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NGC 3107 in Leo
Date of Obs ..... March 5, 2021 |
The second object in Leo is much easier to locate because it's just to the west of the line connecting Regulus with the next star up in the Sickle, η Leonis. I found it to be barely visible at 76x or 123x, so I went up to 159x with my 9.6mm erfle style eyepiece, and still had to use averted vision to see the galaxy. It was very small, almost starlike, just like a fuzzy star. In this instance, detecting it as a galaxy was made easier for me because it is so close to a field star, so you can make the comparison between the star and the star-like galaxy. |