by Alvin Huey
| Date | 3-20-04 |
|---|---|
| Location | IHOP2 |
| Conditions | Not great with LM of about 5.0 to 5.5. Transparency varied as many high clouds were passing by. Seeing was not rated, but estimated to be about 5/10. |
NGC 2648 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Bright, slightly mottled. Elongated about 4:1 with PA = 30. Almost stellar core. Appears as a spiral galaxy. Can barely see faint extensions up to 1' from core with averted vision. A 11th magnitude star is 2' east and a group of collinear 14th mag stars lie 1.5' SW.
MCG +2-22-6 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Elongated about 3:1, PA = 90. Faint and even surface brightness smudge throughout and no structure. Located about 1.2' SE from NGC2648. About 30" long
NGC 2672 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Elongated 1.5:1. PA = 90. Almost stellar core and much brighter center. The galaxy with averted vision can be seen up to about 45" from the center on both sides.
NGC 2673 (22" f/4.1, 377x): small and even surface brightness, no core. Elongated about 2:1 with a PA = 50. Lies about 1' east of 2672. About 30" long.
NGC 2677 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Small, faint and round located about 10' SEE from 2672/3 complex. No more than 20" long
NGC 2667 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Bright, elongated 4:1 PA = 100, stellar core. Located about 12' west of NGC 2672. About 30" long.
IC2411 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Lies about 2' NE of NGC 2667. Faint elongated 2:1, even surface brightness PA=45. About 30" long.
CGCG 90-14 (22" f/4.1, 377x): very faint round smudge, about 6' south of NGC 2667. About 20" across.
NGC 2535 (22" f/4.1, 377x): large low surface brightness round galaxy. Even surface brightness. No detail seen. A group of three collinear stars (12 and 13th mag) lies about 2' east. Aprroximately 45" across
NGC 2536 (22" f/4.1, 377x): smaller than 2535, about 1/3 size, elongated 2:1 with a PA = 100, almost stellar core, fairly even surface brightness. Lies about 2' SSE from NGC 2535. About 30" long.
NGC 2608 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Low surface brightness, elongated 2:1 and PA = 100. Bracketed by a group of 4 14th and 15th magnitude stars in a trapezoid fashion. About 1.5' long.
NGC 2685 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Bright elongated 3:1, PA = 135. Very bright nucleus appears like a lenticular galaxy in the eyepiece. A 11th magnitude star is about 4' north. It is about 2' long.
NGC 2857 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Very low surface brightness round patch with no structure. Very even surface brightness. A trapezoidal group of 4 stars, 1 12th and three 14th mag stars lie directly west. It is about 60" across.
NGC 2854 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Even surface brightness with no defined core. Elongated about 3:1 with a PA = 135. About 45" long
NGC 2856 (22" f/4.1, 377x): Even surface brightness, no core, slightly fainter than NGC 2854. Both are about the same size of about 45" long. PA = 45
Posted on tac-sac Sun Mar 21 16:33:48 2004 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.0 Thu Jul 8 17:41:36 2004 PT