NGC 3003 (UGC 5251) Galaxy in Leo Minor
Located at: RA 09 hours 48 minutes 36 seconds, Dec +33 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds
Size: 5.9' x 1.3'; Magnitude: 12.3 blue; Class: Sbc?
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -10c*, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 240 minutes (24 x 10 minute subs), 04/11/2008; seeing 3.0-7.6 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes:* |
My cooling fan on the ST8 stopped working tonight ... this was the best temperature I could maintain as the offshore (Santa Ana) winds raised the night time temps. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3003 NGC 3003 = UGC 05251 = MCG +06-22-013 = CGCG 182-021 = PGC 28186 09 48 35.6 +33 25 17 V = 11.9; Size 5.8x1.3; SB = 14.0; PA = 79d 13.1": moderately bright, very elongated 7:2 WSW-ENE, 3.5'x1.0', almost even surface brightness. - by Steve Gottlieb |