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Object(s): M 95, NGC 3351
Observer: Mark G.Birkmann
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 1-25-01, 8:30 UT (2:30 am CST)
Location: New Haven, Missouri (Lat ~38, Elev ~700')
Site classification: Rural Sky darkness:6
<1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 4 <1-10
Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None
Instrument: 40" f/5dob Magnification: 204x
Filter(s): none Category: External galaxy
Class: SBb Constellation: Leo
Data: mag 10.5b size 7.5 x 5.0 Position:
RA 10h 43m 57.8s DEC +11 42' 14"
Description: This bright galaxy is easily found in central
Leo. It lies very nearly in the middle of a triangle of three stars:
3.8 mag 47 Leo, 5.5 mag 52 Leo, and 5.3 mag 53 Leo. The core was
brighter than the bar which was in turn brighter than the ring. The
ring was a subtle feature due to the glow of the galaxy both inside
and outside the ring. The third star from the left does not show
up on the dss image I downloaded. I initially thought I had found
a super nova or an asteroid. But neither of these turned out to be
the case. A star does appear at this position in the USNO A2.0 catalogue
but it is vmag ~19.6 so the object I saw is almost certainly nonexistent.
North is up in this drawing. |
