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NGC3115 (Galaxy, in Sextans)
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: Sat Apr 18 06:10:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 319
Inspired by a navigational discussion with my wife Linda, I set out to explore Sextans. The only object in the constellation to get a detailed Burnham's description was NGC 3115, the "Spindle Galaxy." It's described there as being an odd cross between an elongated elliptical and an edge-on spiral, having an extended axis that goes beyond the elliptical part, but lacking the central dust lane that would be expected in an edge-on spiral. In keeping with the night's navigational theme, it took a neat bit of piloting to reach the galaxy, star hopping with my 38X Plossl eyepiece through a star-poor region with only the Tirion Sky Atlas to guide me. The galaxy itself was a bright, obvious smudge, elongated NE-SW, with a central core apparent when I switched to high power (244X).
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