 medium arc that curves S to E to N of M64; fainter portion immediately W of M64; for images see 26 M51 to M63 stream 13:20 45:20 2x8 medium east of M51 then brightest portion south of M51 with faint blob just SW of M51 sliding by NW of M63 and continuing onward
14 27 Alcor and Mizar 13:25 54:45 3x3 medium main bright area is broken into two parallel bands SW of Alcor and Mizar; extends and fades further to the W with a smaller arc N of the stars; for images see 28 Serpens Caput to Virgo streamer 15:00-04:00 2x40 bright astonishing linear feature that stretches from Mu Serpenis in Serpens Caput to Zeta Virginis, Heze in Virgo with a spur NW of Libra; background dims NW of Libra making the linear feature easily distinguishable from the background
15 29 Bootes, N of 15:10 46:00 2x8 medium broad arc N of Beta Bootis, Nekkar; may connect to M51/M64 arc 30 Serpens Caput to NE 16:10 21:30 4x4 medium part of long arc south of keystone leading to arc NE of Serpens Caput
16 31 Arcturus, W of 14:00 19:20 2x4 medium two areas: one immediately NW of Arcturus and a larger slightly brighter area further W of Arcturus 32 Arcturus, E of 14:30 22:40 1x4 medium elongated N-S
17 33 Between Corona Borealis and Serpens Caput 15:20 19:00 2x2 medium floating blobs 34 Serpens Caput detail 16:00 17:30 3x8 medium Using the 10.5 inch under very transparent skies I was able to see detail in the IFN in the Serpens Caput region. Here the IFN are blobby areas of differing sizes.
18 35 M13 16:40 36:30 1x2 medium arc to SE immediately noticeable with large blob extending outward to SE; arc on opposite side fainter; for images see 36 Hercules Keystone western side centered on M13 16:40 36:30 10x6 faint to medium brightest patch to M13's immediate NW; next brighest is broad arc curving around Eta Herculis, the star in the NW corner of the keystone; smaller arcs extend on both sides of M13 with a broad area heading SE to Epsilon Herculis in the SE corner of the keystone.
19 37 Eta Draconis 16:45 60:45 4x4 high prominent angle, fainter square; interesting 38 Draco's head to west 17:00 53:10 1/2x5 bright head with tail that fans outward
20 39 Hercules keystone to SE and S 17:10 27:40 2x10 medium part of long arc south of keystone leading to arc NE of Serpens Caput; towards SW side of keystone splits into NW (leads into Corona Borealis) and SW arcs 40 Draco Dwarf Galaxy 17:10 58:40 1/4x3 faint arc south and west of the galaxy; western portion expands to blob
21 41 NE of M92 17:10 46:15 4x4 faint S of M92 is broad bright region; arc extends from N side of M92 NE to broad faint patch with dark nebula; this patch extends N to brighter broadly curved arc of 10+ degrees length 42 Alpha Herculis 17:15 14:25 4x8 bright complex area with bright general background of galactic cirrus; bright blob 1x1 deg NE, arc 4 deg N, extensions on both sides of star leading to brighter region SW; dark arc highlights eastern edge of east most N- S arc, two more dark regions, one just N
22 43 Kappa Lyrae to Theta Herculis 18:10 36:#0 5x6 faint Immediately noticeable on very transparent night is the band NE of Theta Herculis that slants down to the SE, then bends back; Theta Herculis a nice orange 'K' star as is the slightly dimmer Kappa Lyrae ; next visible is the broad arc surrounding Kappa Lyrae to the E; finally the broad finger of nebulosity that goes through a small cluster of stars in the middle of the field, joining a fainter broader arc to the S; also a broad broken stretched path to the N; all in all a pretty sight on a very transparent night; heading S to increasingly brighter portions of the Milky Way and denser star formations a wonderful experience - the Milky Way is incredibly bright in comparison. 44 Vega 18:20 42:00 2x6 bright Y' shaped with one leg leading from just NW of Vega to a large N-S elongated blob that stretches into NW Hercules
23 45 Epsilon Lyrae 18:45 39:00 2x3 bright arc extending from Vega to Epsilon Lyrae with a large blob S of the doubledouble; bright star field 46 Barnard's Galaxy NGC :45-14:45 3x4 bright beautiful gossamer striations; broad S of the galaxy, thinner one that covers the galaxy and a thinner ones N; for images see
24 47 Barnard Galaxy 'The Dagger' 19:45-14:45 3x4 bright Through the 10.5 inch I was able to see a bright 'dagger' pointing in the direction of Barnard's Galaxy. It broadened at the far end and was enveloped in the striations that cross the field. 48 Corona Australis - NGC :00-37:20 1x4 bright long streak tapering to W, spreading out to E; for images see
25 49 M75 20: x4 medium nice streamers throughout region; brightest portion is the band at right angles - perhaps not directly associated with the streamers 50 Alpha Capricorni 20:20-12:30 4x4 faint beautiful star field with bands in various directions of varying brightness
26 51 NGC :20 30:30 1/4x1/2 medium nice association of IFN with a small planetary nebula; the IFN is composed of two streaks in parallel; for images see 52 Rho Capricorni 20:30-17:50 1x2 faint band with somewhat diffuse edge that stops short of star
27 53 NGC :40 66:10 1/2x1 medium nice ghostly IFN pairing with a face on barred spiral; IFN in three distinct sections with a brighter much larger area to the W; for images see 54 Iris Nebula 21:00 61:10 1x2 bright The IFN or ISM (InterStellar Medium) extends S of the nebula proper; for images see
28 55 M15 21:30 12:15 1/2x2 faint faint arc to W of M15 56 M2 21:30-1:00 1x2 medium M2 bright and beautifully resolved; broad streamer with band just out of field that has a fainter component that stretches through M2 with a faint band that reverses direction back towards the south
29 57 Beta Aquarii 21:30-5:30 4x4 medium beautiful bright orange star with nice striations with darkest lane next to star 58 Alpha Aquarii 22:05-0:20 3x4 faint two bight unaided-eye stars to the W of the Aquarius propeller; streamers as is common in this part of the sky with a faint band at right angles; interesting view
30 59 Mu Pegasi 22:50 24:40 4x4 medium Mu Pegasi is one of the two stars visible to the unaided eye to the SW of the upper right corner of Pegasus; the IFN is part of a complex that stretches southward through Alpha Pegasi; star in a dark region; overall shape is a 'hat' with the western side brightest 60 Beta Pegasi 23: x2 medium V' shaped cloud that traverses an chain of stars to the SE; other side of the 'V' extends through the star; pretty definite edges as far as IFN go
31 61 Alpha Pegasi 23:00 15:10 4x4 medium brightest broad band to the south with fainter portions that surround Markab creating a dark middle; bands broad with indistinct edges 62 NGC :10 18:10 1/4x1/2 faint S' shape through galaxy; extensions in multiple directions; for images see
32 63 Pisces head - west side 23:25 05:00 2x4 medium Curved arc with some detail inside the head; two curved arcs outside the head to the NW, the outermost arc the brightest; pretty sight 64 Pisces head - east side 23:40 05:30 2x4 medium Large arcs NE of Iota Piscium; the arcs merge on the east side and head south
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