Observation by Mike Scarisbrick: NGC 3184

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Mike Scarisbrick

Observer

Mike Scarisbrick

Observed

2020 Mar 26 - 23:00

Uploaded

2020 Apr 06 - 06:45

Objects

NGC3184

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10^h19^m
Dec: +42°10'
Position angle: +55°38'

Field size

2°46' × 1°55'

Equipment

SkyWatcher 72ED
Flattener/reducer
HEQ5 Pro mount
Sony A6300

Exposure

170 x 30 seconds ISO 6400

Location

Cambridgeshire

Target name

NGC 3184

Title

NGC 3184

About this image

The two third magnitude stars are Tania Australis (orange) and Tania Borealis (blue). These form a rear foot of the Great Bear. The poor old bear has one of those swirly galaxy things (NGC 3184) stuck in its rear paw.

I've set this as my desktop background, to remind me to re-book that eye-test when the current situation eases.

I've updated this observation to correct my original reported designation of NGC 3180, to the actual NGC 3184. The image filename remains incorrect.

Files associated with this observation

NGC3180_20200326_170x30s_A6300_ISO6400_360mmfl_f5_33pc.jpg (220.8 kB)

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Comments

Grant Privett, 2020 Apr 06 - 19:26 UTC

Lovely picture, but isn't the swirly thing NGC3184?

I love the idea of M31, the Andromeda Swirly thing...

Mike Scarisbrick, 2020 Apr 06 - 23:00 UTC

Thank you Grant.

You are absolutely correct of course. I'm going to push the blame for this onto Stellarium version 0.18.2, which reports NGC 3180 (PGC 30087) for this object. The older version I have on my laptop (0.13.2) identifies it as 3184, as does server7.sky-map.org. NGC 3180 is apparently (Wikipedia) an HII region within the galaxy. I shall modify the observation accordingly.

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