| Targets
are rated 1 to 4 for challenge, with 1 very easy, 4 most difficult.
Targets are in a one hour window of R.A., and arranged north to
south, for easy star hopping. Available as a Megastar .obs
file or Excel spreadsheet. |
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Rating
|
Object |
Con |
Type |
Size |
Mag |
RA
|
Dec
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Other |
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4
|
Arp 109 |
Dra |
GX |
0.5'x0.4' |
15.2 |
15 48 07
|
69 28 11
|
UGC 10053 |
|
4
|
Arp 109 |
Dra |
GX |
1.2'x0.7' |
15.0 |
15 47 50
|
69 28 11
|
UGC 10053 |
|
|
22” f/4.1 (203, 293, 377 and 528x) — Four
galaxies were immediately seen arranged like an L”. UGC
10053 appeared as a considerably faint round smudge with
a slightly brighter center. It is about 45” across. A 15th
magnitude double star lies about 1 WSW from the core. A
blinding 7.5 magnitude star lies 4.5 due west and must be
kept off the field. This galaxy marks the top of the L”.
MCG+12-15-18 shows a considerably faint, round smudge with
a slightly brighter center. It is about the same size and
brightness as UGC 10053, which lies 1.2 WNW. MCG+12-15-20
— Considerably faint, 3:1 elongated even surface brightness
patch. It is about 45” long with a position angle of 170
. An 11.1 magnitude star lies 38” SSW. This galaxy marks
the corner of the L”. MCG+12-15-18 lies 3.5 WNW and IC 1146
lies 3.8 SSW. IC 1146 is a considerably bright round patch
with a stellar nucleus. This galaxy is about 90” across
and lies on the end of the short arm of the L”. A nice 13th
and 15th magnitude double star lies 2.2 north. - Alvin Huey |
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4
|
HGC 078A |
Dra |
GX2 |
1.4'x0.6' |
14.9B |
15 48 17
|
68 13 14
|
UGC 10057 |
|
4
|
HGC 078B |
Dra |
GX2 |
0.7x0.2 |
14.9B |
15 48 08
|
68 12 24
|
MCG +11-19-016 |
|
|
18" At 225x HCG 78A appeared faint, small,
very elongated 3:1 E-W, 0.6'x0.2', with a low even surface
brightness. Located 2.5' NW of a mag 13 star. Forms a close
pair wth HCG 78B = MCG +11-19-016 just 1.2' SW. This faint
member of HCG 78 appeared extremely small and round at first
glance. In fact, all that I noticed initially was the fairly
bright substellar nucleus, ~6" in diameter but with averted
vision, small thin extensions were occasionally visible
extending the size to 0.6'x0.2'. Although both galaxies
are edge-ons, 78A has a low even surface brightness while
78B is sharply concentrated with extremely faint arms. |
|
|
4
|
HGC 080C |
Dra |
GX3 |
0.4'x0.3' |
16.1B |
15 59 07
|
65 14 01
|
PGC 56572 |
|
4
|
HGC 080A |
Dra |
GX3 |
0.9'x0.2' |
15.5B |
15 59 19
|
65 13 58
|
CGCG 319-038 |
|
4
|
HGC 080B |
Dra |
GX3 |
0.5'x0.3' |
16.4B |
15 59 21
|
65 13 22
|
PGC 56590 |
|
|
18" HCG 80A = CGCG 319-038 is the brightest
in a tight trio. At 223x, it appeared faint, small, very
elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 0.6'x0.2', with a low even surface
brightness. Collinear with a 30" pair of mag 14 stars about
2' S. HCG 80C is found 1.2' to the west and appeared extremely
faint and small, round, just 6" diameter. The "C" component
was noticed before "B" which required more effort to view.
HCG 80B, a mere 30" to the south of HCG 80A was only glimpsed
on several occasions as an extremely faint, extremely small
knot, ~6" diameter. Back in '96, I could could almost hold
this galaxy steadily with averted vision. Must by gettin'
old. |
|
|
2
|
N6015 |
Dra |
GX |
5.4x2.1 |
11.1 |
15 51 25
|
62 18 35
|
|
|
|
13" (5/14/83): fairly faint, fairly large,
elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 4.0'x1.8', diffuse, almost even surface
brightness. Located 2.3' E of a mag 11 star. A mag 13.5
star is at the SSW end 1.9' from the center. |
|
|
2
|
NGC5982 |
Dra |
GX |
1.2x.8 |
10.9 |
15 38 39
|
59 21 21
|
|
|
|
18" (6/17/06): fairly bright, moderately large,
slightly elongated, sharply concentrated with a high surface
brightness core increasing to a stellar nucleus. The halo
is much fainter and increases in size to ~1.5'x1.2'. Second
of an excellent trio in a string with N5981 and N5985. |
|
|
2
|
N5985 |
Dra |
GX |
5.5x3.0 |
11.1 |
15 39 37
|
59 15 55
|
|
|
|
18" (6/17/06): fairly bright, large, elongated
3:2 ~N-S, the halo extends to ~4'x2.5'. Broadly concentrated
to a brighter 40" core that increases slightly to the center.
The halo is mottled and patchy giving a strong impression
of spiral structure. This is largest and brightest overall
of an excellent trio with N5981 and N5982. |
|
|
4
|
Arp 188 |
Dra |
GX |
3.6'x0.8' |
14.4 |
16 06 03
|
55 25 29
|
UGC 10214 |
|
|
17.5": the "Tadpole Galaxy" appeared very
faint, small, elongated ~E-W, 0.5'x0.3', low surface brightness.
The previous month I mistook fainter MCG +09-26-052 located
12' NNW for this galaxy from the Sierra Buttes. In poorer
conditions (haze from fires cut down transparency) from
Fiddletown I couldn't see MCG +09-26-052. |
|
|
3
|
Arp 2 |
Her |
GX |
2.8'x2.2' |
13.2 |
16 16 18
|
47 02 47
|
UGC 10310 |
|
|
22" Very faint, very low surface brightness,
slightly elongated (5:4) patch with even surface brightness
throughout. Neither structure nor nucleus spotted. PA =
160 and about 2.5 long. A 15th magnitude star lies about
45” off the NW edge and another 15th mag star lies about
2 off the SE edge. Increasing the magnification did not
reveal any additional detail, but rather dimmed it even
more. |
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|
3
|
Arp 90 |
Boo |
GX |
1.7'x0.9' |
12.2 |
15 26 07
|
41 40 39
|
NGC 5930 |
|
|
18" (5/3/08): fairly bright, moderately large,
elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.3'x0.6'. Contains a small, bright
round core. Interacting pair (Arp 90) with N5929 attached
on the SW side of the core. |
|
|
3
|
Arp 90 |
Boo |
GX |
1.0'x0.9' |
13.6 |
15 26 06
|
41 40 39
|
NGC 5929 |
|
|
18" (5/3/08): this is the SW member of a contact,
interacting pair with brighter N5930. At 280x it appeared
moderately bright, small, round, 25" diameter, high surface
brightness, very small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.
The pair is only 34" between centers and barely resolved. |
|
|
3
|
N6058 |
Her |
PN |
24"x21" |
12.9 |
16 04 26
|
40 40 59
|
|
|
|
18" (7/20/06): picked up at 115x as a mag
13-13.5 star surrounded by a small 20" halo. Adding an OIII
filter the halo brightened significantly and increased slightly
in size. Nice view at 225x as the central star and halo
are both prominently displayed. At this magnification, the
halo was slightly elongated NNW-SSE, roughly 25"x20" in
size. At 325x, the planetary was beautifully framed within
an isosceles triangle that just fits within the high power
field of view. Adding a UHC filter the halo appeared irregular
in surface brightness and dimmed around the periphery, perhaps
extending to 30". |
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|
4
|
AGC 2124 |
CrB |
GXCL |
13.4' |
15.6 |
15 45 00
|
36 03 00
|
UGC 10012 |
|
|
18" 7mm - UGC 10012 is dim but unquestionably
visible. Picked up nearby galaxies, MAC 1545+3605, MAC 1545+3607B,
MAC 1545+3611 - Mark Wagner |
|
|
4
|
AGC 2162 |
CrB |
GXCL |
56.0' |
13.7 |
16 12 30
|
29 32 00
|
NGC 6086 |
|
|
18" 7mm - NGC 6085, NGC 6086, MCG 5-38-32,
CGCG 167-55, CGCG 167-56, MCG 5-38-28, U10258, MCG 5-38-27,
U10259, U10262. - Mark Wagner. |
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|
4
|
AGC 2079 |
CrB |
GXCL |
17.9' |
15.4 |
15 28 06
|
28 52 00
|
UGC 9861 |
|
|
18" 7mm - MGC 5-34-36, U9861, I4547, I4546,
CGCG 165-55. - Mark Wagner. |
|
|
3
|
Arp 220 |
Ser |
GX |
1.5'x1.2' |
13.1 |
15 34 57
|
23 30 11
|
IC 4553 |
|
3
|
Arp 220 |
Ser |
GX |
1.8' |
13.1 |
15 34 57
|
23 30 11
|
IC 4554 |
|
|
17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, almost round,
even surface brightness. This is an interacting double system
with an extremely faint "knot" or extension at the south
end [elongated E-W on the POSS]. Considered the prototype
of a megamaser with 98% of its emission in the infrared.
IC 4554 is a separate galaxy 2.2' SE of the double system
observed. |
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|
4
|
HGC 077C |
Ser |
GX3 |
0.6'x0.4' |
16.5B |
15 49 16
|
21 49 51
|
UGC 10049 |
|
4
|
HGC 077B |
Ser |
GX3 |
0.4'x0.2' |
16.2B |
15 49 16
|
21 49 25
|
UGC 10049 |
|
4
|
HGC 077A |
Ser |
GX3 |
1.4x0.6 |
13.7 |
15 49 16
|
21 49 10
|
UGC 10049 |
|
|
18" At 257x, HCG 77A and 77B appeared as a
soft elongated patch, extended N-S, ~20"x10". With concentration
the glow appeared clumpy and at moments A or B would resolve
into two 10" knots, although it was very difficult to view
both simultaneously. The brighter southern knot was HCG
77A and the tiny northern knot was 77B. |
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|
4
|
HGC 075A |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.4'x0.3' |
15.0B |
15 21 30
|
21 11 26
|
CGCG 135-050 |
|
4
|
HGC 075D |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.4'x0.2' |
16.3 |
15 21 37
|
21 10 53
|
PGC 54824 |
|
4
|
HGC 075B |
Ser |
GX5 |
1.2'x0.4' |
15.6 |
15 21 34
|
21 10 43
|
PGC 54818 |
|
4
|
HGC 075C |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.4'x0.3' |
16.5B |
15 21 38
|
21 10 37
|
PGC 54827 |
|
|
18" HCG 75A was missed by the great visual
observers of the 19th century and first picked up from the
Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates in the early 1960's.
CGCG 135-050 appeared faint, small, roundish though with
an irregular outline, 20" diameter. Occasionally, a very
faint stellar nucleus was visible with direct vision. Located
1' SW of a mag 12 star. This is a double system (with HCG
75B), although the companion was not seen with confidence.
HCG 75C, situated 2' SE, appeared as a mag 15.5 star with
no detectable size (only the stellar nucleus seen). It required
averted to see this member clearly but the observation was
easily repeatable. HCG 75D is a mere 26" NW and was only
intermittently glimpsed as an extremely difficult, virutally
stellar knot on line with 75C and the mag 12 star close
north of the group. |
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|
4
|
HGC 079B |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.9'x0.4' |
14.4B |
15 59 14
|
20 46 00
|
NGC 6027E |
|
4
|
HGC 079C |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.5'x0.3' |
15.3 |
15 59 11
|
20 45 41
|
NGC 6027B |
|
4
|
HGC 079E |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.3'x0.3' |
16.5B |
15 59 13
|
20 45 33
|
NGC 6027D |
|
4
|
HGC 079A |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.9'x0.6' |
14.8 |
15 59 11
|
20 45 15
|
NGC 6027A |
|
4
|
HGC 079D |
Ser |
GX5 |
0.7'x0.2' |
16.5 |
15 59 12
|
20 44 47
|
NGC 6027C |
|
|
18" Seyfert's Sextet is arguably the quintessential
Hickson group. Five or six galaxies crammed into a couple
of arc minutes. I've returned to this object many times
over the past 20 years and always resolve the three brightest
components (a 4th component was barely visible in a 30-inch
Starmaster last summer). HCG 79B is the brightest component
of Seyfert's Sextet and at 257x appeared faint, very small,
slightly elongated ~E-W, 15"x10", containing a faint stellar
nucleus with direct vision. A mag 14.5 star lies 1' ESE
and two additional mag 14.5 stars lie close SE. HCG 79C
lies just 22" west of center and is the faintest in the
resolved clump of three. It appeared extremely faint, round,
8"-10" diameter. Close south of this pair is HCG 79A, another
small knot that appeared very faint, slightly elongated,
15"x10". To give credit where it's due, Seyfert's Sextet
was actually discovered by Edouard Stephan in 1882. Carl
Seyfert's name was later attached after a paper he authored
in 1951 revealed this knot contained five or six galaxies
crammed into a space smaller than our Milky Way. Although
Stephan recorded this ultra-compact group as only a single
object, his description "eF, vF* inv, 2 vF st nr" implies
to me that he probably resolved three members though he
mistook two of the nearly stellar galaxies for stars. |
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3
|
Arp 209 |
Her |
GX |
0.9'x0.7' |
13.0 |
16 05 12
|
20 32 31
|
NGC 6052 |
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|
22" - This pair shows very interesting structure.
It appeared as double galaxy; a thin streak and a small
round galaxy connected on the west side of the thin streak.
NGC 6052 a bright even surface brightness thin streak with
no signs of a nucleus. It is about 60” long and positioned
at 0 . Companion a considerably bright round even surface
brightness with no brightening towards the center. About
20” in diameter. - Alvin Huey |
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4
|
Arp 218 |
Ser |
GX |
0.9'x0.5' |
15.4 |
15 53 32
|
18 36 38
|
CGCG 107-052 |
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|
3
|
Arp 72 |
Ser |
GX |
1.8'x0.9' |
12.8 |
15 46 58
|
17 53 05
|
NGC 5996 |
|
|
17.5" (5/14/88): moderately bright, fairly
large, elongated ~N-S, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.
A mag 14 star lies 1.5' S. Forms a close, interacting pair
(Arp 72) with N5994 1.5' SSW. |
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4
|
Arp 72 |
Ser |
GX |
0.4' X0.2' |
14.2 |
15 46 53
|
17 53 05
|
NGC 5994 |
|
|
17.5" (5/14/88): fainter member of an interacting
system with N5996. Very faint, extremely small. Appears
as a barely non-stellar knot just 1.5' SW of the center
of N5996. A mag 14 star lies 1.3' SE. |
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4
|
Arp 272 |
Her |
GX |
0.7'x0.4' |
15.2 |
16 05 30
|
17 46 09
|
NGC 6054 |
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|
17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, very small, slightly
elongated. Located 1.0' NE of a mag 12.5 star. Member of
Abell Galaxy Cluster 2151 with an extremely faint galaxy
1.5' W (MCG +03-41-099) and IC 1182 2.1' NNW. |
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3
|
Arp 71 |
Her |
GX |
1.3'x0.3' |
13.9 |
16 05 07
|
17 45 28
|
NGC 6045 |
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|
17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, small, very elongated
4:1 WSW-ENE. Located in the core of Abell Galaxy Cluster
2151 between the N6040/6041/6042 trio to the W and N6050
3.8' E. This is a double system with a companion attached
at the E end (not seen). |
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4
|
Arp 122 |
Her |
GX |
0.8' |
14.9 |
16 04 26
|
17 45 02
|
NGC 6040B |
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|
17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, very small, slightly
elongated E-W. This is the fainter member of a double system
attached at the SW end of N6040A. Located in the central
core of Abell Galaxy Cluster 2151. |
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3
|
Arp 122 |
Her |
GX |
1.4'x0.5' |
13.6 |
16 04 26
|
17 45 02
|
NGC 6040A |
|
|
17.5" (5/13/88): faint, small, elongated 5:2
SSW-NNE, low even surface brightness. Forms a close interacting
system with N6040B 26" S. First of three NGC galaxies with
N6041 2.7' SE and N6042 4.3' SE. Als, IC 1170 is just visible
2.0' SSE. Located within the central core of Abell Galaxy
Cluster 2151. |
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3
|
AGC 2151 |
Her |
GXCL |
56.0' |
13.8 |
16 05 12
|
17 44 00
|
NGC 6047 |
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|
18" I spotted quite a few of the galaxies
in this cluster. I actually looked at several of the Hercules
galaxy clusters on two consecutive nights. Lots of mag 13
and 14 galaxies here. I checked off 15 galaxies in this
group over the 2 observations. Chains of galaxies and galaxy
groupings make it an especially nice find. NGC 6039, 40,
41, 42 made up one little group. NGC 6043, 45 and 47 another,
and IC 1182, 83 and 85 yet another group -- all near the
center. - Jane Houston Jones. |
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4
|
Arp 172 |
Her |
GX |
1.1'x0.9' |
15.2 |
16 05 33
|
17 36 18
|
IC 1178 |
|
|
17.5" (5/13/88): faint, small, round, bright
core. Brighter of a close pair with IC 1181 20" SE. Located
12' S of IC 1182 in Abell Galaxy Cluster 2151. Combined
CGCG mag of 15.0z for the pair. |
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4
|
Arp 172 |
Her |
GX |
0.8'x0.7' |
15.9 |
16 05 33
|
17 36 18
|
IC 1181 |
|
|
17.5" (5/13/88): extremely faint and small,
possibly elongated. Forms a very close pair 20" SE of IC
1178 in Abell Galaxy Cluster 2151. |
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3
|
AGC 2152 |
Her |
GXCL |
37.0' |
13.8 |
16 05 24
|
16 26 00
|
MCG+3-41-95 |
|
|
18" I spotted five of the members, a straight
line of galaxies PGC 57177, 57067/68 and PGC 57004, plus
a little edge on PGC 57093. - Jane Houston Jones. |
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4
|
Arp 324 |
Her |
GX |
1.7'x1.0' |
14.2P |
16 02 12
|
15 58 32
|
UGC 10143 |
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|
22" PGC 56782 very faint, very small round
patch. Less than 10” across. Lies 1.7 north of UGC 10143.
UGC 10143 bright round patch with a slightly brighter center.
About 60” across. MAC 1602+1557 very faint, very small round
patch. Less than 10” across. Lies 1.1 SSW of UGC 10143.
MCG+3-41-52 Bright round patch with a slightly brighter
center. About 50” across, a little smaller than UGC 10143.
Lies 2.4 SSW of UGC 10143. MAC 1602+1554 considerably bright
round patch with a brighter center. About 40” across. Lies
about 1.8 south of MCG+3-41-52. MCG+3-41-51 faint thin even
surface brightness streak with a position angle of 100 .
Lies about 1.5 SW of MAC 1602+1554. - Alvin Huey |
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3
|
AGC 2147 |
Her |
GXCL |
39.2' |
13.8 |
16 02 18
|
15 53 00
|
UGC 10143 |
|
|
18" Arp 324, a magnitude 14.3 galaxy is the
brightest here and part of a nice little chain of galaxies.
I checked off 4 galaxies in this group. - Jane Houston Jones. |
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3
|
Arp 91 |
Ser |
GX |
1.3'x0.6' |
12.1 |
15 34 34
|
15 11 41
|
NGC 5954 |
|
|
17.5" (7/7/94): forms the NE member of a striking
double system with N5953 attached at the SW side. Fairly
faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, 1.0'x0.3'.
Almost even surface brightness but possibly brighter on
the south end (photograph shows the core asymmetrically
placed on the south end). Preceded by a string of three
mag 13 stars which are 4' W and a pair of mag 13 stars with
1' separation is 1.5' SE. A mag 10 star lies 6' S. |
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3
|
Arp 91 |
Ser |
GX |
1.6'x1.4' |
12.1 |
15 34 32
|
15 11 41
|
NGC 5953 |
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|
17.5" (7/7/94): bright, very small, round,
0.8' diameter. Sharp concentration with a striking high
surface brightness 20" core surrounded by a much fainter
halo slightly elongated ~E-W. A mag 15-15.5 star is just
visible at the SW edge 23" from the center. Forms a striking
double system with N5954 attached at the NE edge 46" between
centers. N5951 lies 16' SW. |
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4
|
Pal 14 |
Ser |
GC |
2.5' |
14.7 |
16 11 00
|
14 57 49
|
|
|
|
20" - Palomar 14's location is exactly as
on MegaStar chart. Easy to locate as a bright star is close
by. Not nearly as difficult visually as Pal 15. Though its
listed mag is fainter, Pal 14 has a higher surface brightness
than Pal 15. Seen as a diffuse soft round glow, with no
brightening to its middle, and no hint of any resolution.
But the edges of the globular are fairly strong against
background sky. According to Skiff, brightest stars are
17.6 mag and horizontal branch magnitude of stars in the
cluster is 20.06 One of most distant globulars from the
Sun. Discovered by H. Arp. - Barbara Wilson. |
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4
|
Arp 101 |
Ser |
GX |
2.1'x0.4' |
14.7 |
16 04 31
|
14 49 06
|
UGC 10169 |
|
4
|
Arp 101 |
Ser |
GX |
1.1'x0.9' |
15.5 |
16 04 24
|
14 49 06
|
UGC 10164 |
|
|
4
|
HGC 081A |
Her |
GX4 |
0.5'x0.3' |
17.0 |
16 18 14
|
12 47 43
|
UGC 10319 |
|
|
18" At 257x an extremely faint, small, low
surface brightness glow was intermittently visible perhaps
1/3 of the time. Forms the southern vertex of an equilateral
triangle with two mag 12.5 to the ENE and NNW. Only a single
member or the combined glow of two or more members was seen.
A few years back HCG 81 appeared elongated or possibly double,
although I still was not able to resolve the glow clearly
into separate components |
|
|
2
|
N5970 |
Ser |
GX |
2.9x1.9 |
11.5 |
15 38 30
|
12 11 16
|
|
|
|
13.1" (6/4/83): fairly bright, moderately
large, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, broad concentration to core.
Located 5.3' SW of mag 7.5 SAO 101663. |
|
|
4
|
AGC 2063 |
Ser |
GXCL |
22.4' |
15.1 |
15 23 00
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08 36 00
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CGCG 77-97 |
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18" While surveying the NGC, I previously
had run across NGC 5919 and 5920 which are outlying members
of the rich cluster, Abell 2063. Within the main portion
of the cluster, the new version of the Uranometria simply
plots one galaxy, MCG +02-39-020. Although this Serpens
galaxy cluster was slipping into the western sky when I
started observing, I was pretty amazed to identify 21 new
galaxies in the cluster -- mostly in the same high power
field!! These galaxies are generally in the mag 15.5-15.7
(B) range and sometimes required 300x to distinguish from
faint stars. As you might guess, there wasn't much detail
in these 10"-15" blobs -- just logging and identifying them
was an accomplishment. |
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3
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N6106 |
Her |
GX |
2.5x1.4 |
12.2 |
16 18 47
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07 24 40
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17.5": fairly faint, fairly small, gradually
increases to a bright core, mottled appearance. A knot is
visible on the W side (there is a brighter extension on
the SW side on the POSS). A mag 15 star is 1.1' S of center
and an extremely faint mag 16 star is just off the NNW end. |
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4
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HGC 076B |
Ser |
GX4 |
0.4'x0.3' |
14.9B |
15 31 40
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07 20 19
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MCG +01-40-003 |
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4
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HGC 076C |
Ser |
GX4 |
0.5' |
15.3B |
15 31 37
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07 18 43
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NGC 5941 |
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4
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HGC 076A |
Ser |
GX4 |
0.6'x0.3' |
15.9B |
15 31 47
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07 18 27
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NGC 5944 |
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4
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HGC 076D |
Ser |
GX4 |
0.4' |
15.8B |
15 31 42
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07 17 14
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NGC 5942 |
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17.5" This rectangular quartet consists of
three NGC galaxies, although NGC 5941 and NGC 5942 (discovered
by Lewis Swift) have been misidentified in nearly all modern
catalogues. I felt the brightest member visually was NGC
5941 ("B") which appeared faint, fairly small, elongated
4:3 SW-NE, 0.7'x0.5', weak concentration to a brighter core,
faint stellar nucleus. NGC 5944 ("A") situated 2.6' SE is
very faint, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration with
a slightly brighter core. NGC 5942 ("C") is very faint,
very small, round, 20" diameter with a stellar nucleus at
moments. A mag 14.5 star is off the NW side 45" from center.
This is the third brightest in the group. The faintest member
MCG +01-40-002 ("D") is 2.0' SE and appears extremely faint,
very small, 15" diameter, low even surface brightness. A
mag 15 star is 1.1' SE. |
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1
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M5 |
Ser |
GC |
23.0' |
5.7 |
15 18 33
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02 17 13
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18" (7/26/06): at 435x the cluster overfills
the field and the intense 3.5' core is resolved to the center.
The core has two easily resolved parallel star lanes oriented
E-W that cross the core on the north and south sides and
an extremely dense knot of stars is resolved on the west
side of the northern lane. M5 was just visible naked-eye
but the nearby mag 5 star (5 Ser) detracts from the observation. |
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2
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N6070 |
Ser |
GX |
3.5x1.9 |
11.8 |
16 09 58
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00 42 32
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17.5" (6/11/88): fairly bright, large, oval
2:1 SW-NE, broad moderate concentration. Brightest of trio
with N6070B 4.3' NE and 6070C 5.6' NE. Located 7.9' SW of
mag 7.7 SAO 121396. |
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4
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Sh 2-033 |
Ser |
BN |
30'x20' |
1 |
15 59 52
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-01 37 03
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4
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Sh 2-024 |
Oph |
BN |
30'x10' |
2 |
16 11 03
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-07 04 38
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4
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Arp 254 |
Lib |
GX |
1.5'x0.9' |
14.5 |
15 21 32
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-07 22 37
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NGC 5917 |
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17.5" (7/9/94): moderately bright, fairly
small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, brighter along the major axis.
A mag 15 star is just off the SW edge. Forms an interacting
pair with MCG -01-39-003 4.2' S. Located 4' NNE of a mag
10 star. |
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1
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M80 |
Sco |
GC |
10.0' |
7.3 |
16 17 02
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-22 58 30
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18" (7/24/06): at 325x appears bright, fairly
large, round, pretty symmetrical appearance, contains a
blazing 1.5' core in a 5' to 6' halo. At 435x the halo and
the periphery of the core are well resolved into roughly
100 stars and additional extremely faint stars pop in and
out of visibility. The core itself is overlayed with a number
of faint stars. Beautiful view at 565x as the cluster nearly
fills the 7' field with stars from edge to edge with 100-150
stars and the core region is well resolved. The cluster
appears asymmetric with the halo more extensive to the west
(core offset to the east). |
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4
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Sh 2-001 |
Sco |
BN |
150'x60' |
3 |
15 58 50
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-26 07 14
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Source catalogs
All
descriptions are by Steve Gottlieb, including his NGC
Notes, except where otherwise attributed.
visitors since August 31, 2007
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