Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size NGC 3226 Elliptical Galaxy 10h 23m 27s +19° 53′ 55″ Leo +11.4 3.1 x 2.3 arcmins NGC 3227 Spiral Galaxy 10h 23m 31s +19° 51′ 54″ Leo +10.7 4.0 x 1.9 arcmins Overview After challenge #1, you should have your ‘eye in’ for seeing galaxies, so we’ll […]
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size NGC 2903 Mixed Spiral Galaxy 09h 32m 10s +21° 30′ 06″ Leo +8.8 11.9 x 5.3 arcmins Overview We’re finishing our Leo galaxy-fest with this beautiful little world near the head of the Sickle asterism. Yet another William Herschel discovery, this galaxy was first viewed through a
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size C40 (NGC 3626and NGC 3632) Spiral Galaxy 11h 20m 04s +63° 25′ 16″ Leo +11.0 2.9×1.9 arcmin Overview The fortieth object on Sir Patrick Moore’s Caldwell Catalog list is this tough spiral galaxy 2.5° from the bright star Zosma (Delta Leonis) in the constellation of Leo. William
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size M65 (NGC 3623) Spiral Galaxy 11h 18m 56s +13° 05′ 35″ Leo +9.1 7.6×2.0 arcmin M66 (NGC 3627) Spiral Galaxy 11h 20m 15s +12° 59′ 30″ Leo +8.9 10×4.6 arcmin Overview We’re taking these two galaxies together because they’re so close to each other. Along with a
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size M59 (NGC 4621) Elliptical Galaxy 12h 42m 02s +11° 38′ 50″ Virgo +9.6 4.5×3.2 arcmin M60 (NGC 4649) Elliptical Galaxy 12h 43m 40s +11° 33′ 10″ Virgo +8.8 6.8×5.5 arcmin Overview We’re tackling these two galaxies together because they are so close to each other that we
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size M95 Spiral Galaxy 10h 43m 58s +11° 42′ 13″ Leo 9.72 7.2 x 4.5 arcmins M96 Spiral Galaxy 10h 46m 46s +11° 49′ 12″ Leo 9.13 8.3 x 5.5 arcmins Overview When Charles Messier first discovered these two spiral galaxies in Leo, on 24 March, 1781, he
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size NGC 2903 Mixed Spiral Galaxy 09h 32m 10s +21° 30′ 06″ Leo +8.8 11.9 x 5.3 arcmins Overview We’re finishing our Leo galaxy-fest with this beautiful little world near the head of the Sickle asterism. Yet another William Herschel discovery, this galaxy was first viewed through a
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size NGC 3226 Elliptical Galaxy 10h 23m 27s +19° 53′ 55″ Leo +11.4 3.1 x 2.3 arcmins NGC 3227 Spiral Galaxy 10h 23m 31s +19° 51′ 54″ Leo +10.7 4.0 x 1.9 arcmins Overview After challenge #1, you should have your ‘eye in’ for seeing galaxies, so we’ll
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