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Re: (IAAC) NGC 4216
Hello, Nick. I'm Kent Blackwell in Virginia Beach, VA USA. I last looked
at N4216 with a 12-1/2" f/6 back in March of 1992, and remember seeing it
as gorgeous in my 6" f/6 Celestron Newtonian telescope. What a wonderful
area surrounding it as well. Page 193 of my Uranometria is filled with
notes. Great field around this stunning galaxy.
I just observed the Witchead Nebula in Eridanus last night. It's eluded me
previously, but managed to see it at 90x with my 16" f/6.2 and a Lumicon
Deep Sky filter. Normally I like the OIII filter, but the Deep Sky was
best on this. Looks like a faint California Nebula.
Kent Blackwell
Virginia Beach, VA
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> From: Nick Martin <nmartin@bonnyton.u-net.com>
> To: netastrocatalog@latrade.com
> Subject: (IAAC) NGC 4216
> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 7:02 PM
>
> Observer:N.J.Martin
> Your skill:intermediate
> Date and UT of observation:Jan 20 1999 05:00UT
> Location & latitude:near Ayr South West Scotland lat 55 24'56"
> Site classification:bright rural
> Limiting magnitude (visual):6 (zenith)
> Seeing (1 to 10- best to worst):5
> Moon up (phase?):no
> Instrument:20" f4.4 Dobsonian, 8" f8 Newtonian
> Magnification:X180,X250
> Filters used:None
> Object:NGC4216
> Category:Galaxy
> Constellation:Virgo
> Object data:mag9.9 8.3' X 2.2'
> RA/DE: RA 12 13.4' Dec +13 08'
> Personal rating A+
> Description: A stunning galaxy in the 20". Using a 12 mm Nagler, my first
> impression of this object was of a jewel like sliver of glass with the
> silvery gleam of the bright central core set against the pencil line of
the
> galaxy which crossed a quarter of the field in direction pa 20. The
bright
> central nucleus and narrow core grade outwards into a long more uniform
> pencil line of light with nebulosity visible on the following edge.
> Using the 9mm orthoscopic (X250) a more detailed view was obtained. The
> brightest part of the central core is about 1' in diameter and then the
> brightness of the spindle shaped core declines uniformly outward. The
> spindle is more elongated, 2'long, and brighter on the southern side of
the
> nucleus than the north,1.5' long, and the southern end is more V shaped.
> The northern end of the core tapers out ending in a roundish patch. A
> further roundish patch is seen,3' out, near the north edge of the galaxy
> with fainter material beyond it. In between the roundish patches there is
> iregularily mottled material. A dark lane starts at the (north)edge of
the
> inner round patch and curls round the central core to run parallell to
the
> major axis. Another dark lane, south of the nucleus, runs parallell to
the
> southern core then bends towards the following edge. A further darkish
patch
> then a flared out patch, 4' from the nucleus, is terminated by the
southern
> edge of the galaxy, which curves around. The following edge of the
galaxy
> is defined by faint nebulosisty which extends as far as a faint star
almost
> due east of the nucleus.
> Nick Martin, Bonnyton House, By Ayr, Ayrshire KA6 7EW ,Scotland, UK.
> Latitude 55 24'56" Longtitude 4 26' 00".
> "Eppur si muove" Galileo Galilei
>
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