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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 5921 - Inst: 40" f/5 dob
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Observer: Mark G.Birkmann
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 3-28-2001, 8:15 UT (2:15 CDT)
Location of site: New Haven, Missouri (Lat ~38, Elev ~700 feet)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 4 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 40" f/5 dob
Magnification: 408x
Filter(s):
Object(s): NGC 5921
Category: External galaxy.
Class: SBb
Constellation: Serpens
Data: mag 11.5(B) size 4.9' x 3.9'
Position: RA 15:21m 56.4s DEC +5:04'11"
Description:
This galaxy was fairly easy to find about 3 degrees north of m5. My notes
report this galaxy as being very faint. However there was a relatively bright
bar running roughly north and south. A faint, barely nonstellar, nucleus was
seen at the center of the bar. A small, faint extension was seen off the
northwest side of the galaxy and was about equal in brightness to the bar. The
galaxy was oval shaped and showed no additional detail other than a possible
condensation in the extension to the northwest and a possible dark lane
immediately adjacent to the bar on the southwest side. A drawing may be seen
at http://members.fortunecity.com/faintfuzzy/drawings.htm
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Optional related URLs: http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/twyford/637/drawings.htm
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