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Gemini Sky Atlas Gemini Sternkarten / Star maps Astronomische Daten für diese Karten stammen von frei verfügbaren Datenbanken im Internet Astronomical data for this sky atlas were taken from free database sources on the internet Objektkataloge / Object databases: Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg - http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr Saguaro Astronomy Club: SAC Database 7.70 - http://www.saguaroastro.org Sternkatalog / Star database: Star Database: SKY2000 Catalog, Version 4 (Myers+ 2002) http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=V/109 An den Karten haben mitgewirkt / People that have been working on the maps: Fred Van Gestel (author), Dennis Wallace (PDF and data base editing) Alle Sternkarten stehen unter einer Creative Commons – Namensnennung – Nicht-Kommerziell Lizenz All star maps are licensed under a Creative Commons – Attribution – NonCommercial license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Gemini ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel – http://vangestel.de/astro GEMINI constellation index (objects up to 12m0) 19 Objects Open clusters Object Const. Name Page(s) Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC Bochum 1 GEM Gem 1-1 Gem 1-2 Gem 2-1 7.90 - Cr 89 GEM Gem 1-2 Gem 2-1 5.70 - H101 GEM Gem 1-1 Gem 2-1 8.30 10' 2420 H69 GEM Gem 1-2 6.70 7' 2129 H70 GEM Gem 1-2 8.60 5' 2158 H81 GEM Gem 1-1 Gem 1-2 10.00 7' 2266 H85 GEM Gem 2-1 10.00 5' 2304 H92 GEM Gem 2-1 10.00 9' 2355 H98 GEM Gem 2-1 8.00 12' 2395 I2157 GEM Gem 1-2 8.40 IC2157 M35 GEM Gem 1-2 5.30 28' n. eye 2300 Ly 2168 N2331 GEM Gem 1-1 Gem 1-2 8.50 2331 N2356 GEM Gem 2-1 9.70 2356 13 open clusters Galaxies Object Const. Name Page(s) Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC N2339 GEM Gem 1-1 Gem 1-2 Gem 2-1 11.80 2339 UGC 3691 GEM Gem 2-1 11.90 - 2 galaxies Nebula Object Const. Name Page(s) Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC I443 GEM Gem 1-2 Gem 2-1 12.00 IC443 1 nebula Planetary nebula Object Const. Name Page(s) Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC C39 GEM Eskimo nebula Gem 1-1 Gem 1-2 Gem 2-1 9.20 0.8' 10x50 + ++ - 2500 Ly 2392 H96 GEM Gem 1-1 Gem 1-2 0.00 74'' 2372 PK 205+14.1 GEM Medusa nebula Gem 2-1 11.30 10' 100x ++ + - - 3 planetary nebula V1.02 - Last update: 15.11.2014 - ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - http://www.vangestel.de/astro GEMINI - 9m0 stars - Flamsteed - 12m0 objects - v1.02 8h15m 8h 7h45m 7h30m 7h15m 7h 6h45m 6h30m N2543 36° 36° 70 71 34 80 33° 33° 66 62 48 30° 46 30° 15 H96 75 28 53 AurAur 54 78 64 49 65 60 53 25 59 18 N2331 27° 69 H81 27° 83 47 39 76 49 40 14 2 37 4 57 52 GemGem 27 77 48 42 24° 19 24° N2554 11 82 12 58 9 44 13 55 36 10 H101 C39 63 21° 21° 43 56 16 79 61 18 85 Bochum 1 N2339 8h15m 8h 7h45m 7h30m 7h15m 7h 6h45m 6h30m Gem 1-1 ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - Made with StarMapStudio - http://vangestel.de/astro GEMINI - 9m0 stars - Flamsteed - 12m0 objects - v1.02 7h30m 7h15m 7h 6h45m 6h30m 6h15m 6h 5h45m 5h30m 36° 36° M38 M36 34 H61 King8 33° 33° M37 25 62 48 26 46 30° Basel4 30° H96 44 28 53 AurAur 25 54 64 49 65 60 53 59 136 N2331 H81 27° 47 27° 39 139 125 49 40 37 27 57 52 118 GemGem 132 5 42 M35 48 I2157 121 24° 8 H70 24° 9 2 11 12 Cr89 1 H69 58 4 3 I443 6 44 13 7 Berk21 M1 55 36 Basel11B 63 21° 123 21° C39 43 56 16 N2175 54 61 18 62 68 64 57 Bochum 1 71 N2339 119 7h30m 7h15m 7h 6h45m 6h30m 6h15m 6h 5h45m 5h30m Gem 1-2 ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - Made with StarMapStudio - http://vangestel.de/astro GEMINI - 9m0 stars - Flamsteed - 12m0 objects - v1.02 8h 7h45m 7h30m 7h15m 7h 6h45m 6h30m 6h15m 83 39 76 49 40 2 37 27 4 57 52 GemGem 77 42 48 8 24° 24° 9 11 Cr89 12 58 82 I443 9 44 13 7 36 H101 55 63 21° 21° C39 43 56 16 79 61 18 85 Bochum 1 71 81 N2339 18° H85 18° 21 74 26 20 3 54 5 24 51 41 33 72 45 19 1 68 15° 15° UGC3691 H98 H92 35 30 8 PK205+14.1 38 31 H74 32 73 74 6 12° 12° 1 MonMon 11 N2259 15 75 H80 Tr5 N2513 2 4 9° 9° C46 8h 7h45m 7h30m 7h15m 7h 6h45m 6h30m 6h15m Gem 2-1 ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - Made with StarMapStudio - http://vangestel.de/astro Gem 1-1 9 Objects Open clusters Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC Bochum 1 GEM 7.90 - H101 GEM 8.30 10' 2420 H81 GEM 10.00 7' 2266 N2331 GEM 8.50 2331 4 open clusters Galaxies Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC N2339 GEM 11.80 2339 N2543 LYN 11.90 2543 N2554 CNC 12.00 2554 3 galaxies Planetary nebula Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC C39 GEM Eskimo nebula 9.20 0.8' 10x50 + ++ - 2500 Ly 2392 H96 GEM 0.00 74'' 2372 2 planetary nebula V1.02 - Last update: 15.11.2014 - ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - http://www.vangestel.de/astro Gem 1-2 22 Objects Open clusters Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC Basel 11B ORI 8.90 - Basel 4 AUR 9.10 - Berk 21 ORI 11.10 - Bochum 1 GEM 7.90 - Cr 89 GEM 5.70 - H69 GEM 6.70 7' 2129 H70 GEM 8.60 5' 2158 H81 GEM 10.00 7' 2266 I2157 GEM 8.40 IC2157 King 8 AUR 11.20 - M35 GEM 5.30 28' n. eye 2300 Ly 2168 M36 AUR 6.30 12' 3.5x15 4000 Ly 1960 M37 AUR 6.20 16' 3.5x15 4000 Ly 2099 M38 AUR 7.40 25' 3.5x15 4000 Ly 1912 N2331 GEM 8.50 2331 15 open clusters Galaxies Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC N2339 GEM 11.80 2339 1 galaxie Nebula Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC H61 AUR 11.30 3' 1931 I443 GEM 12.00 IC443 M1 TAU Crab nebula 8.40 5'x4' 10x50 + + - 4000 Ly 1952 N2175 ORI 6.80 2175 4 nebula Planetary nebula Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC C39 GEM Eskimo nebula 9.20 0.8' 10x50 + ++ - 2500 Ly 2392 H96 GEM 0.00 74'' 2372 2 planetary nebula V1.02 - Last update: 15.11.2014 - ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - http://www.vangestel.de/astro Gem 2-1 18 Objects Open clusters Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC Bochum 1 GEM 7.90 - Cr 89 GEM 5.70 - H101 GEM 8.30 10' 2420 H74 ORI 8.50 10' 2194 H85 GEM 10.00 5' 2304 H92 GEM 10.00 9' 2355 H98 GEM 8.00 12' 2395 N2259 MON 10.80 2259 N2356 GEM see H92 (N2355) 9.70 2356 Tr 5 MON 10.90 - 10 open clusters Galaxies Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC N2339 GEM 11.80 2339 N2513 CNC 11.60 2513 UGC 3691 GEM 11.90 - 3 galaxies Nebula Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC C46 MON Hubble's variable nebula 10.00 1.5'x1' 50 mm 3000 Ly 2261 H80 MON 3.90 20' o + - 2264 I443 GEM 12.00 IC443 3 nebula Planetary nebula Object Const. Name Description Vmag Size Instrument OIII UHC H-β Distance NGC/IC C39 GEM Eskimo nebula 9.20 0.8' 10x50 + ++ - 2500 Ly 2392 PK 205+14.1 GEM Medusa nebula 11.30 10' 100x ++ + - - 2 planetary nebula V1.02 - Last update: 15.11.2014 - ©2014 by Fred Van Gestel - http://www.vangestel.de/astro .
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