See also: Observation 2.
Object: Galaxies NGC 4631 & 4627 Constell: CVn
RA: 12h 41.5m (-31) Decl: +32° 35' Epoch: 2000
Mag: 9.2m (v)/12.5m(v) Size: 15x2.7'/2.6x1.8' Type: SB(s)d sp
E4p
Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 10./11.4.1993, 23.20
Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 126x Filter:
Field: 30' NE Lim.mag: 6.2m
Background sky: 2 Seeing: 1-2
Weather:
Brightness: 3, 5 Alt:
Description:
NGC 4631: A very nice edge-on galaxy. Strongly mottled. An 11th
magn. star is visible on the NNW edge (near the core). Somewhat
brighter in the middle. Brightest parts in the middle and a lone
patch near the W tip.
NGC 4627: Faint, small, round.