Herschel 285
NGC 4866
Object Type
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Galaxy Sa
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Constellation
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Virgo
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Magnitude
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11.1
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Size
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6.5' x 1.5'
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Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.
The bright irregular galaxy to the right (west) is the 14.9 magnitude PGC 44491. This was not observed visually.
Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 4866.
Moderately bright, fairly long and thin with a wider and brighter centre. Star in western part of the disk.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.