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(IAAC) Obj: NGC3156 - Inst: 30CM, f:10 SCT, MEADE LX200
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Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC3156 - Inst: 30CM, f:10 SCT, MEADE LX200
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From: apache@galaxy.atmob.org (Apache User)
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 21:15:23 -0500 (EST)
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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: 02192004/0446ut
Location of site: W. Summerland Key, FL (Lat 24.6, Elev 10')
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 6/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 7/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 30CM, f:10 SCT, MEADE LX200
Magnification: 134X, 254X
Filter(s): NONE
Object(s): NGC3156
Category: External galaxy.
Class: S0
Constellation: Sex
Data: mag 13.1p/SB 12.0 size 2.2' x 1.0'
Position: RA 10:12.6 DEC +03:07.7
Description:
134X-NGC3156 appears as a diffuse oval with a fairly weak halo and moderately
bright core.
254X-NGC3156 appears as a elongated oval with an eccentricity of about 0.5. The
core is moderately bright, but diffuse making it's boundry uncertain. The
Galaxy is located 1.9' distant at PA287 from a 9.1 mag star, SAO 118165. No
other DSO's are in the FOV, but NGC3166, a 11.3 mag Galaxy lies 30 arcmin to
the N.E. and NGC3169, a 11.9 mag Galaxy lies just beyond.
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