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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 3923 - Negative report - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars



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Observation Poster: Stéphane Meloche <stephanemeloche@videotron.ca>

Observer: Stéphane Meloche
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 2006/04/30 3h37 UT
Location of site: Coaticook (Qc), Canada (Lat 45.17°, Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 5.2 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars
Magnification: 
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 3923 - Negative report
Category: External galaxy.
Class: E4
Constellation: Hya
Data: mag 9.8  size 6.6 x 4.5
Position: RA 11:51  DEC -28:48
Description:
In Hydra, at ~ 7½° S-W of Epsilon Crv. First, I see an object of stellar in appearance, which was taken for the galaxy initially. On the other hand, I found that its site observed with the binoculars was slightly more in the South that what my SkyAtlas indicated. I thus left my Herald-Bobroff Astro-Atlas to note that this object of stellar appearance is indeed a star, and not NGC 3923. The galaxy is slightly more in North, as what I perceived in the FOV of my instrument.
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