(IAAC) Obj: NGC 3115 - Inst: 10" F/5.6 Dob

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Observation Poster: Brian Carter <nairbretrac at hotmail.com>

Observer: Brian Carter
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 9/10/05
Location of site: Charlie Elliot, near Atlanta GA (Lat , Elev )
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10" F/5.6 Dob
Magnification: 53x, 100x, 135x, 200x and Barlow
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 3115
Category: External galaxy.
Class: S0
Constellation: Sex
Data: mag 10.3  size 4.5
Position: RA 9:10.3  DEC +07:02
Description:
Sab galaxy in Cancer - Mag 10.3 - RA 9: 10.3 D +07 : 02  Found easily as a 
round featureless haze in the 27mm Panoptic at 52x.  With the 14mm Pentax at 
100x it is not much better but reveals a swollen stellar core surrounded by an 
even diffuse haze, perfectly smooth and round.

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