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| Galaxies:
M89 / NGC 4551 / 4550
Date & Time: 5 June 2003 11 PM to 1 am Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: fair to good Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Site classification: suburb-rural Conditions: temp 65 F, dry Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 17.5 DOB, Bigdog Eyepieces: not used Additional: DX-8263SL video camera at f3 Magnification: app. 200x integrated 2 sec exposures
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M89 is another elliptical
galaxy, typical of the Virgo cluster. It is very round, but not very large.
The two companions are some distance to the south, but are both in the
same field. NGC4551 is just a faint roundish type, but NGC4550 is a bit
brighter and a nice elongated shape too.
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