(IAAC) Obj: NGC 4125 - 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: 2007/04/21 5h01 UT 
Location of site: Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley, Québec, Canada (Lat 45.4542°, Elev 316 m)
Site classification: Suburban
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 4125
Category: External galaxy.
Class: E6
Constellation: Dra
Data: mag 9.7  size 6' x 5.1'
Position: RA 12:8.1  DEC 65:10
Description:
In Draco, at ~ 5˝° SE of Giausar. Weak galaxy at my 9x63 binoculars, visible
only with averted vision at first glance. This elliptic galaxy forms a triangle
with stars HD 105485 and TYC 4160-1074-1. By continuing my observations, it
presents a very bright core, stellar in appearance, surrounded by a nebulous
halo. After several minutes of attentive observation, a strange fact occurs: I
detect a second stellar object of appearance within NGC 4125, shifted compared
to the core. After checks, this point is star TYC 4160-977-1 (magv = 9,985). It
is the first time that I detect a star, visible with my 9x63, also close to a
galaxy. Attractive object!
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