View Observations | Add Observations
Help | Discussion | Acknowledgements
NGC87 (Galaxy, in Phoenix, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://angelfire.com/music/holmerkki/index.html )
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Pernajan kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Apr 9 00:50:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 523
Quite nice! At 120x the galaxy looked much like an unresolved globular cluster. As is typical for an elliptical galaxy, the surface is completely featureless. Three of M87's satellite galaxies were also visible : NGC4476, NGC4478 and NGC4486A.
View Observations | Add Observations
Help | Discussion | Acknowledgements
Questions? Problems? E-mail jbc@west.net
 |
Object database created with dObjects |  |
Logo created with Pixelsight |