Observation by Patrick Maloney: NGC 278

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Patrick Maloney

Observer

Patrick Maloney

Observed

1996 Sep 04 - 22:10

Uploaded

2021 Nov 20 - 13:18

Objects

NGC278

Equipment

12.25" Newtonian reflector, 18mm eyepiece, x80

Location

Lancashire

Target name

NGC 278

Title

NGC 278

About this image

Very bright. Compact and apparently perfectly round. I suspect that only the nuclear region was seen. [No further outer detail seen on POSS]. Nucleus almost stellar, area around nucleus very very bright. High power revealed no further structure.

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NGC 278 - 9645.jpg (351.4 kB)

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