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(IAAC) Obj: NGC3077 - Inst: 30cm, f:10 SCT,LX200
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Observation Poster: Jim Anderson <madmoon@bellsouth.net>
Observer: Jim Anderson
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 03242001-02:59EST
Location of site: Phelps Lake, NC (Lat 35:44, Elev 20')
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 7/10 <10-1 Seeing Scale (1 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 30cm, f:10 SCT,LX200
Magnification: 117X, 203X, 314X
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC3077
Category: External galaxy.
Class: E2p
Constellation: UMa
Data: mag 9.8v size 5.5' x 4.1'
Position: RA 10:03.3 DEC +68:44
Description:
Fat oval, halo even illuminated with a sharply defined core an a tiney bright
star like nucleus or possibally a superimposed star as it is not centered in
the core, near the N-W edge of the core. There is another faint star in the N-W
outer fringes of the halo and a bright field star a little further to the N-W
(8 mag) and an 11 mag star to the S-E an aprox 30 fainter stars in the FOV.
The outer fringes of the halo are fuzzy without a defined edge.
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