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(IAAC) Obj: NGC1023 - Inst: 4.5" (114mm), F/8 (homemade dobson, "babydob")



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Observation Poster: Ante Perkovic  <albirejo_without_j@vip.hr>

Observer: Ante Perkovic 
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: February 15th 2004
Location of site: Kasjuni beach, Split, Croatia (Lat 43.5, Elev 0m)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 5.6 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 4.5" (114mm), F/8 (homemade dobson, "babydob")
Magnification: 25x, 48x, 79x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC1023
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Perseus
Data: mag 9.4  size 8.1'x3.4'
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
25x: Visible vith direct vision as a 1' fuzzy. Galaky and 2 more stars (m=9, 10) forms 
      3.5' long straight array, so its easy to find.
48x: I see it's eliptical (1' x 2')! I also se it has bright core, it's not uniformly bright.
79x: Now it's even bigger (1' x 3')! Looks like mini-M31! It has bright core, 
      it slowly fades from the center and it's eliptical.

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