Back to Observing Reports Date: June 8, 2013 Location:
Blue Canyon at 5200 feet NELM: 6.2
6.5 (zenith) Transparency:
3/5 Seeing:
3/5 Telescope:
22 f/4.0 reflector sitting on a Crossbow EQT-200
equatorial platform Eyepieces: 24mm Panoptic
(finder eyepiece), 10 and 6mm ZAO-IIs, 12, 8 and 6mm
Delos and TMB 1.8x ED barlow I decided to start working through some of the
VV objects in my newly released
guide. Click on the "Downloadable Observing
Guides" link on the left to access the guide. All object parameters in parenthesis are
listed in RA and Dec without
commas.
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VV 213 (16 04 35.3 +17 43 09) GPair 22 f/4 (287 and 383x) double
galaxy. Both
are faint to very faint even surface brightness glows
with defined edges.
VV 213a is slightly brighter than VV 213b. VV 213a is 0.2 across while its companion, VV 213b, is
0.1 across. They
are 0.3 apart, aligned NE-SW. Nearby galaxy, IC 1170, is a
very faint 2:1 elongated even surface brightness glow. PA = 90 and
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VV 156 (16 00 14.7 +18 22 32) GPair 22 f/4 (383x) Extremely faint very small
diffuse glow. Held
50% of the time with averted vision. Nearby galaxy,
MCG+3-41-21 is slightly brighter and also very small
round glow. 1.3
WNW from VV 156. Three
mag 9 to 10 star lies within 5 from VV 156 rendering a
bit difficult with a wide field eyepiece. Employing my
6mm ZAO-II orthoscopic eyepiece made it a lot easier to
see it as all three mentioned stars are off the field. |
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VV 90 (16 02 08.2 +15 41 38) GPair 22 f/4 (287, 383 and 690x) double galaxy
easily split. 0.3
apart. The NW member, VV 90a, is considerably faint
small round glow. Even
surface brightness with slightly diffuse edge. 0.2 across. The SE member, VV 90b, is considerably faint
(same surface brightness as IC 1165A), round very small
glow. 0.1
across. VV 91 (16 02 02.4 +15 40 43) GPair 22 f/4 (287, 383 and 690x) Only one member,
VV 91a, was
detected as a very faint small round glow. 0.1 across. VV 91 lies 1.1
NNE from VV 90. VV 92 (16 02 08.7 +15 42 39) GPair 22 f/4 (287, 383 and 690x) only one member,
VV 92a, was
seen as a very faint very small round glow. 0.1 across. VV 92 lies
1.9 SW from VV 90. |
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VV 214 (16 06 18.2 +15 40 29) GPair 22 f/4 (287, 383 and 690x) not detected at
all even at 690x. VV 215 (16 06 25.7 +15 41 23) GPair 22 f/4 (287 and 383x) VV 215a
is a considerably faint small round glow with diffuse
edges. 0.4
across. VV 215b
is a faint slightly elongated glow with diffuse edges. 0.3 x 0.2 PA = 90. Slightly
fainter than VV 215a.
Lies 0.5 north of VV 215a. Nearby galaxy, 2MASX J16062053+1540471,
is a very faint very small glow with a stellar core. 0.1 across. Lies 1.3 WSW
from VV 215a. |
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VV 327 (16 06 05.1 +20 47 13) GTrpl 22 f/4 (287 and 383x) VV 327a
is a very faint small 2:1 elongated diffuse glow. Slightly
brighter center. 0.6
long and PA = 165. VV 327b
is a very faint small 3:1 elongated even surface
brightness glow. PA
= 45 and 0.6 long.
A mag 16 star lies 0.5 NW. Another mag 16
star lies 0.3 due south from the center of VV 327b. |
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VV 192 (16 15 34.8 +19 27 27) GPair 22 f/4 (287 and 383x) Both members are
considerably bright round glows with defined edges. Both have
brighter round centers and 0.2 across. About 0.7
apart. |
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VV 129 (16 18 06.3 +21 33 39) GGroup 22 f/4 (287 and 383x) only three of the
five members was detected.
I didnt try 690x, so this is an observe again
object. VV 129a
is a very faint small round diffuse glow. 0.2 across. VV 129c
is extremely faint very small round glow. Lies 0.5 due
north of VV 129a. 0.1
across. VV 129e
is also extremely faint small round glow. 1.0 ENE from
VV 129a. 0.1
across. The other two members were not seen. |
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