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All,<BR>
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This is the second observing project.<BR>
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NGC-2403 is an almost face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis and is one of the Herschel 1 objects. I had only written notes on it once before, so it was high time Roger inspired me to take another look.<BR>
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Through the eyepiece at 70X (Q-70 26mm), the galaxy was quite nice and fairly large. It is embedded behind a line of three stars through the long side of the oval, and surrounded by several others.<BR>
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I looked hard directly and with averted vision but couldn't see any spiral structure, though I did noticed a clump of gray just off center and to the left of the middle star bisecting the long side of the oval.<BR>
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When another guy looked at it, he thought he saw that clump to the right of the star. Just to make sure, I looked at it several more times and am positive the bright central area is to the left of that central star.<BR>
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I think under better seeing conditions, I might have been able to see a bit more structure.<BR>
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By the way, at 140X it was just washed out and I could see no detail at all.<BR>
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Attached is another very poor drawing. I'm no artist! However, it will give you at least an impression of what I saw through the eyepiece.<BR>
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Fred<BR>
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