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NGC2683 (Galaxy, in Cancer, Est. RaDec 08h52.7m, +33d25')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jan 8 01:25:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 435
Taking advantage of a few hours of clear skies I observed a number of deep-sky objects and binary stars, as well as Jupiter and Saturn, from the ASH Naylor Observatory (http://www.msd.org/obs.htm). NGC 2683 is a surprisingly nice edge-on H400 spiral galaxy (magnitude 9.8, 8.4'x2.4') that is mentioned in the February 1999 Astronomy deep-sky article by Tom Polakis. It appeared as a fairly bright, cigar-like shape in the eastern sky. I also viewed NGC 2537, the Bear Claw Galaxy, which was also discussed in Tom's article. Unfortunately, I saw this unusual galaxy as only a dim, amorphous glow with averted vision. These observations were made at 118 and 202x.
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