| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Galaxies:
NGC 4438 / NGC 4435 / NGC 4461 / NGC 4458
Date & Time: 25 May 2003 11 pm to 1 am Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: fair degrading to poor Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Site classification: suburb-rural Conditions: temp 45 F, damp Sky darkness: 5.6 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: not used Additional: DX-8263SL video camera at f2.3 Magnification: app. 80x integrated 2 sec exposures |
The next group in the Markarian's
Chain to the east. Actually quite easy and a double-double arrangement.
More of the same as to types, lenticulars and ellipticals, but they look
almost the same. These type of galaxies have a generally higher surface
brightness and a brighter nucleus, so they are easy to see if not mistaken
for stars.
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