Hello Dietmar,

> "...is there an optional set of parameters to enter, that allow a very
> specific search for objects like: 'display galaxies of peculiar size
> (let us say larger than 10 arc minutes)' that would help enormously
> in my research for objects I'd like to image."
>
> Unfortunately, no. The only way to filter galaxies is by magnitude.

long time ago (in the DOS era) I bought a piece of software called "Deep Sky
Planner" which could do such a filtering and gave you such a list.

Clear skies
Bernd


Bernd Brinkmann

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