Object: M60 (ARP 116) | Date: 2012 May 13 |
Constellation: Virgo | Time & altitude: 23.45 UT 40º |
Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 2/5 |
R.A: 12h 44m | Transparency (5 high): 2/5 |
Dec: +11º 33 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
Magnitudes: 11.9 & 9.8 |
Eyepiece: 16mm Clavé x 130 10mm Clavé x 205 |
Galaxy sizes (mins): 3 x 2 & 7 x 6 | Filters: tried Lumicon Deep Sky but better without. |
Notes: No clear edge to NGC 4649; just fades to nothing. No core seen in the companion. No structure in either. NGC 4638 12.1m. is obvious to the S just out of the field. |