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Observational Log Cover Sheet Observation Date: Location: Observers: Jan 02, 2016 Home Myself Moon Phase: Seeing: Transparency: Notes: Unknown Unknown Clear At 2130 hours I took out a pair of binoculars and looked at M41. This was the last DSO on the Astronomical League Urban Skies list. I have a few double stars to observe and the entire list will be complete. Page 1 of 265 Observational Log Cover Sheet Observation Date: Location: Observers: Dec 05, 2015 Home Myself Moon Phase: Seeing: Transparency: Notes:

... Printed in the U.S.A. LENTICULAR GALAXY IC 719 : CURRENT BUILDING OF THE COUNTERROTATING LARGE-SCALE STELLAR DISK Sternberg Astronomical Institute, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; katkov.ivan@gmail.com, olga@sai ... In this gas-rich S0 galaxy, its large-scale gaseous disk counterrotates the global stellar disk. Moreover, in the IC 719 disk, we have detected a secondary stellar component corotating the ionized gas. ... Figure 7. ...