| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Galaxies:
NGC 5363 / NGC 5364 / NGC 5356
Date & Time: 2 and 3 June 2003 11 PM to 3 am Sky darkness: 6 <Limiting magnitude> Transparency: fair to good Seeing: <1 worst - 10 best> Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Conditions: temp 45-50 F, dry Site classification: suburb-rural Telescope: 17.5 DOB, Bigdog Eyepieces: not used Magnification: app. 200x integrated 2 sec exposures |
A real different type of
galaxy, NGC5363. The standard overexposed pro print of this galaxy do not
hint as to its weird appearance. The Nuclear region is offset from the
center and the outer parts form a fan or semi-circle. Quite bright too
and very yellow , but small in size. NGC5364 is famous in observatory pics
from its fine dual-arm spiral pattern, but these are extremely faint. Only
the center can be seen and the nuc is very small. The arms can only be
hinted in the processed image. NGC 5356 just seemed too faint and was not
attempted, probably a mistake, will reschedule.
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