Name/Designation | Right Ascension | Declination | Type | Magnitude | Size | Distance | Date |
Location | Instrument | Eyepiece | Filter | Notes |
NGC157 | 00:34.8 | -08 24 | Galaxy | 10.4 | 4.3' x 2.9' | 76MLY | Nov 12 2004 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | Large and bright. Uniforn in brightness throughout giving the impression of a large elliptical galaxy. |
NGC246 | 00:47.0 | -11 53 | Planetary Nebula | 10.9 | 225" | 1.3KLY | Nov 12 2004 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | UHC | At low magnification a large, hazy patch with 3 seemingly embedded stars. Placing a UHC filter in front
of the eyepiece makes it really stand out. Very large and round with the 13,8mm eeyepiece and UHC. |
" | " | " | " | " | " | " | Oct 18 2003 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA + 2X Barlow | UHC | Very large. 3 embeded stars form a isoceles triangle. Oval-shaped oriented N-S. The south
end extends beyond the base of the triangle of stars and is wider than the triangle's base. |
NGC247 | 00:47.1 | -20 46 | Galaxy | 8.9 | 20.0' x 7.4' | 8MLY | Nov 12 2004 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 32mmSWA | | Very large. Star at one end; one of a triangle of stars in which the galaxy sits. Fairly faint. |
NGC255 | 00:47.8 | -11 28 | Galaxy | 11.8 | 3.1' x 2.8' | 8MLY | Oct 18 2003 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | Picked up in the same wide-field as NGC246. Quite large. |
NGC873 | 2:16 | -11 20 | Galaxy | 12.7 | | 258MLY | Nov 17 2006 | Belanglo |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | Faint. Sits under an 'umbrella' of fairly uniform in brightness field stars. |
NGC887 | 2:19 | -16 04 | Galaxy | | | 196MLY | Nov 17 2006 | Belanglo |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 6mmSWA | | Bright, especially in the cente, and quite large. Sits toward the side of a triangular group of 4 stars. |
NGC908 | 2:23.1 | -21 14 | Galaxy | 10.2 | 5.5'x2.8' | 64MLY | Nov 17 2006 | Belanglo |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 32mmSWA | | Very large, bright and elongated. |
NGC1068; M77 | 02:42.7 | -00 01 | Galaxy | 8.8 | 6.9' x 5.9' | 52MLY | January 10 1999 | Mt Keira |
16" f4.5 Dobsonian | 25mmPl | | [Observed through a friend's telescope] Next to a field star. Very bright nucleus and hazy surrounding ball. |