| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Galaxies: M105 / NGC 3384 / 3389 Date & Time: 17 Apr 2004, 9 pm to 11 pm local Seeing: 5 <1 worst - 10 best> Transparency: good Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Conditions: temp 40F, damp Sky darkness: 5.6 <Limiting magnitude> Site classification: suburb-rural Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: not used Magnification: DX-8263SL color video camera at f2.3 Magnification: app. 80x |
Viewed M105 many times,
quite
bright, but uninteresting, just a round blob. NGC3384 is easy also and
close
by, the fainter outer regions of this SO type galaxy are just visible
when
processed. The real difficult one is NGC3389, only a very faint glow in
real
time and not much better when processed. This is an SC type and very
much
fainter than the listed magnitude. This would be difficult for a
visual
observer from the typical suburban location. |
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