Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: NGC 2784	Other name: ESO 497-23
RA: 9h 12.3m	DEC: -24° 10'
Constellation: HYA
Type: Galaxy
Magnitude: 10.2
Size: 5.7' x 2.5'
PA: 73°
Surface brightness: 12.8
Classification: SO
Description: B,L,mE 64 deg,gmbM
Notes: H I 59
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: NOT (2390 m), La Palma, Spain
Date: 29/30.3.2008 0:45
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 115x	Filter: -
Field: 43'	Seeing: 2
Background sky: 1	NE lim mag: 7.4
Visuality: II	Height: 24°
Weather: +4°C, huminidy 27%, wind 16 m/s (NE), seeing 0.8''
Description: Pretty bright galaxy, elongated in the W-E direction, brighter in the middle.
Updated: 6.1.2009 19:59