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M33 and HII Regions - Butch Phaneuf Sketch and writeup

Posted: November 16, 2025

4 minute read

Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy) was observed across four nights with a goal of locating as many HII regions, OB associations, and globular clusters as possible. Resources from Tony Flanders, Steve Gottlieb, Howard Banich, Scott Harrington, and Alvin Huey provided essential guidance. The ‘A’ designations follow Roberta Humphreys and Alan Sandage’s catalog of stellar content in M33. Three sessions focused primarily on HII regions and spiral structure; the fourth session filled in missed OB associations and globular clusters.
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The Witch’s Broom Nebula (reprocess)

Posted: November 5, 2025

1 minute read

This was a reprocess and reframing of the Witch’s Broom in the Western Veil Nebula.
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Butch’s time with the CfA2 Great Wall of Galaxies observed

Posted: September 22, 2025

79 minute read

Guest post from Butch: Perhaps appropriately, this report is quite lengthy, as is the Great Wall itself.
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Quickshot: the Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)

Posted: September 14, 2025

1 minute read

I haven’t been able to image lately for a number of reasons, some just personal crap, but also because the weather here the past few months has just sucked.
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M81 and M82 in RGB blended with narrowband subtracted continuum

Posted: March 18, 2025

less than 1 minute read

This is a quick post on the M81/M82 region, also known as Bode’s and Cigar Galaxies, respectively.
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