OR: Backyard planetary & deep sky observing 26th-27th April 2003

From: Mark Wagner (mgwagner@No-Spam)
Date: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 23:00:08 MST

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    Jason Hatton said....

    >the sky was now much darker (limiting mag at zenith ~+5)
    <snip>
    > so I went galaxy hunting. NGC-2903 ... a bright oval nucleus surrounded
    > by the fainter main body of the galaxy of the same shape
    <snip>
    >NGC-3226/3227 were a short hop from gamma-Leonis. Both galaxies appeared
    >side by side as faint patches of light, one more elongated than the other.
    <snip>
    >only NGC-3190 (Mag+11.2) & NGC-3193 (mag+10.9) were readily visible, both
    >appearing as faint smudges of light.

    Pretty good observations for backyard observing! Where are you located?

    Mark

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