Re: (SNES) Re: A minor mystery

["Steve Brandt" <stevebrandt@mediaone.net>]

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Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: (SNES) Re: A minor mystery


Hi Doug,

> The designation PK 63+13.1 is just another name for M57, just as
> is NGC 6720. The "PK", which you see in descriptions of about 1,000
planetary
> nebulae, refers to the two Czech astronomers, Perek and Kohoutek, who
created
> the Catalog of Galactic and Planetary Nebulae in 1967.

Thanks for the info.  Was the Czech astronomer Kohoutek the one of Comet
Kohoutek fame?

Clear skies,
Steve
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