Type | Galaxy |
---|---|
Magnitude | 8.9 |
Size | 12.6' x 12' @ 17° |
Right Ascension | 9h 32' 10.1" (2000) |
Declination | 21° 30' 3" N |
Constellation | Leo |
Description | cB, vL, E, gmbM, r, sp of 2 |
Classification | SBbc |
Andrew Cooper
May 12, 2018 Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 102x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Bright, easy to find off εLeo, oval with an almost stellar core
Andrew Cooper
Feb 10, 2013 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Large 6' x 3' extended nort-south, a brighter central region about 1' across, no other noted detail
Andrew Cooper
Nov 17, 2009 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 95x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Bright galaxy with a stellar core within an oval halo, 2:1 north-south, no detail noted in halo
Andrew Cooper
Jan 18, 2004 Sentinel, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Big, bright, distinct core in a bright halo, much mottling in the halo, elongated 2:1 north-south, classic inclined spiral galaxy, a trace of spiral visible at either end with averted vision
Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885 Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
Long, with two nuclei, rather faint. H., equal. h. and D'A., f very faint. [p is NGC2905] E. of Rosse, oblique spiral, resolved.― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
Alterf | IC 2470 | IC 2472 |
IC 2474 | IC 2487 | NGC 2885 |
NGC 2905 | NGC 2916 | NGC 2929 |
NGC 2930 | NGC 2931 |
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