M77 (NGC 1068) Cet galaxy Difficulty level 2
Date of observation: 2001/10/15 01:27
Observing site: Kuju
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 3/4/4
Instruments: 50cm Dobsonian with RA10 at 220x
Width of field: 0.27 degree
This is a galaxy near the head of Cetus. It is well-known as the brightest Seyfert galaxy. Through the 50cm telescope it is not just bright but various details are visible.
There is a bright elongated core with a stellar nucleus. There are dark areas west and southeast of the core. The halo is bright and almost circular but with some elongation. Arms are not visible but an uneven surface brightness suggests clockwise spiral arms.
M77 (NGC 1068) Cet galaxy Difficulty level 2
Date of observation: 1996/10/15 03:32
Observing site: Kuju
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 3/2/4
Instruments: 32cm Dobsonian with PL12.5 at 120x
Width of field: 0.4 degree
M77(N1068) Cet ŒnŠON1055 Cet ŒnŠO
1995.10.27 22:30 ¯–쑺
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30X125 Bino 1.6‹
M77 (NGC 1068) Cet galaxy
Difficulty level 2
NGC1055 Cet galaxy
Difficulty level 3
Date of observation: 1995/10/27 22:30
Observing site: Hoshinomura
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 2/3/2
Instruments: 30X125 Bino
Width of field:1.6 degree