Your skills: Intermediate (some years) Date/time of observation: 10-12-99, 7:54 UT
(2:54 am CDT) Location: New Haven, Missouri (Lat ~38, Elev ~700') Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 5 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None Instrument: 40" f/5 dob Magnification: lowest power 125x Filter(s): OIII, H-beta, Orion Ultrablock Category: External galaxy Class: Sb Constellation: Cetus Data: mag 9.6 size 2.5 x 1.7 Position: RA 2h:42.7m DEC -00:.01
Description: The core was very bright and was embedded in the center of two small but bright central arms. These were in turn surrounded by 3 faint outer arms. Within these outer arms, were two condensations. They were equal in brightness to the inner arms and were located just off the ends of the inner arms. This interesting bright, small galaxy withstood magnifcation well and the best view was obtained at 469x.