M85
Tiny smudge, took about an hour to find because of sparse/faint surrounding stars.
Object Type: Lenticular Galaxy
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right Ascension: 12h 25m 24s
Declination: +18° 11' 28"
Magnitude: 9.1
Size: 7.1' × 5.5'
My Observation Details
| Object Name: | M85 |
| Seeing: | VG |
| Transparency: | 4 |
| Lat/Lon: | 35.150, -85.326 |
| Instrument: | 750mm/150mm |
| Power: | 30.0x (25mm eyepiece) |
| Date: | 2023-04-20 |
| Time: | 11:53 EST |
Observation Notes
Visual Description
Tiny smudge, but kept my power low to see surrounding stars for identification.
Additional Notes
Hopped from Denebola. Still took about an hour to find because the surrounding stars and patterns were sparse/faint. Used Telrad finder.
Sketch
