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(IAAC) Obj: NGC5139 - 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: 03112002/04:12EST
Location of site: Phelps Lake, NC (Lat 35:44, Elev 20')
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 8/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 4/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 55CM / f:4.1 / StarMaster
Magnification: 42X, 120X
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC5139
Category: Globular cluster.
Class: 8
Constellation: Cen
Data: mag 3.7  size 36.3
Position: RA 13:26.8  DEC -47:29
Description:
42X-NGC5139 (Omega Centaurus)appears as a big fuzzy ball with splotches
scattered about it. The local seeing is reducing the foreground stars to fuzzy
blobs about like wet snowflakes on a windshield. Obviously the cluster star are
unresolvable. However this object is 'BIG' and 'BRIGHT'! At 42X it fills about
1/2 of the 52* (Actual 1*3') field. Alas the view is disapointing due to seeing.
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