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M104 NGC4595 NGC5128

Date:06 Feb 1984 (NZST)
Time:00:00 (NZST)
Title:M104 NGC4595 NGC5128
 
Photos and Deep Sky Observing

Using 36cm Newtonian.
Photography with Kodak VR1000 film number 33751.
01 35mm f/4 30" Sco and Sgr.
02 45mm f/4 25" Sco.

Deep sky observations:
M104 Vir shape obvious.
Eta Car detailed and large.
M20 Sgr large and with good structure.
NGC4595 (galaxy) edge-on and structured.
NGC5128 (galaxy) dark band obvious.
NGC2070 (nebula) saw structure with averted vision.
NGC3532 (open cluster) too large for field.

Saw 15 meteors, fast with no trails in Car/Cen area.

 
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