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M108 (Galaxy, in Ursa Major)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 20-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 02:45:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 625
M108 iiiis a small edge on galaxy. It looked featureless in the 20" dob.
M108 (Galaxy, in Ursa Major, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://www.fda.iwarp.com)
Instrument: 4-inch equatorial reflector Location: Pernajan Kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Jan 7 01:30:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 496
A nice, small, rather elognated galaxy easily in the same field of view as M97. M97 showed up a lot easier, although the visual magnitude is 12.0 (M108 is 10.7).
M108 (Galaxy, in Ursa Major)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 31 06:10:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 289
Swept up after noting its location in the Audubon Field Guide to the Night Sky map for UMa. A subliminally dim glow with averted vision at 38x, elongated E-W.
M108 (Galaxy in Ursa Major)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jan 30 07:05:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 28
Failed to observe it with 7x50s despite extensive trying. At least, failed to distinguish it from a faint star, though I suspect it may have been visible, given that the "Easiness" rating in dObjects is a "2" (that is to say, relatively easy), compared to M97's "4". When my new telescope comes I'll revisit the field and see what higher power reveals.
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