(IAAC) Obj: NGC 7800 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector

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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary at rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 11/20/06  02:35 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian reflector
Magnification: 128x, 193x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 7800
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Peg
Data: mag 12.5  size 1.0' X 1.0'
Position: RA 23:59.5  DEC +14:48.5
Description:
A very faint circular nebulous patch of uniform appearance.  There is no
detectable brightening toward the core.  While the Digital Sky Survey shows
elongation to the NE and SW, this structure could not be seen.  An 11th
magnitude field star is located 5' off the SSW edge.  The galaxy lies near
the midpoint of a line between 2 fairly wide pairs of 11th magnitude stars,
one to the NE, aligned nearly E-W and a second to the SW, aligned N-S..
Visible with averted vision at 128x, the galaxy did not bear magnification
well and was best seen at 128x-193x.

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