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NGC 3003 (Galaxy)
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Right ascension: 9h 49m
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Declination: 33° 19'
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Constellation: Leo Minor
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Date/time: 2014.03.29 21:00 UT
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Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian
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FoV: 23'
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Magnification and filter(s): 167x
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Seeing: 3/10
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Transparency: 3/5
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SQM: 21.27 m/as2
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Temperature: 3°C
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Humidity: low
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Wind: none
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Sight: 2 - minor details, somewhat interesting
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Difficulty: 4 - hardly visible, dark adaptation and very dark skies needed, averted vision is required to see details
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Position: 4 - hard, complex starhopping needed
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Location: Nádasdladány, Hungary
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Observer: Ferenc Lovró
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Description:
A very faint edge-on galaxy with an E-W elongation. Its surface is very smooth without any sign of a brighter central region, but its central bulge is almond shaped with its Southern side somewhat flatter than its Northern. When viewing with low magnification, it appears in one FoV with the nearby galaxy NGC 3021.
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Hi-resolution image: [ reversed sketch | original sketch ]
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