Herschel had a few more southerly discoveries than NGC 2997. He made it down another 1.5 degrees further south to NGC 3621 in Hydra, which culminated at 7 degrees elevation. And he had no problem...
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Herschel had a few more southerly discoveries than NGC 2997. He made it down another 1.5 degrees further south to NGC 3621 in Hydra, which culminated at 7 degrees elevation. And he had no problem...
I haven't seen NGC 2997 from Jimi's, but I have seen it from Australia! These notes were taken using a 24" f/3.7 on a observing trip in April 2008.
At 215x, this beautiful, asymmetric face-on...