Object: M61 (NGC 4303) | Date: 2018 May 10 |
Type: Spiral galaxy | |
Constellation: Virgo | Time & altitude: 23.15 UT 36º |
Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 3/5 |
R.A: 12h 22m | Transparency (5 high): 3/5 |
Dec: 4º 28 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
Magnitude 9.7 | Eyepiece 8mm Ethos x260 |
Size (mins) 6 x 5 | Filters: None |
Notes: There is a stellar core set in a round, mottled halo. There are faint traces of a bar running more or less NS plus bright knots at each end. The halo fades abruptly to the sky background. There is a (say) 14th mag star on the W edge of the halo. Just S of this star is a second, marginally brighter star. |