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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 83 - Inst: 10.1" f/4.5 Dobsonian



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Observation Poster: Brent Reary <gmbreary@rollanet.org>

Observer: Brent Reary
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 12/02/04  02:15 UT
Location of site: Rolla, MO  USA (Lat 37 57'N, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 10.1" f/4.5 Dobsonian
Magnification: 128x, 257x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC 83
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: And
Data: mag 12.5  size 1.5' X 1.5'
Position: RA 00:21  DEC +22:26
Description:
A very faint round nebulous patch of uniform appearance.  There is no
detectable brightening toward the core.  Located ~5' NE of NGC80 in a
trinagle of 10-11 magnitude field stars, the galaxy is positioned with
regard to the triangle so that the shape becomes that of a square.
Visible with averted vision at 128x, it began to fade into the background
at 257x.
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