NGC 5846 / NGC 5850


Steve Bodin 
Galaxies:  NGC 5846 / NGC 5850
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
   
Two small non-descript galaxies typical of the Virgo cloud. Just close enough to fit on the small CCD of the Bigdog. Really not worth the sidetrip to find.
 

   



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