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(IAAC) Obj: NGC5084 - Inst: 56CM; f:4.1 StarMaster Dob
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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: 06252003/0329ut
Location of site: The Scales, VA (Lat 36:43, Elev 4686')
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 7/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 6/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 56CM; f:4.1 StarMaster Dob
Magnification: 120X, 220X
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC5084
Category: External galaxy.
Class: S0
Constellation: Vir
Data: mag 11.6p size 10.2' x 1.7'
Position: RA 13:20.2 DEC -21:49
Description:
120X-NGC5084 appears as a long thin halo fading to diffuse ends. A large bright
core making a promenent central bulge. Easy with direct vision.
220X-NGC5084's halo is bright adjacent to the bright core gradually fading to
invisibility toward the ANSE. It appears much smaller than the catalog data,
about 3" x 1' With direct vision-responds well to magnificatiion.
ESO 576-31 lies 8.2' to the S-E showing a tiny round diffuse spot (13.9p).
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