Observer:
Jim Andeson Your skills: Intermediate (some years) Date/time of
observation: 12222000-21:10EST Location of site: Phelps Lake, NC (Lat 35:44,
Elev 20') Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 7-8/10 <1-10 Scale
(10 best)> Seeing: 3-4/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon
presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: 30CM/F:10
SCT/LX200 Magnification: 55X,117X, 138.5X, 203X, 254X, 314X Filter(s):
UHC, O-III Object(s): NGC247 Category: External galaxy. Class:
Constellation: Cet Data: mag 9.2v size 19' X
5.5' Position: RA 00:47.1 DEC -20:46 Description: 55X - The
galaxy is oriented early N.-S. The oval core is bright and soft without hint of
a stellar nucleus. The halo is faint, but apparently oval with an extension
projecting to the north ending in a faint knot. The southern arm if there is one
is lost in the glare of TYC 5849-2407-1, a 9.47m star. I can repeatidly see the
extension and knot with averted vision, but I cannot hold it more than a second
or so. The seeing is wracking havoc with the background stars. -- Optional
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