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(IAAC) Obj: NGC5529 - 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: 0062003/0720ut
Location of site: Bigwoods, NC (Lat 35:46, Elev 250')
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 7/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 5/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 55CM / f:4.1 / StarMaster
Magnification:  120X, 220X
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC5529
Category: External galaxy.
Class: Sa
Constellation: Boo
Data: mag 12.8p  size 6.2' x 0.8'
Position: RA 14:19  DEC +36:13
Description:
120X- NGC5529 found with averted vision after consulting MegaStar. Hazy
conditions make locating it very difficult.

220X- NGC5529 appears as a faint smudge of light with direct vision, but the
elonggated halo is a fleeting vision that comes and goes with averted vision.
No other DSO's detectable in the FOV. NGC5557 a Galaxy of 11.9p lies 38' E.N.E.
There is a relative bright star of 11.1v about 5' to the E.S.E. 
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