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NGC 2613
ESO495-G018
RA 08:33:22
Dec -22°58.4'
Galaxy |
Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel (H
II-266) "F, E, bM, r, 1.5' diameter."
h: "pB, mE, gpmbM, 80 arcseconds long, 20
arcseconds broad." On a second occassion he called it "B, L, vmE in
position 110.3 degrees, pslbM, 3' long, 20 arcseconds broad." His third
observation was recorded as "pF, mE, pmbM, 40 arcseconds long, 15
arcseconds broad."
Listed by the Herschel Club, described as “seend
edge-on, difficult to see. Use averted to see the elusive object, noted
elongation of the object though. 8-inch, 48x.”
Ostuno calls it a "bright, elongated
spiral .. by far the brightest galaxy in its constellation. A rich starfield
nicely compliments the sight of this glowing sliver of nebulosity, which is
elonated in p.a. 110 degrees."
Tom Lorenzin: “10.9M; 6.4' x 1.5' extent;
edge-on spiral with brighter center surrounded by four 12M stars; axis oriented
NW-SE soft and friendly!.”
Steve Coe, observing with a 13” f/5.6,
notes: “Pretty bright, pretty large, much brighter in the middle, very much
elongated 5 X 1 in PA 110. This nice edge-on galaxy is in a rich star field.”
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that
this is a 11.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads S,EL,MINC,BM,TIW
RI*FLD,COM3'NP,MW OBSC CLOUDS F. |
