Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: NGC 3256 & NGC 3256C	Other name: ESO 263-38
RA: 10h 27.9m	DEC: -43° 54'
Constellation: VEL
Type: Galaxy
Magnitude: 11.5
Size: 4.5' x 2.3'
PA: 100°
Surface brightness: 13.6
Classification: Sb
Description: cB,S,R,gmbM
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Tocodoman, Gran Canary, Spain
Date: 3/4.2.2005 2:35
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 107x	Filter: -
Field: 28'	Seeing: 2
Background sky: 2	NE lim mag: 6.5
Visuality: III	Height: 18°
Weather: +10°C, windy
Description: Two relatively bright galaxies. NGC 3256 (11.3 mag), the western one, is little elongated and even brightness, no core visible. NGC 3256C (12.6 mag) has a stellar core and a faint haze around it.
Updated: 19.3.2005 23:01