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(IAAC) Obj: NGC4548 (M91) - Inst: 55CM / f:4.1 / StarMaster
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Observation Poster: James (Jim) Anderson <madmoon@bellsouth.net>
Observer: James (Jim) Anderson
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 03112002/00:52EST
Location of site: Phelps Lake, NC (Lat 35:44, Elev 20')
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 8/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 6/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 55CM / f:4.1 / StarMaster
Magnification: 220X
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC4548 (M91)
Category: External galaxy.
Class: SBb
Constellation: Com
Data: mag 10.1v size 5.5' x 4.5'
Position: RA 12:35.5 DEC +14:29
Description:
220X-NGC4548 is a small faint, fuzzy object with a brighter round core. There
is a 'HINT' of nrightness along a nearly E-W line. (Catalogs indicate the
object is 'SBb') The bar is too faint and subtile to confirm. See a 10.3v mag
star at 6.9' West.
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