RE: [APML] M81, M82 and NGC 3077

[Alan Voetsch <alanv12952@yahoo.com>]

Hey Jason,

--- "Lane, Jason R" <jason.lane@navy.mil> wrote:
> I got unlazy and opened up Cartes du Ciel to look.  Oh and I spotted
> another smudge in your pic, directly below M82 towards the bottom.
> 
> Doesn't look like they are in the NGC catalog, but they have PGC and
> UGC numbers (not sure what those stand for...Principle Galaxy Catolog
> and ??)


Uppsala General catalog, I believe. Wow, good work, thanks for the
information.

Alan

> In the lower left:  
> PGC28563 / UGC 5302.  
> Dimension 1.9 / 1.7'
> Surface brightness: 15.54
> RA: 9h 54m 18s  Dec:  +68* 10' 60"
> 
> Below M82:
> PGC28255 / UGC 5247
> Dimension 1.7 / 0.8'
> Surface brightness: 15.19
> RA 9h 49m 12s  Dec:  +69* 25' 00"
> 
> 
> Look at that...mag 15.54!
> 
> It also calls out one right next to M81 but I can't see that in the
> pic.



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