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Seen galaxies Count ref1 ref2 con visual_scale mag SBR SIZE_M Distance Rv dist COMMENTS 1. NGC 224 M 31 AND 5 3.4 13.5 189 2.6 -14 Very large and bright 2. NGC 3031 M 81 UMA 4 6.9 13.2 24.9 12 -3 Fine large galaxy 3. NGC 598 M 33 TRI 3 5.7 14.2 68.7 2.8 -10 Large faint glow in square of stars 4. NGC 4594 M 104 VIR 3 8.0 11.6 8.6 30 48 Moon therefore little detail 5. NGC 221 M 32 AND 3 8.1 12.4 8.5 2.6 -10 Small but easy to see 6. NGC 4472 M 49 VIR 3 8.4 13.2 9.8 53 43 Lovely fuzzy galaxy 7. NGC 3034 M 82 UMA 3 8.4 12.5 10.5 12 13 Could make out bright and dark patches 8. NGC 4258 M 106 CVN 3 8.4 13.6 17.4 24 21 Fine large oval galaxy. So much brighter than most I have been looking at recently. 9. NGC 4826 M 64 COM 3 8.5 12.7 10.3 24 21 Easy galaxy to see 10. NGC 4486 M 87 VIR 3 8.6 13 8.7 51 57 Bright ball 11. NGC 4649 M 60 VIR 3 8.8 12.9 7.6 54 49 Lovely view with three galaxies visible. M60 is the brightest of the three. A nice bright ball of stars 12. NGC 3115 MCG - 1-26- 18 SEX 3 8.9 11.9 7.3 33 29 Bright spindle 13. NGC 1068 M 77 CET 3 8.9 12.8 7.3 45 48 Nice round blob with star to right 14. NGC 3627 M 66 LEO 3 8.9 12.7 9.1 34 31 Obvious big and bright 15. NGC 2903 UGC 5079 LEO 3 9.0 13.6 12 30 25 Returned to this old favourite. So much bigger and brighter than most of the galaxies I am viewing at the moment. Really bright and splendid 16. NGC 4631 UGC 7865 CVN 3 9.2 13.1 15.2 25 28 Bright spindle 17. NGC 4697 MCG - 1-33- 10 VIR 3 9.2 13.1 6.2 38 55 Amazingly bright (for a non messier) oval galaxy. 18. NGC 3368 M 96 LEO 3 9.3 13.1 7.8 34 42 Brighter than M95 19. NGC 3623 M 65 LEO 3 9.3 12.8 9 25 34 Obvious big and bright 20. NGC 4621 M 59 VIR 3 9.6 12.9 5.3 52 19 Lovely view with three galaxies visible. M59 is the second brightest of the three. A nice bright ball of stars 04 February 2013 Page 1 of 28 Count ref1 ref2 con visual_scale mag SBR SIZE_M Distance Rv dist COMMENTS 21. NGC 4736 M 94 CVN 2 8.2 13.1 12.3 17 13 Small bright blob 22. NGC 4406 M 86 VIR 2 8.9 13.2 9.8 -12 Bright ball 23. NGC 3521 UGC 6150 LEO 2 9.0 13.2 11.2 25 34 Lovely bright large galaxy with a bright core. 24. NGC 4382 M 85 COM 2 9.1 12.9 7.4 53 32 Bright 25. NGC 4374 M 84 VIR 2 9.1 13 6.7 57 45 Bright ball 26. NGC 2841 UGC 4966 UMA 2 9.2 12.7 7.7 40 28 Revisited this lovely large bight galaxy 27. NGC 3379 M 105 LEO 2 9.3 12.8 5.3 36 39 Bright next to NGC3384 28. NGC 4725 UGC 7989 COM 2 9.4 14 10.4 42 52 Bright Oval 29. NGC 1023 UGC 2154 PER 2 9.4 12.8 8.1 36 26 Easily visible in 30mm tonight with full moon. Bright in 9mm. Brighter than NGC 7331 tonight in my view. 30. NGC 4321 M 100 COM 2 9.4 13.4 7.5 53 70 Small smudge 31. NGC 4569 M 90 VIR 2 9.5 13.4 9.9 55 -14 Bright oval shaped galaxy with a bright core. 32. NGC 4699 MCG - 1-33- 13 VIR 2 9.5 11.9 3.8 85 66 Round blob 33. NGC 4303 M 61 VIR 2 9.6 13.4 6.5 50 71 Faint smudge tonight 34. NGC 4565 UGC 7772 COM 2 9.6 13.3 14.9 44 52 WOW spindle 35. NGC 4501 M 88 COM 2 9.6 13 6.8 55 94 Bright blob 36. NGC 4449 UGC 7592 CVN 2 9.6 13 6.2 12 9 37. NGC 4365 UGC 7488 VIR 2 9.6 13.4 6.5 69 54 Easy oval 38. NGC 3351 M 95 LEO 2 9.7 13.5 7.3 33 34 Faint 39. NGC 4125 UGC 7118 DRA 2 9.7 12.9 6 78 60 Very bright oval galaxy with fuzzy edges. 40. NGC 4526 NGC 4560 VIR 2 9.7 12.7 7 55 25 Bright 41. NGC 4579 M 58 VIR 2 9.7 13.1 6 55 72 Very bright 42. NGC 4494 UGC 7662 COM 2 9.8 12.9 4.5 47 59 Bright blob 43. NGC 4552 M 89 VIR 2 9.8 13.2 5.3 52 13 Bright circular galaxy with a bright core. 44. NGC 5005 UGC 8256 CVN 2 9.8 12.7 5.8 70 44 Easy target, edge on 04 February 2013 Page 2 of 28 Count ref1 ref2 con visual_scale mag SBR SIZE_M Distance Rv dist COMMENTS 45. NGC 4214 NGC 4228 CVN 2 9.8 14 8.4 13 13 Fine with direct vision 46. NGC 2683 UGC 4641 LYN 2 9.8 12.9 8.8 30 15 Nice extended oval shape 47. NGC 4753 UGC 8009 VIR 2 9.9 12.9 5.1 77 55 Large bright galaxy. Easy with direct vision. 48. NGC 4254 M 99 COM 2 9.9 13.2 5.3 55 109 Big smudge 49. NGC 2768 UGC 4821 UMA 2 9.9 13.7 8.2 73 59 A bright easy to see galaxy even with direct vision 50. NGC 3344 UGC 5840 LMI 2 9.9 13.9 7.1 20 25 Averted hazy patch around a star 51. NGC 3607 UGC 6297 LEO 2 9.9 12.5 4.6 65 41 Nice round blob with star to right 52. NGC 3384 NGC 3371 LEO 2 9.9 12.6 5.4 37 32 Bright next to M105 53. NGC 3077 UGC 5398 UMA 2 9.9 13.1 5.2 12 -1 Noticed when looking at M81 54. NGC 2655 UGC 4637 CAM 2 10.1 13.2 4.9 75 62 Bright oval galaxy between two stars. Mag 12.8 supernova visible just off one edge. AMAZING 55. NGC 4414 UGC 7539 COM 2 10.1 12.1 3.6 62 31 Another bright oval galaxy. Bright Core visible. Nice 56. NGC 936 UGC 1929 CET 2 10.1 13.2 4.3 75 62 Fine oval galaxy visible with direct vision. 57. NGC 3675 UGC 6439 UMA 2 10.2 13.2 6.2 40 32 Best galaxy of the night. Fine large oval shape. Easy to spot in low power lenses. 58. NGC 5322 UGC 8745 UMA 2 10.2 13.6 6 102 85 Bright circular galaxy 59. NGC 4278 UGC 7386 COM 2 10.2 13.1 4 41 28 Brightest of a lovely pair of galaxies. 60. NGC 4546 MCG - 1-32- 27 VIR 2 10.3 11.9 3.3 45 Brighter galaxy 61. NGC 3941 UGC 6857 UMA 2 10.3 12.5 3.5 41 Fine with direct vision 62. NGC 4605 UGC 7831 UMA 2 10.3 12.9 5.9 17 6 Easy target. 63. NGC 3489 UGC 6082 LEO 2 10.3 12.3 3.6 39 30 Bright, lovely 64. NGC 5248 UGC 8616 BOO 2 10.3 13.8 5.9 75 53 Large low sbr object. Interesting object that seems to offer more than is visible if you had slightly better skies. 65. NGC 4762 UGC 8016 VIR 2 10.3 13 8.6 55 43 Lovely spindle 66. NGC 2681 UGC 4645 UMA 2 10.3 12.8 3.7 56 30 Really lovely galaxy. Easy to pick out and takes direct vision well. Oval shape 04 February 2013 Page 3 of 28 Count ref1 ref2 con visual_scale mag SBR SIZE_M Distance Rv dist COMMENTS 67. NGC 524 UGC 968 PSC 2 10.3 12.3 3.2 108 Bright, fine circular shape with a nucleus 68. NGC 4274 UGC 7377 COM 2 10.4 13.3 6.8 41 Large bright elliptical galaxy. 69. NGC 4442 UGC 7583 VIR 2 10.4 12.6 4.5 23 Bright smudge 70. NGC 4459 UGC 7614 COM 2 10.4 12.7 4 53 Bright ball of stars. very easy to pick out. 71. NGC 4477 UGC 7638 COM 2 10.4 13.1 3.7 60 Bright but fainter than 4473. Brighter of a pair 72. NGC 3377 UGC 5899 LEO 2 10.4 13.4 4.3 30 Small elliptical 73. NGC 3412 UGC 5952 LEO 2 10.5 12.6 3.7 38 As 3377 74. NGC 4314 UGC 7443 COM 2 10.6 13.4 3.9 43 Lovely bright edge on galaxy. Nice 75. NGC 4754 UGC 8010 VIR 2 10.6 13.1 4.4 62 Small Blob 76.
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