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NGC No. |
Type |
Con |
Vis
Mag |
Star Chart |
Date/
Location |
Local
Time |
Seeing/
Transp. |
Aperture
(f ratio) |
EPx & Filters |
Comments |
Image |
|
4027 |
Gal
Sb |
Crv |
12.0 |
SA-21 |
3/18/02 |
11:56p |
8/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
60 |
At 60x, pale oval, with even light across disk. Almost PlN-like. |
 |
| 4030 |
Gal
Sc |
Vir |
11.5 |
SA-14 |
3/3/03
Deer Trail, CO |
2:49a |
3/6 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
168 |
Bright round halo bet two 12-mag stars at
73x. Hint of spiral (concentric) structure in disk. At 168x, halo
brightens a little toward nucleus; mottling across entire disk. Slight
stellaring at nucleus. Edges more indistinct at high power. |
|
| 4036 |
Gal
E6 |
UMa |
12.0 |
SA-2
UM-24 |
8/10/02
Fox Park, WY |
10:29p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
W of 4041. At 148x, stellar center;
elongated; ends trail off to slender points |
|
| 4038 |
Gal
Sc |
Crv |
10.5 |
SA-21 |
3/19/02 |
12:02a |
8/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
60 |
Complex figure; bright and oval shaped,
involved with nearby 4039 |
|
| 4041 |
Gal
Sc |
UMa |
12.0 |
SA2
UM-24 |
8/10/02
Fox Park, WY |
10:29p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
East of 4036; Center more evenly bright
than companion and disk is more oval in shape. |
|
| 4051 |
Gal
Sc |
UMa |
11.5 |
SA-6 |
3/3/03
Deer Trail, CO |
7:39p |
3/7 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
168 |
Slight nuclear stellaring at 73x.
Circular shape; At 168x, nucleus stellar, surrounded by pretty large
core with knots of light; hint of detached lane beyond main halo
margin. 13 mag star to NE. Margin edge on S is sharper. |
|
| 4085 |
Gal
Sb |
UMa |
13.0 |
SA-2 |
1/30/03
Deer Trail, CO |
12:20a |
4/9 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
130 |
Difficult, even at 4/9. A chunk of light,
fairly even at 130x except for a few faint condensations along a very
elongated halo. At 73x, margins of long sides are fairly distinct. |
|
| 4088 |
Gal
Sc |
UMa |
11.5 |
SA-2 |
1/30/03
Deer Trail, CO |
12:20a |
4/9 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
130 |
Elongated, spindle-shaped halo. No
central brightening at 73; glow fairly smooth. At 130x, some texture
revealed, but no major contrasts in halo. Ends fade off to points. |
|
| 4102 |
Gal
Sc |
UMa |
12.5 |
SA-2 |
8/10/02
Fox Park, WY |
11:08p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
At 80x, seems to have 2 or 3 parts. At
148x, W "part" revealed to be very faint star on edge of almost
circular halo. Nucleus very even; outer edges ragged. |
 |
| 4111 |
Gal
E8 |
CVn |
12.0 |
SA-7 |
8/9/02
Fox Park, WY |
10:40p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
60
80
148 |
Small and star-like at 60 and 80x. At
148x, appears very elongated. Bright center with pointy, wispy edges.
Intense at this transparency. In field with 8 mag star. |
|
| 4143 |
Gal
E4 |
CVn |
12.5 |
SA-7 |
8/9/02
Fox Park, WY |
10:52p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
Oval halo with evenly bright center. At
148x, center has a bright knot, outer edges are wispy/mottled. |
|
| 4147 |
GCl |
Com |
11.0 |
SA-7 |
2/8/03
Littleton, CO |
1:02a |
4/4 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
168 |
At 73x, small, hazy patch making an
equilateral triangle with two 12-mag stars. At 168x, halo is round,
though with irregular margins; granular appearance with partial
resolution of individual stars; significant brightening toward center.
Hint of lanes of stars extending out from main mass. |
|
| 4150 |
Gal
E2 |
Com |
12.5 |
SA-7 |
4/5/02 |
12:53a |
5/5 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
Very faint and circular. Some brightening
at center; ragged outer edges. Slightly elongated. |
|
| 4151 |
Gal
Pec |
CVn |
11.5 |
SA-7 |
8/9/02
Fox Park, WY |
11:06p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
At 80x, star-like shape between two
stars. At 148x center is starlike, oval halo very dim, seen with AV. Center
looks mottled, almost double. |
 |
| 4179 |
Gal
E8 |
Vir |
12.0 |
SA-14 |
3/3/03
Deer Trail, CO |
1:16a |
3/7 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
168
235 |
At 73x, small, very elongated, SW of 12
mag star. Core brightens to almost stellar point. At 168x, nucleus is
knotty; ends fade out to points. At 235x core region still knotty. |
|
| 4203 |
Gal
Ep |
Com |
12.0 |
SA-7 |
4/5/02 |
1:01a |
5/5 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
Looks very like spiral with stellar
nucleus, brighter than 12.0. Circular/ round hazy extensions. Near 8.5
mag star. |
|
| 4214 |
Gal
Irr |
CVn |
10.5 |
SA-7 |
8/9/02
Fox Park, WY |
11:27p |
9/9 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80
148 |
Mottled oval disk at 80x. At 148x, an
evenly bright, ragged, M1-like blob with no central brightening. Very
low in W sky. |
|
| 4216 |
Gal
Sb |
Vir |
11.0 |
SA-14 |
3/3/03 Deer Trail, CO |
2:13a |
3/7 |
235mm
f/10 |
73
168 |
Elongated and very bright at 73x, with
distinct central bulge. Edge-on spiral elongated SW-NE. At 168x core
bright and almond or S- shaped. With AV, disk extends to 1/4 field of
14mm ep, ends very faint. Core shows slight stellaring toward N
with dark area just S of this bright portion of core. |
|
| 4245 |
Gal
Sb |
Com |
12.5 |
SA-7 |
4/5/02 |
12:31a |
4/5 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80 |
Very mottled, very faint. Round shape but
outer edges are ragged. Looks like face-on spiral. |
|
| 4251 |
Gal
Sa |
Com |
12.0 |
SA-7 |
4/5/02 |
12:15a |
4/5 |
235mm
f/6.3 |
80 |
At 80x, very intense stellar center (Seyfert?) Hazy glow;
pretty small. |
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