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NGC253 (Galaxy, in Sculptor)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: south of Kansas City, MO, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Nov 30 16:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 728
Beautiful almost edge on spiral galaxy that spans 25x7 arc minutes. It actuallyseemed bigger than its listed dimensions. It seemed to stretch more than 1/2accross the 1.1degree FOV at 59x. The Sculptor galaxy was standing on end and leaning slightly to the right. Some dust features were visible near the brighter central region. It was actually easily found by simply panning up fromthe 4.3mag alpha star in sculptor and working my way up to the Beta star inCetus. If you are tired of observing galaxies that only show the bright centralcore at the eyepiece........check out this one!!
NGC253 (Galaxy, in Sculptor, Est. RaDec 00h48m, -25d17')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 63-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Dec 3 01:29:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 258
NGC 253 appeared in my Celestron Pros as a small, oval streak of gray (25' in size) to the southwest of the end of the asterism of stars that lies 5 degrees south of Beta Ceti (see the December 1997 Sky & Telescope Binocular Highlight column).
NGC253 (Galaxy, in Sculptor, Est. RaDec 00h48m, -25d17')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Nov 18 00:45:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 253
While I was in the area of Cetus I revisited one of the finest galaxies in the heavens, NCG 253. This large (25.1'), elongated spiral galaxy in Sculptor lies near the south galactic pole. It appeared as an oval streak which brightened towards the nucleus. The best view was at 202x. Two bright field stars lie near NGC 253. I also observed the large (13.8') globular cluster NGC 288 that is located less than a degree to the southeast of NGC 253.
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