Field L denotes the location. P: Pinnacles overlook,
B: Little Tycho Observatory, LBRP: Little Bennett Regional Park
Coordinates are J2000.
Object Name | RA | Dec | mv | Size | NGC comments | Location | Telescope | Date | Observation |
NGC 7814 | 0h 3m 18s | 16° 9' 0" | 10.5 | 6.3 | cB, cL, E, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 20:39:29 | Does not look edge on, quite faint. WikiSky: disk very faint, large nucleus. |
NGC 7817 | 0h 4m 0s | 20° 45' 0" | 12 | 3.7 | pF, cL, mE 45deg +/- , lbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 20:48:44 | A faint, edge on spiral. |
NGC 1 | 0h 7m 18s | 27° 43' 0" | 13 | 1.9 | F, S, R, bet *11 and *14 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:49:35 | Very small, and faint. Almost invisible in the 30mm, much easier in the 12.5. |
NGC 10 | 0h 8m 34.29s | -33° 51' 28" | 12.5 | 2.40x1.2 | 13.5 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:38:53 | A large, eef, nondescript blob. It almost vanishes in the 12.5mm. |
NGC 14 | 0h 8m 48s | 15° 49' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | vF, pS, R, glbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:43:4 | Extremely faint, small smudge, seen only when the telescope was moving in the 19mm. I could see no nucleus. The RNGC lists it a 12.5 mv. |
NGC 16 | 0h 9m 6s | 27° 44' 0" | 12.0 | 2.1 | pB, S, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 21:38:50 | A hazy envelope surrounding a bright middle. |
IC_1531 | 0h 9m 35.5s | -32° 16' 36" | 12.4 | 1.80x1.4 | 13.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:35:36 | A faint, stellar nucleus surrounded by an eef, amorphus blob. |
NGC 23 | 0h 9m 54s | 25° 55' 0" | 12.0 | 2.3 | 3 S st + neb | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:49:50 | Looks like a pair of hazy 13 - 14mv 20" apart stars. The DSS images shows the galaxy with a 14.5mv star at its edge. |
NGC 24 | 0h 9m 56.1s | -24° 57' 52" | 11.6 | 5.80x1.3 | 13.7 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:38:22 | A large streak in the sky. There is a hint of a dust lane. Aladin, DSS: Dust lane not confirmed. |
NGC 45 | 0h 14m 6s | -23° 11' 0" | 10.4 | 8.1 | eF, L, vgvlbM, *9 cont s | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 22:53:14 | A very large, very faint smudge, elongated 1:1.5. Burnham: Spiral, WikiSky, Barred Spiral, Looks to me like an Sd. |
NGC 55 | 0h 14m 54s | -39° 11' 0" | 8 | 32.4 | vB, vL, vmE, triN | P | C-8 | 2006/Sep/17 21:00:00 | A large, uniformly bright streak. Impressive. |
NGC 55 | 0h 14m 54s | -39° 11' 0" | 8 | 32.4 | vB, vL, vmE, triN | Pinnacles | C-8 | 2009/Dec/16 19:13:40 | A large, mottled streak in the sky. |
NGC 59 | 0h 15m 25.3s | -21° 26' 41" | 12.4 | 2.60x1.3 | 13.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:42:44 | A faint, wide streak, NE-SW. |
NGC 57 | 0h 15m 30.9s | 17° 19' 45" | 11.6 | 2.20x1.9 | 13.1 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 5:28:43 | A faint, round smudge. Strange there are no companion galaxies, for an E1. |
NGC 63 | 0h 17m 45.5s | 11° 27' 0" | 11.7 | 1.70x1.2 | 12.3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 21:42:54 | A faint, oblong blob, best in the 12.5mm, barely seen in the 41mm. Aladin, DSS: An Sa with large dust clouds in the disk. |
IC_10 | 0h 20m 24s | 59° 18' 0" | 10.3 | 5.1 | F* inv in eF, vL neb | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Nov/21 20:20:4 | The star at the center of this galaxy is quite faint, and a bit fuzzy. I suspect this it its nucleus. |
NGC 80 | 0h 21m 12s | 22° 21' 0" | 12.1 | 2.5 | F, S, R, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 21:1:49 | A small, faint smudge. The 14.5mv stars nearby were barely glimpsed. |
NGC 83 | 0h 21m 24s | 22° 26' 0" | 12.6 | 1.6 | E, biN, 3 B st nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 21:4:17 | A very faint smudge, just off a triangle of 11.5mv stars. |
NGC 125 | 0h 28m 48s | 2° 50' 0" | 12.3 | 2.0 | vF, S, bM, D* sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:59:20 | A round, 3' patch 2' NE of a faint double. |
NGC 128 | 0h 29m 12s | 2° 51' 0" | 11.6 | 3.4 | pB, pS, lE 2deg , bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:53:44 | An elongated smudge, with the nucleus somewhat off center, perhaps by 20%. |
NGC 134 | 0h 30m 24s | -33° 15' 0" | 10.1 | 8.1 | vB, L, vmE 47deg , psbM, f of 2, *10 np 45" | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:15:54 | An almost edge on spiral, slightly mottled, with a faint nucleus. 1:5 elongation. Burnham: Sb/Sc. |
NGC 147 | 0h 33m 12s | 48° 30' 0" | 9.3 | 12.9 | vF, vL, iR, gsmbM *11 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:59:41 | Large, and eef. Found only with the finder chart, a slight brightening of the night sky. |
NGC 151 | 0h 34m 2.8s | -9° 42' 18" | 11.6 | 3.80x1.6 | 13.4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:41:52 | A small, faint streak. |
NGC 150 | 0h 34m 18s | -27° 48' 0" | 11.1 | 4.2 | pF, pS, R | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:46:49 | A marvelous galaxy, elliptical, elongated at about 4:1, mottled, with a tiny nucleus. Burnham: SB. |
NGC 148 | 0h 34m 18s | -31° 47' 0" | 12.1 | 2.4 | vB, S, lE 90deg , smbM *11 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:23:21 | A small, elongated (3:1) patch with a tiny, somewhat bright, nucleus. Burnham: E4/S0. |
NGC 157 | 0h 34m 48s | -8° 24' 0" | 10.4 | 4.3 | pB, L, E, bet 2 cB st | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/16 19:18:37 | A bright, compact, elliptical smudge. Very nice. |
IC_1558 | 0h 35m 47.1s | -25° 22' 28" | 12.2 | 3.30x2.4 | 14.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:20:20 | A barely visible smudge. Only seen when slewing. Aladin, DSS: The galaxy is indeed faint, very low surface brightness. This sighting might well be characterized as averted imagination. |
NGC 171 | 0h 37m 21.5s | -19° 56' 4" | 12.2 | 2.10x1.9 | 13.5 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:46:44 | An oblong blob in the N-S direction. Without a pronounced nucleus. |
NGC 175 | 0h 37m 24s | -19° 56' 0" | 12.1 | 2.6 | pB, pL, E, gbM, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 19:25:58 | An very faint smudge, barely visible in the 19mm. |
NGC 191 | 0h 39m 0s | -9° 0' 0" | 12 | 1.5 | pB, pL, iE 0deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 18:46:52 | The verriest smudge. Invisible in the 30mm, only glimpsed in the 12.5. The companion IC galaxy was invisible. |
NGC 185 | 0h 39m 0s | 48° 20' 0" | 9.2 | 11.5 | pB, vL, iR, vgmbM, r | P | C-8 | 2008/Oct/30 22:30:00 | A faint dwarf elliptical in a rich area of the Milky Way. It appeared granulated, but this was probably due to foreground stars. |
NGC 194 | 0h 39m 18s | 3° 2' 0" | 12.1 | 1.9 | pB, S, R, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 21:53:7 | A very faint smudge. |
NGC 193 | 0h 39m 18s | 3° 20' 0" | 12.3 | 1.7 | F, L, p of 2, *15 close sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 20:12:41 | A faint sumdge, with a 13mv star just to the south. |
NGC 205 | 0h 40m 24s | 41° 41' 0" | 8.0 | 17.4 | vB, vL, mE 165deg , vgvmbM; = M110 | B | C-8 | 2007/Jan/08 19:00:00 | A barely perceptible glow against the brightly glowing background of the light polluted sky. This was the third or forth time I had looked for M 110, and tonight it was finally seen. Swinging the telescope back and forth in RA made the faint glow a bit more apparent. |
NGC 205 | 0h 40m 24s | 41° 41' 0" | 8.0 | 17.4 | vB, vL, mE 165deg , vgvmbM; = M110 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Sep/14 2:30:43 | A faint smudge, but plain in the 24mm, and still visible in the 12.5, taking up about half of a field in that eyepiece. It's a clear, but unsteady night. |
NGC 205 | 0h 40m 24s | 41° 41' 0" | 8.0 | 17.4 | vB, vL, mE 165deg , vgvmbM; = M110 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Dec/4 20:44:53 | Barely visible in the 24mm, not in the 15 or less in these light poluted skies. |
NGC 205 | 0h 40m 24s | 41° 41' 0" | 8.0 | 17.4 | vB, vL, mE 165deg , vgvmbM; = M110 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Sep/28 23:37:36 | Barely glimpsed in tonight's clear skies. Large and 1:2 elliptical. |
NGC 205 | 0h 40m 24s | 41° 41' 0" | 8.0 | 17.4 | vB, vL, mE 165deg , vgvmbM; = M110 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Nov/28 22:18:59 | Tonight's sky was dark enough to make out the faint, large smudge that is M 110, despite the Pickering 3 seeing. |
NGC 210 | 0h 40m 36s | -13° 52' 0" | 10.9 | 5.4 | B, pS, R, psbM, r, *11 p 2' | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 18:53:24 | A faint, round smudge with a brighter middle. E0? WikiSky: A spiral, I only saw the nucleus. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 214 | 0h 41m 30s | 25° 30' 0" | 12.2 | 2.1 | pF, pS, gvlbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 20:19:20 | A small, faint glow. No pronounced nucleus. Best in the 19, washed out in the 12.5. |
NGC 214 | 0h 41m 30s | 25° 30' 0" | 12.2 | 2.1 | pF, pS, gvlbM, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Nov/28 19:4:50 | An very faint smudge, visible only with a detailed finder chart and telescope slewing. |
NGC 221 | 0h 42m 42s | 40° 52' 0" | 8.2 | 7.6 | ! vvB, L, R, psmbMN; = M32 | B | C-8 | 2006/Sep/17 21:00:00 | AKA M32. A low contrast ellipse near M 31. M 110 was to faint to be seen. |
NGC 224 | 0h 42m 42s | 41° 16' 0" | 3.5 | 178 | !!! eeB, eL, vmE (Andromeda); = M31 | B | C-8 | 2006/Sep/26 03:30:00 | Only the nucleus of this huge spiral is visible, as a large, low contrast elliptical glow, brighter in the middle. |
NGC 224 | 0h 42m 42s | 41° 16' 0" | 3.5 | 178 | !!! eeB, eL, vmE (Andromeda); = M31 | B | C-8 | 2007/Sep/13 00:15:00 | I managed to trace the boundaries of this galaxy to 4 degrees along its major axis. The dark lanes just west of the nucleus were glimpsed. The light of the galaxy is uniform, especially towards the center. |
NGC 247 | 0h 47m 6s | -20° 46' 0" | 8.9 | 20.0 | F, eL, vmE 172deg | P | C-8 | 2007/Sep/17 21:00:00 | A faint oval, smaller than NGC 253. |
NGC 254 | 0h 47m 30s | -31° 25' 0" | 11.8 | 2.1 | vB, pS, lE, smbM, *8 nf 5' | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:35:18 | A tilted spiral? 3:1 elongation. Small, bright nucleus. Burnham: E4/S0. |
NGC 253 | 0h 47m 36s | -25° 17' 0" | 7.1 | 25.1 | !! vvB, vvL, vmE 54deg , gbM | B | C-8 | 2006/Dec/10 20:00:00 | A very faint smudge in the 36x eyepiece, drowned in the light pollution. |
NGC 253 | 0h 47m 36s | -25° 17' 0" | 7.1 | 25.1 | !! vvB, vvL, vmE 54deg , gbM | Pinnacles | C-8 | 2007/Oct/13 21:00:00 | A beautiful, bright oval in the sky, somewhat mottled. |
NGC 253 | 0h 47m 36s | -25° 17' 0" | 7.1 | 25.1 | !! vvB, vvL, vmE 54deg , gbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2009/Dec/16 19:16:44 | The HII regions of the galaxy looked like an embedded star cluster. Superb |
NGC 255 | 0h 47m 48s | -11° 28' 0" | 11.8 | 3.1 | F, pS, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 19:37:17 | A large, very faint smudge. Face on Sc? Sb: Burnham. |
NGC 266 | 0h 49m 47.8s | 32° 16' 39" | 11.6 | 3.00x2.9 | 13.8 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 21:54:15 | A faint patch, brighter towards the middle. Visible in all three eyepieces, but best in the 12.5mm. The seeing is Pickering 4, and the transparancy is so so. Aladin, DSS: A face on SB galaxy. |
NGC 271 | 0h 50m 41.9s | -1° 54' 38" | 12.0 | 2.20x1.7 | 13.2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:5:25 | An very faint patch, near a 9.0mv star. Aladin, DSS: Almost face on. |
NGC 273 | 0h 50m 48.39s | -6° 53' 8" | 12.9 | 2.10x0.6 | 13.2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:21:14 | An very faint patch of the night sky. It's visibility is helped by a very close 14.6mv star. Seen in the 19mm. Aladin, DSS: An edge on S0. Dimensions ~= 60x15". |
NGC 274 | 0h 51m 1.8s | -7° 3' 24" | 11.8 | 1.40x1.2 | 12.4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:13:58 | With NGC 275, a ghostly pair of whisps that barely rise above the glow of the night sky. Aladin, DSS: Interacting galaxies. |
NGC 275 | 0h 51m 4.5s | -7° 3' 55" | 12.5 | 1.50x1.2 | 13.0 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:14:56 | With NGC 274, a pair of smudges that are barely brighter than the sky glow. Aladin, DSS: Interacting galaxies. |
NGC 278 | 0h 52m 6s | 47° 33' 0" | 10.9 | 2.2 | cB, pL, R, 2 st 10 nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 23:3:15 | A bright galaxy, for a face on Sc. Slightly elongated and mottled. Large, somewhat bright nucleus. Lovely. |
NGC 278 | 0h 52m 6s | 47° 33' 0" | 10.9 | 2.2 | cB, pL, R, 2 st 10 nr | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Sep/14 2:51:19 | A faint, but obvious, round patch in tonight's clear sky. |
NGC 289 | 0h 52m 42s | -31° 12' 0" | 12 | 3.7 | vB, L, pmE, gbM, *11 np | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:44:40 | A fairly bright, somewhat tilted Sb (?) spiral. A bit of mottling was glimpsed. Burnham: Sb/Sc. |
NGC 300 | 0h 54m 54s | -37° 41' 0" | 9 | 20.0 | pB, vL, vmiE, vgpmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/16 19:20:58 | A faint, large, mottled, smudge, emeshed in a parallogram of foreground stars. |
NGC 309 | 0h 56m 42s | -9° 55' 0" | 11.8 | 3.1 | pB, pL, *12-13 n | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 18:58:44 | A very faint galaxy, large (~3') and amorphus. Face on SBc? Burnham: Sc, but it looks like SBc to me on WikiSky. |
NGC 311 | 0h 57m 36s | 30° 16' 0" | 14 | pF, vS, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 18:41:27 | A faint, slightly elongated smudge. | |
NGC 313 | 0h 57m 48s | 30° 21' 0" | 12 | 3.6 | vF, eS, 1' np 315 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 20:39:27 | The NGC sees two galaxies here, I see an elongated blob, perhaps peanut shaped. No sign of a peanut shape on the DSS. A trick of my averted vision, which apparentely blended NGC 313 with NGC 311. |
NGC 316 | 0h 57m 48s | 30° 21' 0" | 12 | 3.6 | vF, eS, stellar, 1' f 315 | Shangra La | C-11 | 2014/Oct/12 22:7:45 | A fairly bright, round, brighter towards the middle galaxy. |
NGC 315 | 0h 57m 48s | 30° 21' 0" | 13 | 3.2 | pB, pL, R, gbM, *9 nf 3' | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 18:37:39 | A bright, elongated nucleus, surrounded by a fainter, halo which extends a bit to the north. WikiSky: There are a pair of 15.5mv stars just NW of the galaxy. They are most likely the observed halo extension of this elliptical galaxy. |
IC_1608 | 0h 59m 24.19s | -34° 19' 47" | 12.4 | 2.00x0.9 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:25:18 | A very faint, nondescript patch. |
IC_1613 | 1h 4m 47.49s | 2° 7' 7" | 9.2 | 16.60x14.9 | 15.0 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Nov/14 20:41:43 | Not visible in these light pollluted skies. |
NGC 380 | 1h 7m 18s | 32° 29' 0" | 12.5 | 1.6 | pF, S, R, sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 20:59:32 | With N 379, a pair of faint, featureless smudges. |
NGC 379 | 1h 7m 18s | 32° 31' 0" | 12.6 | 1.8 | pF, S, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:0:10 | With N 380, a pair of faint smudges. |
NGC 382 | 1h 7m 24s | 32° 24' 0" | 14 | 0.4 | vF, S, R, sp of D neb | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 20:59:32 | With N 383, a pair of faint, featureless smudges. |
NGC 383 | 1h 7m 24s | 32° 25' 0" | 11.9 | 2.3 | pF, pL, R, gbM, nf of D neb | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:1:59 | A double smudge, with NGC 382, 35" apart. |
IC_1628 | 1h 8m 47.49s | -28° 34' 56" | 12.5 | 1.10x1.1 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:29:37 | A faint, round spot. |
NGC 404 | 1h 9m 24s | 35° 43' 0" | 10.1 | 4.4 | pB, cL, R, gbM, beta And sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Feb/14 20:19:42 | A faint, persistant smudge in tonight's clear, but snow lit sky. Need to revisit under darker skies. |
NGC 404 | 1h 9m 24s | 35° 43' 0" | 10.1 | 4.4 | pB, cL, R, gbM, beta And sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Jan/7 18:37:37 | A fairly bright, elongated, smudge, once found. Best in the 12.5mm |
NGC 404 | 1h 9m 24s | 35° 43' 0" | 10.1 | 4.4 | pB, cL, R, gbM, beta And sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Sep/1 4:40:3 | An very faint oval, in pa ~45°. Beta And acts like a street light in trying to see this galaxy. |
NGC 404 | 1h 9m 24s | 35° 43' 0" | 10.1 | 4.4 | pB, cL, R, gbM, beta And sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Nov/8 20:53:58 | A faint, round smudge, but obvious, once Mirach was out of the field. |
NGC 404 | 1h 9m 24s | 35° 43' 0" | 10.1 | 4.4 | pB, cL, R, gbM, beta And sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Dec/28 18:41:36 | A faint patch aganist the light polluted sky. Invisible in the 9mm, but best in the 15, with Beta And just out of the field. |
NGC 404 | 1h 9m 24s | 35° 43' 0" | 10.1 | 4.4 | pB, cL, R, gbM, beta And sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Dec/25 19:3:41 | A gossamer faint smudge in tonight's clear, steady skies. |
NGC 407 | 1h 10m 36s | 33° 7' 0" | 14 | 2.0 | vF, vS, sp of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 18:28:25 | A faint smudge. 14mv, and unexpected for LBRP. It usually isn't this dark. Not in Burnham: HNGC: 13.6mv, edge on S0. |
NGC 410 | 1h 11m 0s | 33° 9' 0" | 13 | 2.6 | pB, pL, nf of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 18:22:11 | A bright nucleus (for 13mv) surrounded by a faint halo. E3? Simbad: Classified as a giant elliptical, E D. |
NGC 414 | 1h 11m 18s | 33° 6' 0" | 14 | vF, S, iR, mbM, 410 np | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 18:23:29 | A very faint smudge. HNGC, WikiSky: A double system. | |
NGC 439 | 1h 13m 47.2s | -31° 44' 50" | 11.5 | 2.50x1.5 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:34:54 | With NGC 441, a pair of faint, round fuzzies. |
NGC 441 | 1h 13m 51.1s | -31° 47' 20" | 12.7 | 1.40x1.1 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:35:26 | With NGC 439, a pair of faint, round fuzzies. |
IC_1657 | 1h 14m 6.8s | -32° 39' 2" | 12.4 | 2.40x0.6 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:32:1 | A faint, wide streak. No pronounced nucleus. |
IC_1663 | 1h 14m 6.8s | -32° 39' 2" | 12.4 | 2.40x0.6 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:51:47 | A very faint N-S streak. No pronounced nucleus. |
NGC 450 | 1h 15m 30s | -0° 52' 0" | 12.1 | 3.2 | vF, L | Shangra La | C-11 | 2014/Oct/12 21:51:38 | An very faint patch, invisible in the 41, barely seen in the 19mm. |
NGC 467 | 1h 19m 12s | 3° 18' 0" | 11.9 | 2.4 | pB, pL, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:3:20 | A 2x3' galaxy, elongated NW to SE. A spiral? Fairly bright, compared to the other galaxies seen tonight. MNRAS, 1991: Face on SO. |
NGC 467 | 1h 19m 12s | 3° 18' 0" | 11.9 | 2.4 | pB, pL, R, gbM | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 19:52:57 | N 467 is small with a compact nucleus. |
NGC 470 | 1h 19m 42s | 3° 25' 0" | 11.9 | 3.0 | pB, L, iR | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:4:45 | A pair of fuzzies, along with N 474. In the same field as N 467. A memorable field for a darker sky than this. |
NGC 470 | 1h 19m 42s | 3° 25' 0" | 11.9 | 3.0 | pB, L, iR | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 19:52:57 | N 470 is large and diffuse. |
NGC 474 | 1h 20m 6s | 3° 25' 0" | 11.1 | 7.9 | pB, S, smbM, f of 2 | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 19:52:57 | N 474 is small with a compact, bright nucleus, N 470 is large and diffuse, Sc? N 467 is small with a compact nucleus |
NGC 491 | 1h 21m 20.2s | -34° 3' 49" | 12.5 | 1.40x1.0 | 12.8 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:55:32 | A NE-SW oblong near a 13.5mv star. The UCAC4 shows a pair of stars here, I suspect one is the galaxy. Aladin, DSS: This galaxy's bright nucleus could easily be mistaken for a star by the UCAC4 CCD analysis software. |
NGC 488 | 1h 21m 48s | 5° 15' 0" | 10.3 | 5.2 | pB, L, R, svmbM, *8 f 10' | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/16 19:27:0 | A uniform disc with a bright, Seyfert like nucleus. Lovely. |
NGC 488 | 1h 21m 48s | 5° 15' 0" | 10.3 | 5.2 | pB, L, R, svmbM, *8 f 10' | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Nov/20 20:53:31 | A very faint, round smudge. All but invisible in all but the 9 and 6mm on this hazy night. Best in the 9mm. |
NGC 489 | 1h 21m 48s | 9° 12' 0" | 13 | pB, S, E | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 19:40:21 | Like a very faint, fuzzy star. Hard to find, it was invisible in the 41, and found in the 19 when the telescope was slewed. WikiSky: and edge on spiral. | |
NGC 493 | 1h 22m 12s | 0° 57' 0" | 12.5 | 3.8 | vF, L, mE 60deg , lbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:8:59 | Field found, galaxy not visible. DeepSkyPedia: A 22.5mv/sq arc second galaxy. Very low surface brightness. |
NGC 499 | 1h 23m 12s | 33° 28' 0" | 12.0 | 2.0 | pB, pL, R, 3rd of 3; = IC 1686 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:19:28 | The brightest member of a galaxy cluster, seen through the star fields of Andromeda. I could only see this giant E0, the other galaxies were much too difficult to tell from faint stars, which abound in this field. About 2', brighter towards the middle. Sources on the internet list this as an S0, which seem confirmed by the WikiSky image. |
NGC 507 | 1h 23m 42s | 33° 15' 0" | 11.2 | 4.3 | vF, pL, R, bM, s of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 22:13:28 | A small galaxy with a faint disk and a bright nucleus. |
NGC 508 | 1h 23m 42s | 33° 17' 0" | 12.8 | 1.6 | vF, S, n of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 22:15:13 | A barely visible companion to NGC 507. |
NGC 520 | 1h 24m 36s | 3° 48' 0" | 11.2 | 4.8 | F, cL, E 137deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:16:49 | A very elongated streak. I could see no pronounced nucleus. Edge on Sc? DSS image: A pair of interacting galaxies! Not obvious in an 11" telescope, though. |
NGC 524 | 1h 24m 48s | 9° 32' 0" | 10.6 | 3.2 | vB, pL, mbM, 4 S st nr | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Nov/13 2:39:53 | A barely visible ghost of a smudge, in these light polluted skies. Burnham: E1. |
NGC 533 | 1h 25m 31.4s | 1° 45' 33" | 11.4 | 3.80x2.3 | 13.8 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:30:54 | The field was found, but the galaxy was not visible. Aladin, DSS: A low surface brightness E3. |
NGC 541 | 1h 25m 42s | -1° 23' 0" | 12.0 | 2.7 | F, S, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:28:16 | A faint smudge. |
NGC 547 | 1h 26m 0s | -1° 21' 0" | 12.3 | 1.7 | stellar, f of Dneb | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:37:49 | A small, faint glow. Round. |
NGC 560 | 1h 27m 24s | -1° 55' 0" | 12.9 | 2.3 | vF, vS, iE, p of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:47:46 | An very faint smudge, smaller than NGC 564. |
NGC 564 | 1h 27m 48s | -1° 53' 0" | 12.5 | 1.8 | vF, vS, iF, f of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:47:28 | An very faint smudge. |
NGC 561 | 1h 28m 12s | 34° 19' 0" | 14 | eF, pL, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:57:3 | This, and 750, look like an elongated blob. | |
NGC 578 | 1h 30m 30s | -22° 40' 0" | 10.9 | 4.8 | B, L, pmE, gpmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:49:24 | A large, quite faint, elliptical 1:1.5 smudge. Sb-Sc? There was perhaps a bit of mottling. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 584 | 1h 31m 18s | -6° 52' 0" | 10.4 | 3.8 | vB, pL, R, mbM, p of 2; = IC 1712 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/16 19:48:39 | This E4 looks like an unresolved globular cluster, which it is, of course, on a much larger scale. |
IC_1712 | 1h 31m 20.5s | -6° 52' 2" | 10.5 | 4.10x2.0 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:40:8 | A bright, round galaxy with NGC 586 as a fainter companion. |
NGC 586 | 1h 31m 36.8s | -6° 53' 35" | 13.2 | 1.70x0.9 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:42:31 | The faint companion galaxy to NGC 584. |
NGC 596 | 1h 32m 54s | -7° 2' 0" | 10.9 | 3.5 | pB, R, bM, R, *6 f 12' | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:27:21 | A round glow with a bright middle. Spiral? Sb? |
NGC 596 | 1h 32m 54s | -7° 2' 0" | 10.9 | 3.5 | pB, R, bM, R, *6 f 12' | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:37:12 | A faint, uniform smudge. Burnham: E2. |
NGC 600 | 1h 33m 5.39s | -7° 18' 44" | 12.4 | 2.80x2.1 | 14.7 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:48:5 | A faint, elliptical, smudge with no pronounced nucleus. |
NGC 598 | 1h 33m 54s | 30° 39' 0" | 5.7 | 62 | ! eB, eL, R, vgbMN; = M33 | P | C-8 | 2006/Oct/13 23:00:00 | A face on Sc. An obvious large smudge in triangulum. Glimpsed with averted vision, naked eye. 7 x 50 Fujinons |
NGC 598 | 1h 33m 54s | 30° 39' 0" | 5.7 | 62 | ! eB, eL, R, vgbMN; = M33 | P | C-8 | 2008/Nov/28 21:00:00 | The spiral arms of this galaxy were glimpsed for the first time. |
NGC 612 | 1h 33m 57.7s | -36° 29' 35" | 12.9 | 1.50x0.9 | 13.1 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:7:22 | A barely discernable smudge. |
NGC 613 | 1h 34m 18s | -29° 25' 0" | 10.0 | 5.8 | vB, vL, vmE 118deg , sbM, *10 nf | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:54:20 | An elogated (1:5) edge on, with a bright nucleus and a uniformly bright halo. Burnham: SBc. WikiSky: A bright bar and faint arms give the edge on appearance. |
NGC 604 | 1h 34m 32.59s | 30° 47' 4" | 12.0 | ?x? | ? | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:52:25 | A bright patch in M33. Aladin, DSS: Dimensions ~= 50x25". |
NGC 604 | 1h 34m 32.59s | 30° 47' 4" | 12.0 | ?x? | ? | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Dec/11 20:18:15 | A faint brightening of the night sky, quite near an 11mv star. Invisible in the 24, but glimpsed in the 15 and 9mm. Best in the 15mm. Tonight's skies are fairly dark. |
NGC 619 | 1h 34m 51.7s | -36° 29' 22" | 13.3 | 1.50x1.0 | 13.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:5:36 | An very faint smudge. |
NGC 625 | 1h 35m 4.4s | -41° 26' 15" | 11.2 | 5.80x1.9 | 13.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 21:57:28 | A faint, large elliptical smudge without a bright middle. |
NGC 615 | 1h 35m 6s | -7° 20' 0" | 11.5 | 4.0 | pB, pL, ilE, gbM, r, *8 np 10' | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:36:44 | A bright galaxy, 1.5x3', elongated NW to SE. Bright nucleus. Confirmed, WikiSky. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 623 | 1h 35m 6.49s | -36° 29' 24" | 12.5 | 2.00x1.5 | 13.5 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:5:16 | A very faint, round smudge. |
NGC 626 | 1h 35m 11.9s | -39° 8' 46" | 12.7 | 2.20x1.7 | 14.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 21:26:17 | Along with NGC 630, two faint smudges in the field of the 41mm. |
NGC 630 | 1h 35m 36.6s | -39° 21' 28" | 11.9 | 1.60x1.4 | 12.8 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 21:26:17 | Along with NGC 626, two faint smudges in the field of the 41mm. |
NGC 628 | 1h 36m 42s | 15° 47' 0" | 9.2 | 10.2 | glob. cl. , F, vL, R, vg, psmbM, rr; = M74 | P | C-8 | 2006/Oct/13 23:00:00 | A face on Sc. Easily seen, as opposed to trying to located it in the glowing skies in my backyard. |
NGC 628 | 1h 36m 42s | 15° 47' 0" | 9.2 | 10.2 | glob. cl. , F, vL, R, vg, psmbM, rr; = M74 | Backyard | C-8 | 2006/Sep/20 03:30:00 | Found with a detailed finder chart. Only the nucleus was visible, the envelope was washed out by the bright sky. |
NGC 628 | 1h 36m 42s | 15° 47' 0" | 9.2 | 10.2 | glob. cl. , F, vL, R, vg, psmbM, rr; = M74 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Sep/25 2:45:41 | Barely visible in the 24, invisible in the 12.5. |
NGC 636 | 1h 39m 6s | -7° 31' 0" | 11.3 | 2.3 | pB, vS, R, mbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:40:15 | A small, bright galaxy, gbm. E? Burnham: E1. |
NGC 642 | 1h 39m 6.19s | -29° 54' 55" | 12.3 | 2.00x1.1 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:13:11 | A small, very faint patch. No sign of the 14mv companion. |
NGC 660 | 1h 43m 0s | 13° 38' 0" | 10.8 | 9.1 | pB, pL, E, bM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:43:13 | A large (10') galaxy with very low surface brighness. No distinct nucleus. Sd? Internet: A "Polar ring" galaxy, the apparent merger of two galaxies. Sd is not far off the mark. |
NGC 670 | 1h 47m 24s | 27° 53' 0" | 12.1 | 2.5 | F, S, lE | Shangra La | C-11 | 2014/Oct/12 22:12:52 | A rather small, vaguely elongated patch, best seen when the telescope was slewing. |
NGC 672 | 1h 47m 54s | 27° 26' 0" | 10.8 | 6.6 | F, pL, mE 80deg | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Aug/16 5:17:2 | An very faint patch, seen with telescope movement. The other galaxies in the field were not visible. |
NGC 686 | 1h 48m 56s | -23° 47' 53" | 12.2 | 1.70x1.4 | 13.1 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:19:17 | A faint, round smudge. |
NGC 676 | 1h 49m 0s | 5° 54' 0" | 11 | 4.3 | vF, E 161deg , sbM *9 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:21:42 | A faint glow around a 10mv star. |
NGC 681 | 1h 49m 12s | -10° 26' 0" | 11.8 | 2.8 | pF, cL, R, glbM, S* p 90" | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:26:2 | A faint patch beside 2 12mv stars. |
NGC 679 | 1h 49m 42s | 35° 47' 0" | 12.4 | 2.3 | F, stellar | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:31:9 | Like a fuzzy 13mv star. RNGC: E0/S0. |
NGC 680 | 1h 49m 47.3s | 21° 58' 16" | 11.9 | 1.80x1.6 | 13.1 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 22:57:5 | A faint, round patch, brightest in the middle. |
NGC 691 | 1h 50m 42s | 21° 46' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | F, cL, vglbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Dec/25 19:55:35 | A faint, but obvious smudge. The star just east of it is a double not in the WDS. |
NGC 691 | 1h 50m 42s | 21° 46' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | F, cL, vglbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Dec/25 19:12:48 | A vary faint brightening of the night sky, only visible when the telescope was slewen in declination. Tonight is fairly clear, and seeing is Pickering 3. |
NGC 695 | 1h 51m 14.2s | 22° 34' 58" | 12.8 | 0.80x0.7 | 12.1 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 23:10:12 | An very faint patch near a 13-14mv pair. Very difficult to see, it was a patch that came and went as I looked at it with averted vision. Aladin, DSS: Dimensions ~= 15x20". The nucleus is more like 10x10". |
NGC 674 | 1h 51m 17.49s | 22° 21' 27" | 12.0 | 4.00x1.3 | 13.9 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 23:4:53 | A faint streak in the sky. Best in the 19mm. |
NGC 720 | 1h 53m 0s | -13° 44' 0" | 10.2 | 4.4 | cB, pL, lE, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:48:40 | A small, bright galaxy, somewhat elongted in NWN-SES direction, gbm. Burnham: E4, WikiSky, ~ 320° pa. |
NGC 718 | 1h 53m 12s | 4° 12' 0" | 11.7 | 2.8 | pB, S, iR, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:52:3 | A small, bright, round galaxy, gbm. E? Burnham: Sb. I only saw the bright, round nucleus. |
NGC 723 | 1h 53m 45.59s | -23° 45' 26" | 12.5 | 1.50x1.3 | 13.1 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:27:20 | A faint, round fuzzy. |
NGC 724 | 1h 53m 45.59s | -23° 45' 26" | 12.5 | 1.50x1.3 | 13.1 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:28:0 | See NGC 723. |
NGC 749 | 1h 55m 40.9s | -29° 55' 20" | 12.2 | 1.90x1.4 | 13.1 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:30:54 | A faint, NE-SW streak, brighter towards the SW. |
IC_1751 | 1h 56m 20.9s | 5° 37' 43" | 11.1 | 3.00x2.9 | 13.4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 23:13:29 | Same as NGC 741. Seen. |
NGC 741 | 1h 56m 24s | 5° 38' 0" | 11.3 | 3.2 | pF, S, R, p of 2, pos 102deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 19:57:27 | A small, faint, round (?) galaxy, gbm, amorphus envelope. Burnham: E1. |
NGC 736 | 1h 56m 42s | 33° 3' 0" | 12.2 | 2.0 | pB, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 22:21:48 | This galaxy looks like a fuzzy 13mv star. E? |
NGC 736 | 1h 56m 42s | 33° 3' 0" | 12.2 | 2.0 | pB, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 22:32:3 | The brighter member of a pair of galaxies. |
NGC 736 | 1h 56m 42s | 33° 3' 0" | 12.2 | 2.0 | pB, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 21:2:17 | A faint smudge, brighter at the center. |
NGC 750 | 1h 57m 30s | 33° 13' 0" | 12.2 | 1.6 | cB, pL, R, D with 751 at 25", pos 173deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 20:57:3 | This, and 751, look like an elongated blob. |
NGC 753 | 1h 57m 42s | 35° 55' 0" | 12.4 | 2.9 | pB, pL, R, gmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 22:32:55 | A very faint, small smudge. |
NGC 772 | 1h 59m 18s | 19° 1' 0" | 10.3 | 7.1 | B, cL, R, gbM, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Nov/13 2:45:21 | A very faint smudge, hiding in the light pollution. Seen only with the finder chart and telescope motion. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 779 | 1h 59m 42s | -5° 58' 0" | 11.0 | 4.1 | cB, L, mE 162deg , mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 20:0:47 | A somewhat tilted (3x5') Sb or Sc? Elongated N-S. WikiSky: 340° pa. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 777 | 2h 0m 12s | 31° 26' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | pB, pL, R, glbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 22:28:14 | A very faint smudge. |
NGC 777 | 2h 0m 12s | 31° 26' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | pB, pL, R, glbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Nov/13 20:52:58 | Glimpsed in the 9mm when the telescope was slewed. Not bad for a somewhat hazy night in light polluted skies. |
NGC 784 | 2h 1m 18s | 28° 50' 0" | 11.8 | 6.2 | vF, L, E (double?) | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 21:41:4 | An very faint patch, if seen at all. There seems to be a 14mv star involved. A very low surface brightness edge on spiral. I'd guess an Sc or Sd. |
NGC 812 | 2h 6m 51.69s | 44° 34' 21" | 11.3 | 2.20x0.8 | 11.8 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 23:30:47 | A faint amorphus blob, best in the 19 and 12.5mm. Aladin, DSS: Edge on; low surface brightness. |
NGC 821 | 2h 8m 24s | 11° 0' 0" | 10.8 | 3.5 | pB, vS, vlE, svmbM, *10 np 1' | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 20:6:4 | A small galaxy very close to an 9mv star. Bright middle, amorphus envleope. Sa? Burnham: E2. |
IC_1783 | 2h 10m 6s | -32° 56' 23" | 12.5 | 2.00x0.8 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:34:56 | A faint, oblong N-S blob. |
NGC 862 | 2h 13m 2.8s | -42° 2' 1" | 11.8 | 0.80x0.8 | 12.4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 21:38:6 | A very faint spot in the sky. Almost invisible, perhaps due to clouds. |
NGC 864 | 2h 15m 30s | 6° 0' 0" | 11.0 | 4.6 | eF, cL, R, gbM, *12 sf att | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 20:34:42 | A glow with a 10mv star in front of it. |
IC_1788 | 2h 15m 50.19s | -31° 12' 4" | 11.6 | 2.60x1.1 | 13.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 22:2:27 | A faint, large smudge. Very low surface brightness. |
NGC 897 | 2h 21m 6.39s | -33° 43' 15" | 11.8 | 2.10x1.3 | 12.8 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 22:6:30 | A small, but obvious spot in the sky, just west of an 11mv star. |
NGC 890 | 2h 22m 0s | 33° 16' 0" | 12 | 2.9 | B, S, R, bM, 3 F st sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/17 19:58:7 | A faint smudge, almost comet like. |
NGC 891 | 2h 22m 36s | 42° 21' 0" | 10.0 | 13.5 | ! B, vL, vmE 22deg | P | C-8 | 2008/Nov/28 21:00:00 | The dust lane was just seen with averted vision. |
NGC 891 | 2h 22m 36s | 42° 21' 0" | 10.0 | 13.5 | ! B, vL, vmE 22deg | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 20:45:17 | A faint, large streak in the sky. The center dust lane was barely glimpsed with averted vision. |
NGC 891 | 2h 22m 36s | 42° 21' 0" | 10.0 | 13.5 | ! B, vL, vmE 22deg | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Sep/14 3:39:0 | The nucleus only was glimpsed! |
NGC 891 | 2h 22m 36s | 42° 21' 0" | 10.0 | 13.5 | ! B, vL, vmE 22deg | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Jan/18 19:44:40 | No sign of the galaxy, even thought I could see a 12.8mv star right next to it. An interesting commentary on urban skies. |
IC_1796 | 2h 22m 47.29s | -41° 22' 15" | 12.0 | 1.10x0.9 | 11.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 22:11:9 | A small, faint spot in the sky, gradually brighter towards the middle. Between two 10mv stars. |
NGC 908 | 2h 23m 6s | -21° 14' 0" | 10.2 | 5.5 | cB, vL, E | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 22:57:52 | A large, elongated 1:5, smudge. Slightly mottled, nucleus off center towards the west. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 922 | 2h 25m 3.5s | -24° 47' 21" | 12.1 | 2.00x1.6 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:37:50 | A faint nucleus surrounded by a fainter, amorphous envelop. |
NGC 925 | 2h 27m 18s | 33° 35' 0" | 10.0 | 9.8 | cF, cL, E, vgbM, 2 st 13 np | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Oct/16 4:37:31 | A very faint patch, found only in tonight's dark skies and with the finder chart. |
NGC 936 | 2h 27m 36s | -1° 9' 0" | 10.1 | 5.2 | vB, vL, R, mbMN, p of 2 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Nov/13 3:0:9 | This one was bright enough to see without telescope movement. Still, a faint smudge aganist the bright, streetlit sky. Would be nice to revist in the C-11 under darks skies. Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 947 | 2h 28m 30s | -19° 4' 0" | 12 | 2.6 | pB, E, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Dec/13 21:32:4 | An very faint galaxy. Invisible in the 41, barely visible in the 12.5. HNGC: 12.9mv, 2x1'. |
NGC 955 | 2h 30m 36s | -1° 7' 0" | 12.0 | 3.0 | pB, S, E, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 20:10:40 | Small, round, no pronounced nucleus. E or face on Sb? Burnham: E7 or edge on S0. I saw only the nucleus. |
NGC 949 | 2h 30m 48s | 37° 8' 0" | 11.9 | 2.8 | cB, L, E, vgbM | B | C-8 | 2007/Sep/18 03:00:00 | A very low contrast glow. No detail seen. |
NGC 964 | 2h 31m 5.69s | -36° 2' 5" | 12.4 | 2.10x0.5 | 12.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:46:52 | A faint streak in the NW-SE direction. |
NGC 967 | 2h 32m 12.8s | -17° 12' 59" | 12.5 | 1.60x1.0 | 12.8 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:55:20 | A faint, round spot, gradually brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 986 | 2h 33m 34.09s | -39° 2' 45" | 10.9 | 4.00x3.2 | 13.4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 22:16:0 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a large, faint halo. |
NGC 972 | 2h 34m 12s | 29° 19' 0" | 11.3 | 3.6 | pB, cL, lE, gmbM, 3 st s | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 19:7:6 | A faint streak, just NE of a pair or stars. Burnham: Sc/pec |
NGC 988 | 2h 35m 27.29s | -9° 21' 18" | 11.0 | 4.10x1.6 | 13.5 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Jan/16 19:1:35 | Not visible in these light polluted skies. |
IC 239 | 2h 36m 30s | 38° 58' 0" | 11.2 | 4.6 | vF spiral, F stellar N | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 20:41:21 | A faint smudge with a barely discernable nucleus. In a brilliant star field. WikiSky: A barred spiral. RNGC: 12.8mv. |
IC 239 | 2h 36m 30s | 38° 58' 0" | 11.2 | 4.6 | vF spiral, F stellar N | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Jan/1 21:24:16 | Not visible in these urban skies. |
NGC 1022 | 2h 38m 30s | -6° 40' 0" | 11.4 | 2.5 | cB, pL, R, mbM, *11 nf 2' | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 20:50:26 | A fairly large, but faint elliptical smudge. Gradually brighter towards the middle. Sc? Burnham: Sb, Revised Shapley-Ames, Barred Spiral. |
NGC 1024 | 2h 39m 12s | 10° 51' 0" | 14 | 4.7 | pF, S, lE, bM, *11 nf 1' | B | C-8 | 2006/Nov/25 19:30:00 | A 10.5 Mv galaxy 4' x 1', invisible in these light polluted skies. Addendum: It's actually 14mv. |
NGC 1012 | 2h 39m 14.7s | 30° 9' 5" | 12 | 2.50x1.1 | 12.9 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Dec/29 20:27:52 | An very faint smudge, visible only in the 9mm, and then only when slewing the telesope. Round, about 1' in size. Aladin/DSS: I only saw the bright nucleus, which is around 10" in size. Averted vision has its limits! |
NGC 1003 | 2h 39m 18s | 40° 52' 0" | 11.5 | 5.4 | pF, L, E 90deg +/- , mbM, r | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 21:29:43 | A faint pear shaped blob with a 12mv star in front of it. WikiSky give the star's magnitude at 9.8. The German Wikipedia classifies the galaxy as an Sc. |
NGC 1032 | 2h 39m 23.6s | 1° 5' 38" | 11.6 | 3.40x1.1 | 12.9 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 23:46:43 | A small, very faint blob, only visible in the 12.5mm. Aladin, DSS: An edge on S0. |
NGC 1042 | 2h 40m 23.89s | -8° 26' 3" | 11.0 | 4.30x3.6 | 14.0 | Hotchkiss Co | C-11 | 2015/Aug/13 6:32:6 | A very bright galaxy. Small. Initially mistaked for NGC 1052, which is bright, but it's companion, NGC 1042 was also glimpsed as a faint, large blob. |
NGC 1023 | 2h 40m 24s | 39° 4' 0" | 9.5 | 8.7 | vB, vL, vmE, vvmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/23 21:16:32 | A bright galaxy, with a bright compact nuclueus. Seen despite a quarter moon and light pollution. A face on Sa? |
NGC 1023 | 2h 40m 24s | 39° 4' 0" | 9.5 | 8.7 | vB, vL, vmE, vvmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Jan/18 19:25:20 | This is a bright galaxy. It's a 2' disk with a hint of a bright center. DSS photo: Only the nucleus was seen. The disk was too faint in my urban skies. |
NGC 1023 | 2h 40m 24s | 39° 4' 0" | 9.5 | 8.7 | vB, vL, vmE, vvmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/17 21:36:53 | A lovely, bright galaxy. Round. |
NGC 1023 | 2h 40m 24s | 39° 4' 0" | 9.5 | 8.7 | vB, vL, vmE, vvmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Jan/1 21:12:18 | An obvious bright galaxy with a bright nucleus. |
NGC 1052 | 2h 41m 6s | -8° 15' 0" | 10.6 | 2.9 | B, pL, R, mbM *12 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Nov/13 2:55:33 | Extremly faint in tonight's urban skies. Seen when the telescope was moving. B:E3. |
NGC 1055 | 2h 41m 48s | 0° 26' 0" | 10.6 | 7.6 | pF, cL, iE 80deg , bM, *11 n 1' | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Oct/20 2:10:17 | The nucleus only was seen and that was eef. A very difficult object. |
NGC 1068 | 2h 42m 42s | -0° 1' 0" | 8.8 | 6.9 | vB, pL, iR, sbMrrN; = M77 | B | C-8 | 2006/Nov/25 19:30:00 | Only the center of the galaxy was seen. It looked like a fuzzy star. |
NGC 1068 | 2h 42m 42s | -0° 1' 0" | 8.8 | 6.9 | vB, pL, iR, sbMrrN; = M77 | B | C-8 | 2006/Sep/20 03:30:00 | Looks like a fuzzy star. Much easier than M 74, but the outer envelope was quite invisible. The LPR filter was of no help. |
NGC 1068 | 2h 42m 42s | -0° 1' 0" | 8.8 | 6.9 | vB, pL, iR, sbMrrN; = M77 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Oct/21 4:45:17 | A bright (8mv) nebulous star, best in the 9mm. No detail seen in the nebulosity. |
NGC 1068 | 2h 42m 42s | -0° 1' 0" | 8.8 | 6.9 | vB, pL, iR, sbMrrN; = M77 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Nov/10 21:29:3 | A wonderful galaxy, with a very bright nucleus and comet like halo, even in tonight's moonlit skies. |
NGC 1068 | 2h 42m 42s | -0° 1' 0" | 8.8 | 6.9 | vB, pL, iR, sbMrrN; = M77 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Dec/25 19:35:2 | A small, circular cloud surrounding a starlike nucleus. Impressive. |
NGC 1060 | 2h 43m 15s | 32° 25' 29" | 11.8 | 2.30x1.7 | 13.2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 23:59:40 | A faint smudge, best in the 12.5mm. Aladin, DSS: Looks more like a face on S0 |
NGC 1058 | 2h 43m 30s | 37° 21' 0" | 11.5 | 3.0 | pF, cL, R, glbM | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 21:34:27 | A faint blob, with no discernable detail. Found with the finder chart. Burnham: Sc, 12.5mv. |
NGC 1073 | 2h 43m 42s | 1° 23' 0" | 11.0 | 4.9 | vF, L, lbM, er | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 21:25:14 | A slight brightening of the night sky, seen only when slewing the telescope. 11.0mv seems too bright. Burnham: SBc, 12.0mv. I suspect my corrector plate had iced up making the galaxy appear fainter than it is. |
NGC 1079 | 2h 43m 42s | -29° 0' 0" | 11.4 | 3.1 | B, pL, pmE, sbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:25:42 | As per Dyer's description. Burnham: Sa. |
NGC 1084 | 2h 46m 0s | -7° 35' 0" | 10.6 | 2.9 | vB, pL, E, gpmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jan/4 20:14:0 | A large, elliptical blob. A tilted Sb? NE-SW. No pronounced nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 1097 | 2h 46m 18s | -30° 17' 0" | 9.3 | 9.3 | vB, L, vmE 151deg , vbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:4:8 | A bright nucleus, elongated 1:1.5 surrounded by a faint halo, elongated 1:6. An edge on spiral? Wikisky: A barred spiral, with a bright bar and faint arms. B:SBb. |
NGC 1087 | 2h 46m 24s | -0° 30' 0" | 11.0 | 3.5 | pB, cL, lE, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 19:16:7 | A large, faint, smudge. I did not see a nucleus. Sc? Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 1114 | 2h 49m 7s | -16° 59' 38" | 12.5 | 1.80x0.8 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 21:59:27 | A NW-SE oblong blob. No pronounced nucleus. |
NGC 1125 | 2h 51m 40.29s | -16° 39' 3" | 12.6 | 1.80x0.9 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 22:2:4 | An E-W oblong blob. No bright nucleus. |
IC_1864 | 2h 53m 39.4s | -34° 11' 53" | 11.6 | 1.20x0.7 | 12.4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 22:25:4 | A small, faint galaxy, initially mistaken for a star. |
NGC 1140 | 2h 54m 36s | -10° 2' 0" | 12.5 | 1.4 | pB, S, R, stellar | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 22:43:32 | A faint, small smudge. I saw it as slightly elongated. |
NGC 1156 | 2h 59m 42s | 25° 14' 0" | 11.7 | 3.1 | pB, cL, pmE 0deg , bet 2 st | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/17 20:7:22 | A large, faint smudge, with a 12mv field star embedded in it's outer envelope. |
NGC 1160 | 3h 1m 13.19s | 44° 57' 20" | 12.8 | 1.50x0.7 | 13.3 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/17 20:37:6 | A barely discernable whisp of light, best seen when the telescope moved, and only found with the finder chart. |
NGC 1161 | 3h 1m 14.1s | 44° 53' 51" | 11.0 | 2.80x2.0 | 12.7 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/17 20:36:17 | A faint, but obvious smudge in tonight's clear but Pickering 3 skies. |
NGC 1161 | 3h 1m 14.1s | 44° 53' 51" | 11.0 | 2.80x2.0 | 12.7 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2019/Jan/28 19:11:8 | A very faint galaxy, observed only because I knew its exact location. Seen in the 9 and 6mm. As always with ultra faint objects, slewing the telescope helped show it. The sky was fairly hazy, naked eye, I couldn't make out the Pleiades. |
N 1169 | 3h 3m 34.79s | 46° 23' 11" | 11.3 | 12.2 | 4.00 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Dec/26 21:31:50 | Perhaps a gossamer faint brightening of the sky was seen as the telescope was slewed. Invisible in the 24mm, glimpsed in the 15mm. |
NGC 1199 | 3h 3m 36s | -15° 37' 0" | 11.5 | 2.2 | cB, pS, iR, smbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/17 20:14:47 | A fairly faint smudge. The companion galaxies were unseen. |
NGC 1201 | 3h 4m 6s | -26° 4' 0" | 10.6 | 4.4 | cB, pS, vlE, r, S* nr | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:13:26 | Very small, but bright. Like a fuzzy star. E0? Burnham: S0 WikiSky: Round nucleus, surrounded by a faint elliptical (2:1) halo. |
N 1174 | 3h 5m 30.89s | 42° 50' 8" | 11.4 | 12.2 | 3.20 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/6 20:7:21 | A very faint glow, with a star at it's center. If I found the correct field! Aladin/DSS: It appears I did find the correct field. |
N 1186 | 3h 5m 30.89s | 42° 50' 8" | 11.4 | 12.2 | 3.20 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2019/Jan/28 20:16:1 | A faint, hazy star. Seyfert? Aladin/Gaia DR2/DSS: The haze was the galaxy, but the star is a 12.4mv star, 10" from the nucleus. |
NGC 1209 | 3h 6m 0s | -15° 37' 0" | 11.4 | 2.6 | B, S, cE, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/17 20:20:43 | Fairly diffuse for an 11.4mv galaxy. A barely visible gossamer smudge in tonight's somewhat hazy sky, and fairly near the horizon. |
NGC 1211 | 3h 6m 54s | -0° 47' 0" | 13 | pB, vS, R, mbMN = *9-10 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 20:17:58 | A small, dim, round patch. Like a faint, fuzzy, star. | |
NGC 1232 | 3h 9m 48s | -20° 35' 0" | 9.9 | 7.8 | pB, cL, R, gbM, r | P | C-8 | 2007/Jan/17 22:00:00 | Looked like a spiral. It was mottled, with a faint nucleus. Burnham lists it as an Sc. |
NGC 1291 | 3h 17m 18s | -41° 8' 0" | 8.5 | 10.5 | glob. cl. , vB, pL, R, mbM, er | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:28:52 | A bright E0, looking much like a globular cluster. B, and WikiSky: An SB! |
NGC 1297 | 3h 19m 12s | -19° 6' 0" | 13 | 2.3 | F, pS | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:6:51 | Faint, small, round. Near a star of similar (13mv) brightness. Burnham: E2. |
NGC 1300 | 3h 19m 42s | -19° 25' 0" | 10.4 | 6.5 | cB, vL, vmE, psvmbM | P | C-8 | 2007/Jan/17 22:00:00 | The nucleus was very elongated, and surrounded by a faint envelope. I could not make out the spiral arms. |
NGC 1275 | 3h 19m 48s | 41° 31' 0" | 11.6 | 2.6 | F, S | P | C-8 | 2008/Nov/28 21:00:00 | A faint, hazy star in a rich field. The spectacular active galaxy this is was not apparent with a state-of-the-art early 19th century telescope. |
NGC 1302 | 3h 19m 54s | -26° 4' 0" | 11 | 4.4 | S, R, psvmbM, *9 np 1' | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:32:10 | A small galaxy with a bright nucleus, surrounded by a faint halo. Elliptical? Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 1278 | 3h 19m 54s | 41° 33' 0" | 12.6 | 1.7 | pB, pS, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 19:58:29 | A bright member of a large galaxy cluster. The whole region is aglow with faint patches of light that come and go. Very nice. This is the famous Perseus galaxy cluster. |
NGC 1309 | 3h 22m 6s | -15° 24' 0" | 11.6 | 2.3 | cB, cL, iR, gbM, *8 sp 4' | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 20:10:29 | A faint, round patch. |
NGC 1316 | 3h 22m 42s | -37° 12' 0" | 8.9 | 7.1 | vB, cL, vlE, vsvmbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:36:40 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a faint halo Sa or Sb? A pair with 1317. Nice. Wikipedia: Elliptical, AKA Fornax A, active nucleus. |
NGC 1317 | 3h 22m 48s | -37° 6' 0" | 11.0 | 3.2 | pB, pS, psbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:36:40 | Smaller and fainter than 1316, and just North of it. Burnham: SB. |
NGC 1315 | 3h 23m 6s | -21° 23' 0" | 13 | 1.8 | pB, S, R, gbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:53:47 | 1325, 1319, and 1315 are three very faint patches, without any decernable detail. 1325 is the brightest. 1315 is an S0 of 14.0 magnitude (blue), Wikipedia. |
NGC 1319 | 3h 23m 54s | -21° 32' 0" | 14 | 1.3 | F, S, R, bM, p of 2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:53:47 | 1325, 1319, and 1315 are three very faint patches, without any decernable detail. 1325 is the brightest. A lenticulear (S0). Dutch Wikipedia. |
NGC 1326 | 3h 23m 54s | -36° 28' 0" | 10.5 | 4.0 | PN ? pS, vsvmbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:40:17 | A bright, starlike nucleus surrounded by a faint, uniform halo. Seyfert? Looks like a PN. SEDS.org: SB0. No reports of an active nucleus. |
NGC 1325 | 3h 24m 24s | -21° 33' 0" | 11.6 | 4.6 | F, mE 239deg , com, *9.5 att | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:53:47 | 1325, 1319, and 1315 are three very faint patches, without any decernable detail. 1325 is the brightest. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 1332 | 3h 26m 18s | -21° 20' 0" | 10.3 | 4.6 | vB, S, E 114deg , smbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:49:45 | An edge on spiral with a bright nucleus. 1331 is just east of it and quite a bit fainter. Burnham: E7/S0 |
NGC 1331 | 3h 26m 30s | -21° 21' 0" | 14 | 1.1 | vF, vS; = IC 324 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:49:45 | A smudge, gbm. 1332 is just west of it and a 2 magnitudes brighter. E2, Dutch Wikipedia. |
NGC 1341 | 3h 28m 0s | -37° 9' 0" | 13 | 1.6 | F, S, mE 140deg , *12 sf | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:44:6 | A rather faint, face on spiral? Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 1344 | 3h 28m 18s | -31° 4' 0" | 10.3 | 3.9 | cB, pL, iR, vgbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 23:58:59 | Bright nucleus, elliptical (2:1) halo. Nice galaxy. Burnham: E5. |
NGC 1350 | 3h 31m 6s | -33° 38' 0" | 10.5 | 4.3 | B, L, mE, vmbMRN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/7 0:1:52 | A bright nucleus surrounded by an elliptical halo, 1:3. Like M 31, only the nucleus is quite bright. Seyfert? Not a Seyfert: Wikipedia. |
NGC 1365 | 3h 33m 36s | -36° 8' 0" | 9.5 | 9.8 | !! vB, vL, mE, rN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:28:53 | A bright nucleus, surrounded by a large, round, envelope. Burnham: SB. |
NGC 1373 | 3h 35m 6s | -35° 11' 0" | eF, vS, p of 3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:35:4 | Faint, but as large as its companions, 1374 and 1375. 1/2 mv fainter than 1374. | ||
NGC 1375 | 3h 35m 12s | -35° 16' 0" | 1.9 | B, S, lE, pmbM, 3rd of 3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:33:43 | A pair with 1374, but about a magnitude fainter. Portuguese Wikipedia: 12.2mv. | |
NGC 1374 | 3h 35m 18s | -35° 14' 0" | 12 | 1.8 | vB, pL, lE, gmbM, 2nd of 3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:32:54 | A small galaxy, a nucleus surrounded by a halo. |
NGC 1379 | 3h 36m 6s | -35° 27' 0" | 12 | 2.0 | glob. cl. , B, pL, R, gpmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:39:53 | Dyer's description that it looks like a globular is accurate. Nice elliptical. Burnham: E0. |
NGC 1380 | 3h 36m 30s | -34° 59' 0" | 11 | 4.9 | vB, L, R, psbM | P | C-8 | 2008/Jan/03 20:00:00 | A nondescript smudge, easily seen with averted vision. |
NGC 1381 | 3h 36m 36s | -35° 18' 0" | 12 | 2.9 | F | P | C-8 | 2008/Jan/03 20:00:00 | Just south of 1380, a bit fainter than 1380. |
NGC 1386 | 3h 36m 54s | -36° 0' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | F | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:49:40 | An edge on spiral with a bright nucleus. Burnham: S0. |
NGC 1387 | 3h 37m 0s | -35° 31' 0" | 12 | 2.4 | glob. cl. , vB, pL, R, gmbM | P | C-8 | 2008/Jan/03 20:00:00 | A faint, low contrast brightening of the sky. |
NGC 1389 | 3h 37m 12s | -35° 45' 0" | 13 | 2.1 | F | P | C-8 | 2008/Jan/03 20:00:00 | A faint glow in the fornax cluster. |
NGC 1343 | 3h 37m 48s | 72° 34' 0" | 12.3 | 2.8 | F, vS, iR, gbM, D* vnr | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/17 21:11:58 | Like a fuzzy 12mv star. Almost invisible in the 30mm, but more easily seen in the 18. |
NGC 1395 | 3h 38m 30s | -23° 2' 0" | 11 | 3.2 | B, pS, E, psmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:36:30 | Nice galaxy. A bright nucleus, surrounded by a round halo. Face on spiral? Burnham: E3. |
NGC 1399 | 3h 38m 30s | -35° 27' 0" | 9.9 | 3.2 | glob. cl. , vB, pL, psbM, rr | P | C-8 | 2008/Jan/03 20:00:00 | The brightest galaxy in the Fornax cluster. |
NGC 1398 | 3h 38m 54s | -26° 20' 0" | 9.7 | 6.6 | cB, cL, R, vmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:10:54 | A bright, round, elliptical. Burnham: SBb. WikiSky: The bar is engulfed in a bright halo, lending the appearance of an elliptical. |
NGC 1404 | 3h 38m 54s | -35° 35' 0" | 10.3 | 2.5 | vB, pL, R, psmbM | P | C-8 | 2008/Jan/03 20:00:00 | A fairly brightest galaxy in the Fornax cluster. |
NGC 1402 | 3h 39m 24s | -18° 31' 0" | 15 | eF, vS, R | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:16:28 | A very faint patch, but "discovered" while observing 1400 and 1407. Brighter than 15mv. Dutch Wikipedia: 13.3mv. | |
NGC 1400 | 3h 39m 30s | -18° 41' 0" | 11.1 | 1.9 | cB, pS, R, psmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:15:7 | A bright E0? Burnham: E1/S0. |
NGC 1407 | 3h 40m 12s | -18° 35' 0" | 9.8 | 2.5 | vB, L, R, svmbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:15:26 | A bright E0? A pair with 1400. Burnham: E0. |
NGC 1415 | 3h 41m 0s | -22° 34' 0" | 12 | 3.6 | pB, S, lE, pglbM, * sf | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:32:32 | A spiral with a faint, starlike nucleus, and a halo, 2:1 elongation. Burnham: Sa/Sb. |
NGC 1433 | 3h 42m 0s | -47° 13' 0" | 10.0 | 6.8 | vB, L, pmE, vsvmbM *10 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:20:20 | A bright galaxy, small, but very close to the horizon, so no accurate detail was seen. Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 1421 | 3h 42m 30s | -13° 29' 0" | 11.4 | 3.6 | F, cL, mE 0deg , r | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 21:21:49 | A very faint smudge, found only with the aid of the finder chart. No noticable detail. An iced up corrector plate made the galaxy look very faint. Burnham: Sb, 12.0. |
NGC 1426 | 3h 42m 48s | -22° 7' 0" | 11.4 | 2.1 | pF, S, lE, bM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:23:31 | A small, round, galaxy with a starlike nucleus. Burnham: E3. |
NGC 1436 | 3h 43m 36s | -35° 51' 0" | glob. cl. , vB, pmE, pgbM; = 1437 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:56:24 | A faint smudge. B:SBa. | ||
NGC 1437 | 3h 43m 36s | -35° 52' 0" | 12 | 2.9 | F, vL, R, glbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 2:55:36 | A very faint smudge, barely visible, even in tonight's clear skies. AKA 1436. An NGC error. |
NGC 1448 | 3h 44m 30s | -44° 39' 0" | 11 | 8.1 | pB, L, vmE 222deg ; = 1457 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:42:49 | A faint, elongated (4:1) glow very near the horizon. Burnham: Sc/Sd. |
IC_1985 | 3h 44m 34.1s | 32° 9' 47" | 7.3 | ?x? | ? | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Oct/25 3:4:58 | This cluster is AKA IC 348. A sparse cluster with two nice pairs in it. |
NGC 1439 | 3h 44m 48s | -21° 55' 0" | 12 | 2.3 | F, pS, gpmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:26:31 | A small galaxy, a tiny nucleus surrounded by a halo, 2:3 elongation. Burnham: E1. |
IC 334 | 3h 45m 12s | 76° 38' 0" | 12 | 6.0 | pB, S, *13 inv sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 20:46:7 | A large, faint oval blob, brighter in the middle. A face on Sc? Various internet sources: Irregular/Peculiar. |
NGC 1451 | 3h 46m 6s | -4° 4' 0" | 13.3 | 0.7 | vF, vS, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 20:31:5 | A faint, but obvious glow near an 11mv star. |
NGC 1453 | 3h 46m 24s | -3° 58' 0" | 11.6 | 2.1 | pB, S, R, *17 in M | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 20:29:37 | The brightest member of a cluster of galaxies. E3? Like an unresovable globular cluster. Burnham: E2 |
IC 342 | 3h 46m 48s | 68° 6' 0" | 9 | 17.8 | pB, vS, *12 close n | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Dec/8 20:30:22 | Like a fuzzy star. The 12mv stars close by are easier to see. WikiSky: A face on Sc. Only the nucleus was seen. |
IC 342 | 3h 46m 48s | 68° 6' 0" | 9 | 17.8 | pB, vS, *12 close n | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Feb/16 19:31:11 | The nucleus is bright enough that it is visible in an almost full moonlit sky. |
NGC 1512 | 4h 3m 54s | -43° 21' 0" | 10.6 | 4.0 | eF ring , B, cL, R, bM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:48:51 | A large galaxy, with a large nucleus, surrounded by a bar and a complex halo, all very faint. Burnham: S0/SB. |
NGC 1518 | 4h 6m 48s | -21° 11' 0" | 11.8 | 3.0 | B, L, pmE, gbM, *8 sp | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 3:59:31 | A medium sized, elongated smudge, 1:4. Burnham: SBc/pec. |
IC_356 | 4h 7m 48s | 69° 49' 0" | 11 | 5.2 | pF, pL, bM, *8.5 4' n | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 21:8:32 | A large, whispy, mottled glow with a brighter patch towards the middle. Wikisky: The mottling is due to background stars. This looks like a face on Sb to me. |
NGC 1521 | 4h 8m 18s | -21° 3' 0" | 11.4 | 2.9 | pB, R, bM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:1:9 | A faint, round spot, brighter towards the middle. Elliptical? Burnham: E3. |
NGC 1531 | 4h 12m 0s | -32° 51' 0" | 12.1 | 1.3 | pB, pL, R, bM, np of 2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:5:54 | A faint, nondescript companion to 1532. Burnham: E3. |
NGC 1532 | 4h 12m 6s | -32° 52' 0" | 11 | 5.6 | B, vL, vmE 32deg , psmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:4:32 | A very nice galaxy, elongated (1:5), with more of the halo south of the nucleus. Edge on Sc? Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 1537 | 4h 13m 42s | -31° 39' 0" | 12 | vB, pS, lE, psvmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:8:24 | A face on spiral? Bright, starlike nucleus, with the halo offset to the north. Seyfert? Burnham: S0. No reference to it's being an active galaxy found. | |
NGC 1530 | 4h 23m 24s | 75° 18' 0" | 12 | 4.9 | pB, L | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 21:3:11 | Finder chart field not found. |
NGC 1530 | 4h 23m 24s | 75° 18' 0" | 12 | 4.9 | pB, L | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 19:56:8 | A large, diffuse, very low surface brightness smudge. Nucleus unseen or starlike and off center. WikiSky: SBc. Burnham: 13mv. |
NGC 1587 | 4h 30m 42s | 0° 40' 0" | 13 | 2.0 | F, pS, R, r, p of Dneb | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Feb/9 19:12:16 | A faint fuzz ball, brighter in the middle. E? HNGC: E. |
NGC 1569 | 4h 30m 48s | 64° 51' 0" | 11.2 | 2.9 | pB, S, lE, BNM, *9.5 n 1' | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 21:16:4 | An edge on with almost no nucleus. Elongated in pa 90, and mottled. |
NGC 1569 | 4h 30m 48s | 64° 51' 0" | 11.2 | 2.9 | pB, S, lE, BNM, *9.5 n 1' | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/19 21:2:16 | A smudge. Invisible in the 24, glimpsed in the 15, and obvious in the 9mm. |
NGC 1600 | 4h 31m 42s | -5° 5' 0" | 11.1 | 2.5 | pB, pL, R, gmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 19:24:8 | An oblong glow, slightly brighter towards the middle, in pa 320°. It's in a nice star field. Burnham: E0/S2. |
N 1560 | 4h 32m 47.5s | 71° 52' 46" | 11.4 | 12.2 | 9.80 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 22:3:52 | Wasn't seen, despite a careful search. The field itself was not well located. Night assistant's 12mv star chart limit is insufficient for the O-15 that easily shows stars to 15mv. Aladin/DSS: The galaxy has very low surface brightness. |
NGC 1635 | 4h 40m 7.9s | -0° 32' 50" | 12.4 | 1.40x1.3 | 12.9 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Jan/4 21:54:43 | An very faint smudge, seen only with rather averted vision. Brighter at it's very center. |
NGC 1637 | 4h 41m 30s | -2° 51' 0" | 10.9 | 3.3 | cB, L, R, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 19:28:58 | A faint, amorphous, glow, barely brighter than the night sky. Burnham: Sc/pec. |
NGC 1700 | 4h 56m 54s | -4° 52' 0" | 11.0 | 2.9 | cB, S, mbM* | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 19:44:47 | A fairly bright, small, round galaxy, much brighter towards the middle. Nice. Burnham: E1. |
NGC 1792 | 5h 5m 12s | -37° 59' 0" | 10.2 | 4.0 | vB, vL, mE 314deg , glbM, rr | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:13:59 | A bright, elongated(1:3), mottled, streak with hardly any nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 1808 | 5h 7m 42s | -37° 31' 0" | 9.9 | 7.2 | B, L, E, psbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:17:3 | A lovely, edge on spiral with an elongated nucleus. Fairly bright. B:Sb. |
NGC 1832 | 5h 12m 6s | -15° 41' 0" | 11.4 | 2.8 | pB, iR, mbM, c* nf 1' | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 19:56:7 | A small, bright streak, in pa ~ 180°. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 1964 | 5h 33m 24s | -21° 57' 0" | 10.8 | 6.2 | F, L, R, vsvmbM *12, 3 st inv | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Nov/12 3:35:14 | A faint, small, round patch gbm. Burnham: Sb, 11.8mv. WkikSky: looks like an SBb to me. |
IC 2133 | 5h 42m 3.89s | 69° 22' 43" | 11.0 | 11.7 | 4.50 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 21:12:12 | A large, faint patch hiding in a rich star field. |
NGC 1961 | 5h 42m 6s | 69° 23' 0" | 11.1 | 4.3 | cF, pL, iF, mbM, er, * inv; (decl?) | Syria, Va | C-11 | 2012/Jan/15 21:44:48 | A lovely, bright galaxy with mottling like a tiny cluster of stars in front of it. WikiSky: There are some 13mv and fainter field stars superimposed on the galaxy, and the galaxy iteslf shows a few bright HII regions. |
NGC 1961 | 5h 42m 6s | 69° 23' 0" | 11.1 | 4.3 | cF, pL, iF, mbM, er, * inv; (decl?) | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Oct/20 3:25:24 | Field found, galaxy not visible, despite fairly clear skies. |
NGC 2124 | 5h 57m 52.29s | -20° 5' 6" | 12.2 | 2.70x0.9 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 2:27:13 | A faint streak without a pronounced nucleus. |
NGC 2128 | 6h 4m 42s | 57° 39' 0" | 13 | vF, vS, vlE | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Feb/9 20:54:11 | An very faint patch, averted vision only. | |
IC_2158 | 6h 5m 17.89s | -27° 51' 25" | 12.1 | 1.70x1.3 | 12.8 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 2:36:6 | A faint smudge, made much more difficult by tonight's very heavy dew which fogs eyepieces very quickly. |
N 2196 | 6h 12m 9.59s | -21° 48' 22" | 11.0 | 11.8 | 2.80 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 20:30:7 | A faint spot in a crowded field. There is a fuzzy nucleus. Hard to find! |
NGC 2207 | 6h 16m 24s | -21° 22' 0" | 10.7 | 4.3 | pB, pL, mE 87deg , pslbMRN, biN, ring surr | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 20:24:24 | A faint smudge, hardly visible about the bright sky glow. E-W elongation? WikiSky: two colliding spirals! Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 2146 | 6h 18m 42s | 78° 21' 0" | 10.5 | 6.0 | pB, 2' l, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 20:35:13 | A relatively bright galxy, elongated in pa 160°, Sb? Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 2217 | 6h 21m 42s | -27° 14' 0" | 10.4 | 4.8 | vB, S, R, psmbM, r | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 4:28:51 | Looks like a star with a halo around it. Bright, but hard to see amongst the rich star field it's in. Burnham: SBa. |
N 2293 | 6h 47m 42.79s | -26° 45' 17" | 11.2 | 12.3 | 4.00 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 20:48:9 | More an assemblage of double stars, with perhaps some nebulosity worked in. Perhaps the DSC didn't find the right field? Update: The DSC was indeed malfunctioning. This galaxy pair was not seen. |
NGC 2273 | 6h 50m 6s | 60° 51' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | F, S, iR, r? | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Feb/9 20:2:57 | A faint, but obvious galaxy, slightly elongated and brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 2320 | 7h 5m 41.9s | 50° 34' 51" | 11.9 | 1.40x0.8 | 12.1 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/26 1:57:55 | A faint smudge, barely visible against the glow of the urbanized night sky. |
NGC 2320 | 7h 5m 41.9s | 50° 34' 51" | 11.9 | 1.40x0.8 | 12.1 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2019/Feb/2 23:8:9 | An very faint glow. Seen only because of the accurate finder chart. |
NGC 2339 | 7h 8m 18s | 18° 47' 0" | 11.6 | 2.8 | pB, pL, R, glbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/17 22:13:53 | A faint, low contrast disk. Slightly brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 2339 | 7h 8m 18s | 18° 47' 0" | 11.6 | 2.8 | pB, pL, R, glbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2020/Feb/22 21:32:46 | A very faint patch. Glimpsed in the 9mm when the telescope was slewed. |
NGC 2314 | 7h 10m 30s | 75° 20' 0" | 11.9 | 2.1 | vF, S, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 21:25:31 | A small, elongated, glow in a starry field. |
NGC 2340 | 7h 11m 10.69s | 50° 10' 29" | 11.7 | 1.80x1.2 | 12.5 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/26 2:4:25 | A very faint glow, barely visible in the 15mm, and then only when the telescope is slewing. Yet it is the center of a lovely galaxy cluster, waiting for darker skies and more aperture. |
NGC 2344 | 7h 12m 30s | 47° 10' 0" | 12.1 | 2.0 | pB, pS, R, lbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 21:13:56 | A faint medium sized smudge. Not in Burnham: WikiSky: Looks like a face on Sa. |
NGC 2268 | 7h 14m 0s | 84° 23' 0" | 11.5 | 3.4 | pF, pL, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 21:34:40 | A large, diffuse, very faint patch. There is a faint, 13.5mv star involved in it as well. |
NGC 2347 | 7h 16m 6s | 64° 43' 0" | 12.5 | 2.0 | vF, S, R, lbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 21:38:41 | A very faint spot, slightly brighter towards the middle. Burnham: Sb, 12.7mv. |
NGC 2336 | 7h 27m 6s | 80° 11' 0" | 10.5 | 6.9 | pB, pL, R, 2 st 11 nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 20:38:42 | A 4', round smudge, not much brighter towards its middle. Easily seen in the 18. Burnham: Sb, 12.4mv. |
N 2276 | 7h 27m 13.6s | 85° 45' 18" | 11.4 | 11.9 | 2.30 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 22:18:25 | A small, round patch with an almost starlike middle. Seyfert? |
NGC 2366 | 7h 28m 54s | 69° 13' 0" | 10.9 | 7.6 | vF, pL, mbM, vS* inv, curved tails | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 21:6:40 | A large, but very faint bit of fuzz with a pair of faint doubles involved in it. Burnham: 12.6mv, Irregular. |
NGC 2300 | 7h 32m 20.29s | 85° 42' 33" | 11 | 2.80x2.0 | 12.8 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/23 23:36:28 | N 2276 is a diffuse blob next to an 8mv star, N 2300 is a distinct E0. IC 455 was not found. |
NGC 2415 | 7h 36m 54s | 35° 15' 0" | 12.4 | 1.0 | pB, cS, R, vgvlbM, r, alm PN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 21:26:3 | A small but bright round spot. Nice. Not in Burnham: Dutch Wikipedia: Irregular. |
NGC 2415 | 7h 36m 54s | 35° 15' 0" | 12.4 | 1.0 | pB, cS, R, vgvlbM, r, alm PN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Feb/23 20:46:24 | A faint patch, barely glimpsed in the 9mm. Best in the 6mm. It appears elongated in ρ 150°. |
NGC 2403 | 7h 36m 54s | 65° 36' 0" | 8.4 | 17.8 | !! cB, eL, vmE, vgmbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Jan/10 21:46:37 | Faint but fairly large. Barely glimpsed in both the 24mm and 12.5mm. That I saw it at all is remarkable, but tonight's skies are fairly clear. This would be great in the 11" in dark skies. |
NGC 2403 | 7h 36m 54s | 65° 36' 0" | 8.4 | 17.8 | !! cB, eL, vmE, vgmbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Jan/19 23:23:59 | A large, very faint, smudge. |
NGC 2441 | 7h 52m 12s | 73° 2' 0" | 12.2 | 2.2 | vF, pS | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 21:47:10 | Field found, galaxy not visible. Burnham: Sc, 12.7mv. Wikisky: low surface brightness disk, stellar nucleus. |
NGC 2460 | 7h 56m 54s | 60° 21' 0" | 11.7 | 2.9 | F, S, R, S* in centre | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jan/4 21:51:40 | A somewhat bright, elongated patch. Burnham: Sb, 12.7mv. |
NGC 2469 | 7h 58m 6s | 56° 41' 0" | 13 | 1.1 | F, vS, R, *9 sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Feb/9 20:16:7 | A faint, amorphus patch. |
NGC 2493 | 8h 0m 24s | 39° 50' 0" | 13 | 2.5 | cB, S, R, sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Feb/9 20:25:28 | With NGC 2295, a pair of faint, amorphus glows. NGC 2295 is probably a 13.6mv star. See notes for NGC 2295. |
NGC 2495 | 8h 0m 36s | 39° 50' 0" | 99 | 0.4 | follows 2493 2' or 3', eF, vS | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Feb/9 20:26:40 | With NGC 2293, a pair of faint, amorphus glows. This galaxy is listed as a 15.1mv Sd by the HNGC. It's likely I saw a star (UCAC4 153096332?) glowing with eyepiece haze caused by the cold (~15° F, -20° C) night. |
N 2507 | 8h 1m 37.1s | 15° 42' 37" | 12.2 | 13.1 | 2.50 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 22:58:42 | A faint patch, somewhat elongated with a possible streak down it's middle. Aladin/DSS: the streak is two stars along the long axis of the galaxy, which averted vision interperted as a streak. |
NGC 2500 | 8h 1m 54s | 50° 44' 0" | 11.6 | 2.9 | F, L, R, vgbM, r, am st | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Dec/19 4:30:19 | An extremly faint smudge. Barely visible aganist the glow of the sky. |
NGC 2532 | 8h 10m 12s | 33° 57' 0" | 12.4 | 2.2 | pB, pL, R, vglbM, r, 2 st nf | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 22:28:10 | A small faint smudge, slightly brighter towards the middle. Not in Burnham: WikiSky: A face on Sc. |
NGC 2537 | 8h 13m 12s | 46° 0' 0" | 11.7 | 1.7 | glob. cl. , pB, pL, R, rrr, st 20 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint, round smudge. A few of the brightest stars were glimpsed. No! This is a very mottled Sd spiral! Those "stars" were HII regions. |
N 2541 | 8h 14m 40s | 49° 3' 43" | 11.8 | 12.3 | 6.30 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 23:12:12 | A large, very faint amorphus patch in a group of 13mv stars. Aladin/DSS: Very low surface brightness with a faint starlike nucleus. |
NGC 2523 | 8h 15m 0s | 73° 35' 0" | 12.0 | 3.0 | pB, pL, lE, lbM, * nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 21:14:10 | An very faint smudge, very hard to see. Burnham: SBb, 12.7mv. |
NGC 2559 | 8h 17m 6.1s | -27° 27' 25" | 10.9 | 3.00x1.4 | 12.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 4:13:3 | The milky way was much too crowded here to pick out this galaxy. |
NGC 2549 | 8h 19m 0s | 57° 48' 0" | 11.1 | 4.2 | pB, S, mE 0deg , psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 20:45:54 | A galaxy with a very bright middle and an elonaged envelope. Burhnam: E6/S0. |
NGC 2544 | 8h 21m 42s | 73° 59' 0" | 12 | 1.1 | eeF, pS, R, sev B st around | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:36:36 | An very faint spot, found only with the finder chart. I suspect it's a spiral. DSS: SB, Simbad: SBa, 13mv. |
NGC 2551 | 8h 24m 48s | 73° 25' 0" | 12.0 | 1.9 | vF, S, F* in centre | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:32:5 | Small, almost stellar, but obvious. Burnham: Sb, 13.1mv |
NGC 2613 | 8h 33m 24s | -22° 58' 0" | 10.4 | 7.2 | cB, L, vmE 110deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 22:49:12 | An elongated smudge, slightly brighter towards its eastern end. WikiSky: No asymetry seen, Burnham: Edge on spiral. |
NGC 2639 | 8h 43m 36s | 50° 12' 0" | 11.8 | 2.0 | cB, S, E 130deg , psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 21:21:28 | A bright, compact almost edge on galaxy. Mottled in direct vision, hazy and much larger in averted vision. Sb? Burnham: S0.Sa. No mottling seen in photos, it must have been a physiological effect. |
NGC 2633 | 8h 48m 6s | 74° 6' 0" | 11.9 | 2.6 | F, S, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:39:58 | An eef, uniform patch. Spiral? Burnham: SBb, 12.6mv |
NGC 2654 | 8h 49m 12s | 60° 13' 15" | 11.8 | 4.20x0.8 | 12.9 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/22 22:31:37 | A nice galaxy. Bright middle, with an elongated envelop. An edge on. Best in the 9mm UW. |
NGC 2672 | 8h 49m 18s | 19° 4' 0" | 11.6 | 2.6 | pB, pL, iR, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 21:52:28 | An elongated smudge, with little detail. The companion, N 2673, was not visible. |
NGC 2646 | 8h 50m 24s | 73° 28' 0" | 12.0 | 1.7 | vF, S, 2 F st 2'.5 sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:46:52 | An very faint oblong whisp of light. B:Epec or S0, 12.6mv. Tonight's seeing is Pickering 7, the transparency is excellent, and the C-11 is finding things with the 12.5. It's never been better behaved. |
NGC 2646 | 8h 50m 24s | 73° 28' 0" | 12.0 | 1.7 | vF, S, 2 F st 2'.5 sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Jul/17 23:25:52 | Invisible in tonight's bright moonlight. |
NGC 2683 | 8h 52m 42s | 33° 25' 0" | 9.7 | 9.3 | vB, vL, vmE 39deg , gmbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A wonderful edge on Sc, large, a bit mottled with no obvious dust lane. Burnham lists this as an Sb. |
NGC 2683 | 8h 52m 42s | 33° 25' 0" | 9.7 | 9.3 | vB, vL, vmE 39deg , gmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Feb/23 22:13:31 | A faint, but obvious streak in ρ 45°. About 5' long. |
NGC 2681 | 8h 53m 30s | 51° 19' 0" | 10.3 | 3.8 | vB, vL, vg, vsmbM *10 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint, round haze surrounding a bright, compact, nucleus at low power (115x, 30mm). With the 12.5, the haze almost vanishes and the nucleus appears starlike. A Seyfert? (Almost, it's a "liner". They look the same.) |
IC_520 | 8h 53m 42s | 73° 29' 0" | 13 | 2.3 | pB, pL, bM, * nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:50:59 | A large, and surprisingly bright, galaxy. Spiral? SBab, 11.8mv, from Steinicke. |
NGC 2695 | 8h 54m 27s | -3° 4' 1" | 11.9 | 1.70x1.2 | 12.5 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/26 3:3:6 | An very faint glow, seen only with the 24 and 15, and then when the telescope was slewing. |
NGC 2685 | 8h 55m 36s | 58° 44' 0" | 11.1 | 5.2 | pF, R, F* in centre | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Nov/17 5:27:18 | A faint, small smudge, barely visible in the 18 and 12.5, but not in the 24. |
NGC 2655 | 8h 55m 36s | 78° 13' 0" | 10.1 | 5.1 | vB, cL, lE 90deg , gsvmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 22:6:58 | A bright circular galaxy, looks like an E0. |
NGC 2694 | 8h 57m 0s | 51° 20' 0" | 14.3 | 0.3 | vF, vS, 1's of 2693 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 21:29:35 | A faint patch just south of NGC 2693. E1 from Wolfgang Steinicke, in RNGC. |
NGC 2693 | 8h 57m 0s | 51° 21' 0" | 11.7 | 2.2 | pB, lE, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 21:29:35 | A bright, small, blob. Faint NGC 2694 was glimpsed. Burnham: NGC 2693 is an E3p. NGC 2694: E1 from Wolfgang Steinicke, in RNGC. |
NGC 2713 | 8h 57m 18s | 2° 55' 0" | 11.7 | 3.9 | pB, iR, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 23:10:32 | A lovely, small, galaxy. Burnham: 12.7mv SBa. |
NGC 2716 | 8h 57m 35.8s | 3° 5' 25" | 11.8 | 1.30x1.0 | 12.0 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/26 3:9:59 | A small, very faint smudge. Best in the 15mm. |
NGC 2718 | 8h 58m 54s | 6° 18' 0" | 13 | 2.5 | F, pL, E, am 3 st | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Mar/26 22:2:7 | An very faint smudge, seen in both the 12.5 and 9mm, but only when the telescope was slewed. Aladin: The DSS image shows a face on SBb spiral. HNGC lists it at 12.0mv. Not in Burnham. |
NGC 2712 | 8h 59m 30s | 44° 55' 0" | 12.0 | 2.9 | pB, L, E, vgbM *18 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 22:57:23 | A dim, mottled blob. Burnham: 12.7mv SBb. |
NGC 2749 | 9h 5m 24s | 18° 19' 0" | 12.0 | 2.0 | pF, S, R, bMN = *15 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:27:15 | Not too faint, round smudge. No detail seen. E? Burnham: E2, 13.2mv. |
NGC 2742 | 9h 7m 36s | 60° 29' 0" | 11.7 | 3.1 | cB, cL, E 90deg , er | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:4:5 | A faint, mottled patch. Burnham: Sc, 12.5mv. |
NGC 2715 | 9h 8m 6s | 78° 5' 0" | 11.4 | 5.0 | pB, L, E | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:11:58 | A faint, elongated smudge. Center not much brighter than the edges. Burnham: Sc, 12.1mv. |
NGC 2775 | 9h 10m 18s | 7° 2' 0" | 10.3 | 4.5 | cB, cL, R, vgvsmbM, r | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A bright, lackluster E0-E2. (Burnham lists this as an Sa). |
NGC 2781 | 9h 11m 30s | -14° 49' 0" | 11.5 | 3.9 | B, S, vlE, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 22:57:57 | A small, round smudge. E0? WikiSky: An oval shaped galaxy. Burnham: S0/Sa. |
NGC 2768 | 9h 11m 36s | 60° 2' 0" | 10.0 | 6.3 | cB, cL, lE, psbMLBN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 21:37:40 | A bright galaxy, with a stellar nucleus. E1? (E5: Burnham) |
NGC 2776 | 9h 12m 12s | 44° 57' 0" | 11.6 | 2.9 | pB, L, R, vgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:16:42 | A faint, elongated blob, brighter towards the middle. Burnham: Sc, 12.0mv. WikiSky: Looks like a face on SBc. |
NGC 2776 | 9h 12m 12s | 44° 57' 0" | 11.6 | 2.9 | pB, L, R, vgbM, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Dec/6 4:34:27 | A very faint smudge, only visible when moving the telescope in the 15. Invisible in the 24. Tonight's seeing and transparency are unsurpassed. That it was seen at all is a bit surprising, given the just risen crescent moon and the urban light pollution of my observatory. |
NGC 2784 | 9h 12m 18s | -24° 10' 0" | 10.1 | 5.1 | B, L, mE 64deg , gmbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | Bright, with a round nucleus and an elliptical envelope. No mottling was seen So or Sa? (Burnham: E8 or So). |
NGC 2732 | 9h 13m 24s | 79° 11' 0" | 11.9 | 2.3 | pB, S, E 45deg , *13 nf | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:22:12 | A small, bright, elongated spot. Sb? Burnham: Sa?, 12.9mv. RNGC: SB. |
NGC 2748 | 9h 13m 42s | 76° 29' 0" | 11.7 | 3.1 | pB, pL, E, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:27:43 | A faint, elongated streak. An edge on spiral, slightly brighter towards the middle. Sc? Burnham: Sc, 12.4mv. |
NGC 2782 | 9h 14m 6s | 40° 7' 0" | 11.5 | 3.8 | cB, R, mbMBN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 22:19:58 | A face on Sb? Round, but not an elliptical. |
NGC 2811 | 9h 16m 12s | -16° 19' 0" | 11.3 | 2.7 | pB, pS, E, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 23:0:28 | An oblong smudge, slightly brighter towards the middle, in PA ~30°. Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 2798 | 9h 17m 24s | 42° 0' 0" | 12.3 | 2.8 | pB, S, stellar | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:42:19 | A small, round patch, brighter towards the middle. The companion galaxy, NGC 2799 was not visible. Burnham: SB, 13.0mv. NGC 2799: 13.5mv, SEDS. WikiSky: NGC 2799 edge on, nucleus starlike. |
NGC 2835 | 9h 17m 54s | -22° 21' 0" | 11 | 6.3 | F, *10 inv f, bet 2 st 9 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 1:29:13 | A face on Sc, with no pronounced nucleus. Large and faint, best in the 41. Burnham: SBc/pec. |
NGC 2787 | 9h 19m 18s | 69° 12' 0" | 10.8 | 3.4 | B, pL, lE 90deg , mbM, r, vS* sf inv | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 21:10:43 | A bright, small elliptical galaxy. S0? Burnham: S0. |
NGC 2832 | 9h 19m 48s | 33° 44' 0" | 11.5 | 3.3 | cB, cL, E, 3rd of 3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 21:18:15 | A fairly faint smudge. Other galaxies were perhaps glimpsed, but this was more averted imagination than anything else. Burhnam: E4. |
NGC 2832 | 9h 19m 48s | 33° 44' 0" | 11.5 | 3.3 | cB, cL, E, 3rd of 3 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Apr/17 21:3:23 | Glimpsed in both the 12.5 and 9mm. Plainest when the telescope was moving. |
NGC 2805 | 9h 20m 18s | 64° 6' 0" | 11.3 | 6.3 | vF, L, R, mbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Nov/17 5:39:54 | *Probably* seen. A very faint patch in the marked location, which moved with the telescope. The 12.5mm only would show it. |
NGC 2855 | 9h 21m 30s | -11° 55' 0" | 11.6 | 2.7 | pB, pL, R, gmbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 22:55:27 | A faint, round spot. Burnham: Sa/E1, 12.5mv. |
NGC 2841 | 9h 22m 0s | 50° 58' 0" | 9.3 | 8.1 | vB, L, vmE 151deg , vsmbM = *10 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Mar/6 21:43:32 | A superb galaxy, the nucleus was round, and brightest in the middle. The halo was vaguely elongated in pa 130°. Sb? |
NGC 2865 | 9h 23m 30s | -23° 10' 0" | 11.4 | 2.0 | B, S, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 23:9:18 | A nice oval patch, slightly brighter towards the middle. Burnham: E3. |
NGC 2859 | 9h 24m 18s | 34° 31' 0" | 10.7 | 4.8 | vB, pL, R, smbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 23:7:26 | A small, round patch with a bright center. |
NGC 2859 | 9h 24m 18s | 34° 31' 0" | 10.7 | 4.8 | vB, pL, R, smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Feb/6 0:49:37 | Barely glimpsed in the 9mm with this moonwashed sky. |
NGC 2859 | 9h 24m 18s | 34° 31' 0" | 10.7 | 4.8 | vB, pL, R, smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Mar/5 22:29:5 | A large, very faint patch, only visible in the 15mm. |
NGC 2872 | 9h 25m 42.89s | 11° 25' 58" | 11.9 | 2.10x1.8 | 13.3 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/22 23:2:11 | A bright E2 galaxy was seen, along with NGC 2873. |
N 2874 | 9h 25m 47.8s | 11° 25' 33" | 12.5 | 13.4 | 2.20 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/22 23:2:11 | A bright E2 galaxy seen along with NGC 2872. |
IC 2482 | 9h 26m 59.2s | -12° 6' 30" | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.30 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/6 20:22:26 | A faint patch with a tiny, starlike nucleus. |
NGC 2889 | 9h 27m 12s | -11° 38' 0" | 11.8 | 2.0 | pF, pS, vlE, vglbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 23:10:53 | A small, round, smudge. Burnham: Sc, 12.4mv. |
NGC 2880 | 9h 29m 36s | 62° 30' 0" | 11.6 | 2.6 | B, cS, R, mbM, am st | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 23:26:16 | Like a faint, fuzzy, star. E0? Burnham: E3/S0. |
NGC 2903 | 9h 32m 12s | 21° 30' 0" | 8.9 | 12.6 | cB, vL, E, gmbM, r, sp of 2 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | C-8 @ 80x: Large, bright, with a mottled envelope, bright nucleus, and somewhat abrupt edge. Lovely! |
NGC 2903 | 9h 32m 12s | 21° 30' 0" | 8.9 | 12.6 | cB, vL, E, gmbM, r, sp of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 21:48:01 | 2903 is a nice, tilted Sb or Sc? 2905 was not apparent. (2905 is a part of 2903). |
NGC 2903 | 9h 32m 12s | 21° 30' 0" | 8.9 | 12.6 | cB, vL, E, gmbM, r, sp of 2 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/6 21:42:25 | A large, fuzzy oval with a bright middle. |
NGC 2905 | 9h 32m 12s | 21° 31' 0" | 10 | 13.3 | vF, cL, R, psbM, r, nf of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:0:45 | A tiny, bright nucleus (12.5mv) surrounded by a large elliptical envelope. This is another description of N 2905. N 2903 is a bright HII region in N 2905. |
NGC 2911 | 9h 33m 46.5s | 10° 9' 10" | 11.5 | 4.00x3.1 | 12.6 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/22 23:31:25 | An elongated smudge. 2914 and 2919 were also seen. Best in the 19mm. |
NGC 2914 | 9h 34m 2.69s | 10° 6' 33" | 13.2 | 0.90x0.6 | 12.6 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/22 23:31:25 | A faint smudge. 2911 and 2919 were also seen. Best in the 19mm. |
NGC 2652 | 9h 42m 33.19s | -3° 41' 57" | 10.9 | 3.40x2.1 | 13.0 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Dec/6 4:45:58 | The galaxy is a very faint brightening of the sky 1' NW of a 10mv star. That it was seen at all is a bit surprising, given the just risen crescent moon and the urban light pollution of my observatory. Aladin/DSS: This looks more like an Sa spiral than an E4. |
NGC 2974 | 9h 42m 36s | -3° 42' 0" | 10.8 | 3.4 | B, cS, iR, bM, *9 sp 43" | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 21:38:47 | A faint, round patch, near an 11 mv star. E0? Burnham: E4/SO. |
NGC 2950 | 9h 42m 36s | 58° 51' 0" | 11.0 | 3.2 | B, pS, R, vgvmbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 21:46:31 | Bright, small, round. Like a distant globular. E0? Seyfert? Burnham: SO/Sa. |
NGC 2964 | 9h 42m 54s | 31° 51' 0" | 11.3 | 3.0 | B, vL, lE, vgbM, sp of 3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 21:53:44 | A large, faint slightly elliptical patch. Sc or Sb? Burnham: Sb/Sc. |
NGC 2968 | 9h 43m 12s | 31° 56' 0" | 11.8 | 2.2 | pB, pL, lE, vglbM, 2nd of 3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 21:55:9 | Fainter than N 2964, and a bit smaller. The surface brightness of the two galaxies is similar. Burhnam: I/Sp. |
NGC 2986 | 9h 44m 18s | -21° 17' 0" | 10.9 | 2.5 | pB, pS, iR, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 22:5:2 | A hard to see smudge, lost in the Damascus dome of light. Needs a darker southern sky. Burnham: E1 |
NGC 2997 | 9h 45m 36s | -31° 11' 0" | 11 | 8.1 | ! vF, vL, vgvsbMN 4", 19s .5 d | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 1:55:10 | A small smudge of a nucleus, surrounded by a large, faine elliptical (2:1) envelope. WikiSky: Looks like a mostly face on Sc, Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 2976 | 9h 47m 18s | 67° 55' 0" | 10.2 | 4.9 | B, vL, mE 152deg , st inv | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Mar/28 22:52:0 | A very faint smudge, visible with the 15 only when I moved the telescope. Perhaps a record for the C-8 and urban skies. |
NGC 3003 | 9h 48m 36s | 33° 25' 0" | 11.7 | 5.9 | ! cB, L, vmE 90deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 23:36:2 | Not found. The small double star near the field center was found, but the galaxy was not. |
NGC 2985 | 9h 50m 24s | 72° 17' 0" | 10.5 | 4.3 | vB, cL, R, psmbM, * inv f | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/17 23:43:56 | A bright center, surrounded by a unifom, faint disk. Seyfert? |
NGC 3041 | 9h 53m 6s | 16° 41' 0" | 11.5 | 3.7 | glob. cl. , F, L, R, vglbM, rr, 2 B st sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:9:32 | An extremly faint patch. NGC misidentified it as a globular, if so, it's like 7492. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 3031 | 9h 55m 36s | 69° 4' 0" | 6.9 | 25.7 | ! eB, eL, E 156deg , gsvmbMBN; = M81 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | 7x50 Binoculars: A tiny smudge. M82 visible as well. |
NGC 3031 | 9h 55m 36s | 69° 4' 0" | 6.9 | 25.7 | ! eB, eL, E 156deg , gsvmbMBN; = M81 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Mar/28 22:9:14 | The faintest of smudges, in this urban sky. Elongated at 45° pa. |
NGC 3031 | 9h 55m 36s | 69° 4' 0" | 6.9 | 25.7 | ! eB, eL, E 156deg , gsvmbMBN; = M81 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Jan/11 3:3:10 | A bright nucleus surrounded by an amorphus haze. |
NGC 3027 | 9h 55m 42s | 72° 12' 0" | 12 | 4.7 | vF, vL, lE, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 21:53:55 | A very faint smudge. |
NGC 3027 | 9h 55m 42s | 72° 12' 0" | 12 | 4.7 | vF, vL, lE, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:1:48 | A faint patch. I also glimpsed a 14.5mv star in the field. HNGC: 11.7mv, SBc. |
NGC 3034 | 9h 55m 48s | 69° 41' 0" | 8.4 | 11.2 | vB, vL, vmE (ray); = M82 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | 7x50 Binoculars: A tiny, mottled, smudge. M81 visible as well. |
NGC 3034 | 9h 55m 48s | 69° 41' 0" | 8.4 | 11.2 | vB, vL, vmE (ray); = M82 | LBRP | O-18 | 2012/Feb/26 23:25:4 | A superb sight on this very dark, clear night. The large dark band and mottling of the rest of the galaxy were plainly apparent. It looked like it's short exposure picture in B. |
NGC 3034 | 9h 55m 48s | 69° 41' 0" | 8.4 | 11.2 | vB, vL, vmE (ray); = M82 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Jan/24 2:4:23 | The supernova is a white star of about 11.0mv. The sky is very hazy, it's difficult to see a 12.0mv star. |
NGC 3034 | 9h 55m 48s | 69° 41' 0" | 8.4 | 11.2 | vB, vL, vmE (ray); = M82 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Jan/11 3:1:59 | Tonight is dark and windy, but very clear. I managed to see mottling in this famous irregular. |
NGC 3078 | 9h 58m 24s | -26° 56' 0" | 11.1 | 1.9 | pB, S, R, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:10:45 | A faint, low contrast smudge in the Damascus dome of light. Darker skies and higher altitudes would help. Burnham: E3, 12.2mv |
NGC 3067 | 9h 58m 24s | 32° 22' 0" | 11.7 | 2.5 | pB, pL, E 106deg , gbM, *9, 74deg , 4' | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 23:19:10 | A faint, amorphous blob. Burnham: Sa/Sb, 12.7mv. |
N 3091 | 10h 0m 14.09s | -19° 38' 12" | 11.1 | 12.1 | 3.00 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 23:35:50 | This appears to be a double galaxy. Even the 7mm did not show it to be starlike. This is a very dark night, with a slight west breeze, and quite cold. Aladin/DSS: Confirmed. There is a galaxy 1.25', in pa 314° from NGC 3091, PGC 28922. |
NGC 3065 | 10h 1m 54s | 72° 10' 0" | 12.0 | 2.0 | pF, vS, R, bM, *11 nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:30:3 | Small, almost stellar, and fairly bright. Burnham: S0/Sa, 12.9mv. |
NGC 3079 | 10h 2m 0s | 55° 41' 0" | 10.6 | 7.6 | vB, L, mE 135deg | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/May/1 0:22:33 | The meerest smudge in tonight's washed out skies. Seen with the aid of a finder chart and perhaps averted imagination. . This would be much better in dark skies, with the C-11. |
NGC 3066 | 10h 2m 12s | 72° 7' 0" | 12.9 | 1.2 | vF, vS, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:30:36 | Diffuse, about 4' in size. Sc? HNGC: SBb/pec, 12.5mv |
NGC 3098 | 10h 2m 18s | 24° 43' 0" | 12.0 | 2.6 | pB, S, E 85deg , psbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Mar/27 1:32:25 | An very faint smudge, found only with the finder chart. |
NGC 3109 | 10h 3m 6s | -26° 9' 0" | 10 | 14.5 | cF, vL, vmE 82deg , lbM | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 2:43:43 | A very faint but large smudge, found only with the help of the finder chart. Burnham: Irr. |
NGC 3077 | 10h 3m 18s | 68° 44' 0" | 9.9 | 4.6 | cB, cL, mbM, R with ray | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Apr/9 21:38:2 | A faint smudge in this light polluted sky, slightly brighter in the middle. Spiral? Sb? (E2/Ip, Burnham) |
NGC 3077 | 10h 3m 18s | 68° 44' 0" | 9.9 | 4.6 | cB, cL, mbM, R with ray | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Mar/29 8:28:12 | The faintest of smudges, in this urban sky. Elongated at 45° pa. Confirmed, WikiSky. |
NGC 3077 | 10h 3m 18s | 68° 44' 0" | 9.9 | 4.6 | cB, cL, mbM, R with ray | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Mar/19 0:1:38 | An very faint smudge in these light polluted skies. |
NGC 3115 | 10h 5m 12s | -7° 43' 0" | 9.2 | 8.3 | vB, L, vmE 46deg , vgsmbMEN | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | Bright Nucleus surrounded by a fuzzy envelope, a pronounced streak along the axis of the disk augmented the galaxy's core. |
NGC 3115 | 10h 5m 12s | -7° 43' 0" | 9.2 | 8.3 | vB, L, vmE 46deg , vgsmbMEN | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 1:59:3 | A bright nucleus, with a streak of a disk running through it, with a faint envelope surrounding the disk and nucleus. Lovely galaxy. |
NGC 3115 | 10h 5m 12s | -7° 43' 0" | 9.2 | 8.3 | vB, L, vmE 46deg , vgsmbMEN | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 23:22:27 | A nice galaxy with a bright nucleus, and plainly visible streak of a disk. |
NGC 3145 | 10h 10m 12s | -12° 26' 0" | 12 | 3.3 | F, pL, mE, vgslbM, lambda Hya np | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:16:58 | An very faint smudge, somewhat elongated. When lamda Hya is in the field, the galaxy vanishes. Burnham: SBb, 12.5mv |
NGC 3156 | 10h 12m 42s | 3° 8' 0" | 13 | 2.1 | F, cS, R, psbM, *9-10 sf 2' | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 21:36:36 | A faint, small spot. |
NGC 3162 | 10h 13m 30s | 22° 44' 0" | 11.6 | 3.1 | pF, cL, R, vglbM, r, S* inv | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 22:39:35 | AKA NGC 3575. As per the NGC. Faint! |
NGC 3575 | 10h 13m 31.49s | 22° 44' 14" | 11.6 | 3.10x2.7 | 13.7 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/22 22:6:21 | AKA NGC 3162. A round, large smudge. A face on Sb? Best in the 9mm Meade ultra wide. |
NGC 3166 | 10h 13m 48s | 3° 26' 0" | 10.6 | 5.2 | B, pS, R, psmbM, 2nd of 3 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | E0 or Sa (Burnham: Sa)? Next to NGC 3169. |
NGC 3158 | 10h 13m 48s | 38° 46' 0" | 11.8 | 2.3 | cB, cS, R, psbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 22:51:37 | A surprisingly faint smudge. The center of a cluster of galaxies, only the large elliptical was seen. |
NGC 3169 | 10h 14m 12s | 3° 28' 0" | 10.5 | 4.8 | B, pL, vlE, pgmbM, *11, 78deg , 80", 3rd of 3 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | Looks like an Sa (Burnham: Sb). Near 3166. |
NGC 3147 | 10h 16m 54s | 73° 24' 0" | 10.7 | 4.0 | vB, L, R, vgvsvmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 22:32:39 | A faint, roundish smudge without much of a nucleus. Sc? Sb: Burnham. |
NGC 3190 | 10h 18m 6s | 21° 50' 0" | 11.0 | 4.6 | B, pS, E, psbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 22:44:42 | Just 10' west of NGC 3193. Part of a cluster of galaxies, but the skies were hazing up and it was difficult to see more members. Need to revisit this one. |
NGC 3184 | 10h 18m 18s | 41° 25' 0" | 9.8 | 6.9 | pB, vL, R, vgbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A large, face on Sc with a small, faint nucleus. (Burnham: Sc) |
NGC 3193 | 10h 18m 24s | 21° 54' 0" | 10.9 | 2.8 | B, S, vlE, pslbM, *9.5 354deg , 80" | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 22:44:42 | At the eastern edge of a galaxy cluster, just south of a star. Another galaxy is about 10' west. Burnham: E0. |
NGC 3198 | 10h 19m 54s | 45° 33' 0" | 10.4 | 8.3 | pB, vL, mE 45deg , vgbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint, mottled, smudge. (Burnham: edge on Sc) |
NGC 3224 | 10h 21m 41.1s | -34° 41' 46" | 11.0 | 1.90x1.5 | 13.2 | Big Bend Nat Park | O-15 | 2016/Feb/4 3:22:13 | A bright, face on Sc. Mottled. Post observation: My eyes are getting old! It's an E2, not an Sc. It does, however, have an envelope and a bright nucleus. No mottling. |
NGC 3206 | 10h 21m 48s | 56° 56' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | pB, cL, E, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/14 0:18:8 | Field found, galaxy not visible. A large face on Sc, with a bright nucleus, and very faint envelop. |
NGC 3206 | 10h 21m 48s | 56° 56' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | pB, cL, E, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:25:50 | A gossamer smudge, 3' in diameter. HNGC: SBc, 12.1mv. Interesting that W. Herschel found this to be "Bright". I found it to have a very low surface brightness, this is confirmed by its DSS image. |
NGC 3218 | 10h 21m 48.6s | 74° 10' 38" | 11.9 | 2.30x1.4 | 13.0 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/23 0:30:12 | A hard to find N-S oblong blob with a pair of 15.7mv and 14.5 stars on its northern edge. Aladin/DSS/UCAC4. Wheras the 14.5mv star is belivable, the 15.7 is not. I don't know what I saw! |
NGC 3226 | 10h 23m 24s | 19° 54' 0" | 11.4 | 2.8 | pB, cL, R, D with 3227, pos 159deg , 138" | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Makes a nice pair with NGC 3227. E2 |
NGC 3227 | 10h 23m 30s | 19° 52' 0" | 10.8 | 5.6 | pB, cL, R, D with 3226 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | The expected bright nucleus of this Seyfert was quite faint. |
NGC 3239 | 10h 25m 5.5s | 17° 9' 37" | 11.3 | 4.50x2.4 | 14.2 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Dec/19 4:29:51 | A truly faint smudge, made more difficult by the 10mv star 30" SSE of it. Aladin/DSS: An irregular galaxy with two 10mv stars superimposed on its southern periphery. The western star is not shown in the UCAC4 or Tycho catalogs. |
NGC 3250 | 10h 26m 30s | -39° 57' 0" | 11.0 | 3.2 | pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, *13, 45deg | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:13:41 | A faint smudge, this close to the horizon. Brighter towards the middle. WikiSky: An elongated elliptical , Burnham: E4. |
NGC 3245 | 10h 27m 18s | 28° 30' 0" | 10.8 | 3.2 | vB, pL, E 0deg , smbMEN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Mar/1 22:38:19 | A rather bright center surrounded by an amorphous envelope. Burnham: E5/SO. |
I_2574 | 10h 28m 24s | 68° 25' 0" | 10.6 | 12.3 | vF, vL, iF | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/14 0:11:52 | Field found, galaxy not visible. |
I_2574 | 10h 28m 24s | 68° 25' 0" | 10.6 | 12.3 | vF, vL, iF | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:25:50 | A gossamer smudge, 3' in diameter. Coddington's nebula, a dwarf galaxy in UMa. I found it to have a very low surface brightness, this is confirmed by its DSS image. |
NGC 3254 | 10h 29m 18s | 29° 30' 0" | 11.5 | 5.1 | cB, L, mE 45deg , psmbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Feb/25 1:36:35 | A faint but definite smudge, best in the 18mm. WikiSky, Burnham: Nearly edge on spiral. |
NGC 3277 | 10h 32m 54s | 28° 31' 0" | 11.7 | 2.0 | cB, cS, R, pgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 23:36:16 | A bright, round nucleus surrounded by a faint, oval, halo. Burnham: Sb, 12.5mv. |
NGC 3294 | 10h 36m 18s | 37° 20' 0" | 11.7 | 3.3 | cB, L, mE 135deg , glbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 23:44:44 | A large, elongated, mottled blob. Edge on irregular? Burnham: Sc, 11.6mv. |
NGC 3311 | 10h 36m 42s | -27° 32' 0" | 11.6 | 2.5 | B, L, R, f of Dneb, 6th of 9 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:23:23 | An elliptical near the center of a galaxy cluster. NGCs 3312, 3311, 3309, and 3308 were seen. NGC 3308 was but a small smudge. |
NGC 3311 | 10h 36m 42s | -27° 32' 0" | 11.6 | 2.5 | B, L, R, f of Dneb, 6th of 9 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:23:23 | One of a string of galaxies, NGCs 3312, 3311, 3309, and 3308. All but 3311 appeared as smudges, but 3311 was slightly elongated. Burnham: SB/Pec. |
NGC 3311 | 10h 36m 42s | -27° 32' 0" | 11.6 | 2.5 | B, L, R, f of Dneb, 6th of 9 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:23:23 | The brightest member of a string of galaxies, NGCs 3312, 3311, 3309, and 3308. All but 3309 appeared as smudges, but 3311 was slightly elongated. |
NGC 3311 | 10h 36m 42s | -27° 32' 0" | 11.6 | 2.5 | B, L, R, f of Dneb, 6th of 9 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:23:23 | With NGC 3309, an elliptical at the center of a galaxy cluster. NGCs 3312, 3311, 3309, and 3308 were seen. All but 3309 appeared as smudges, but 3311 was slightly elongated. |
NGC 3301 | 10h 36m 54s | 21° 53' 0" | 11.4 | 3.6 | cB, S, lE 53deg , psbM, r | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 22:33:38 | A small, bright galaxy, with a starlike nucleus. Elongated in pa 40°, 2:3 elongation. Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 3760 | 10h 36m 55.79s | 21° 52' 54" | 11.4 | 3.30x1.0 | 12.7 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Dec/8 4:13:18 | A faint glow, but distinct in both the 24 and 15mm. |
NGC 3310 | 10h 38m 42s | 53° 30' 0" | 10.9 | 3.6 | cB, pL, R, vg, vsmbMN 15" | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | This looks more like a planetary nebula than a galaxy. An E0? (Burnham: Sc/Irregular, Wikisky: The central regions of a face on Sc.) |
NGC 3319 | 10h 39m 12s | 41° 41' 0" | 11.3 | 6.8 | cF, L, iE, mb, s of M | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Feb/3 4:18:58 | A faint blob, about 4' across. |
NGC 3338 | 10h 42m 6s | 13° 45' 0" | 10.8 | 5.5 | F, cL, E, vgbM, *7 p 10s | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:9:46 | A faint, elongated smudge. No bright middle. (Sc/Sd: Burhnam) |
NGC 3344 | 10h 43m 30s | 24° 55' 0" | 10.0 | 6.9 | cB, L, gbM, * inv, 2 st f | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A large, lovely, face on Sc. Several bright stars close by. |
NGC 3346 | 10h 43m 42s | 14° 52' 0" | 12 | 2.8 | cF, vL, R, vgvlbM, er | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:37:43 | An eef, gossamer patch. B:Sc/Sd 12.4mv. DSS: Face on Sc. |
NGC 3351 | 10h 44m 0s | 11° 42' 0" | 9.7 | 7.4 | B, L, R, pgmbMN; = M95 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | Bright nucleus, faint disk, no sign of the bar. |
NGC 3367 | 10h 46m 36s | 13° 45' 0" | 11.5 | 2.3 | pB, cL, iR, vglbM, r, 1st of 3 | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 22:38:49 | A large, faint, somewhat mottled galaxy. Sc? Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 3359 | 10h 46m 36s | 63° 13' 0" | 10.5 | 6.8 | pB, L, E 0deg , glbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:28:48 | A very faint elongated smudge. (Burhnam: a face on SBc) |
NGC 3368 | 10h 46m 48s | 11° 49' 0" | 9.2 | 7.1 | vB, vL, lE, vsvmbM, r; = M96 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | Bright nucleus, faint disk |
NGC 3370 | 10h 47m 6s | 17° 16' 0" | 12 | 3.1 | cB, pL, vlE, gbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:39:57 | A hazy, elongated envelope with a brighter nucleus. Sb? Burnham: Sc, 12.4. |
NGC 3348 | 10h 47m 12s | 72° 50' 0" | 11.2 | 2.2 | B, S, ilE, psbM, *11 282deg , 21s | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:22:46 | A tiny, starlike nucleus, surrounded by a uniform 3' halo. Burnham: E1. |
NGC 3377 | 10h 47m 42s | 13° 59' 0" | 10.2 | 4.4 | vB, cL, lE, svmbMBN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 21:58:53 | Bright center, elongated envelope. Lovely galaxy. Spiral, Sb or Sc? (E5: Burnham!) |
NGC 3379 | 10h 47m 48s | 12° 35' 0" | 9.3 | 4.5 | vB, cL, R, psbM, r; = M105 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | M105 is a lackluster elliptical, but makes a grand view with both NGC 3384 and NGC 3389 in the same field. |
NGC 3371 | 10h 48m 16.69s | 12° 37' 43" | 9.9 | 5.40x2.7 | 12.7 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Apr/11 22:53:12 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a faint halo. Obvious even in this light polluted suburb! |
NGC 3384 | 10h 48m 18s | 12° 38' 0" | 10.0 | 5.9 | vB, L, R, psmbM, 2nd of 3 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | A grand view, as M105 and NGC 3389 are in the same field |
NGC 3389 | 10h 48m 30s | 12° 32' 0" | 11.8 | 2.7 | F, L, E pf, vglbM, 3rd of 3 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | C-8 @80x. A grand view, as M105 and NGC 3384 are in the same field. NGC 3389 is a mottled, faint streak. |
NGC 3395 | 10h 49m 48s | 32° 59' 0" | 12.1 | 1.9 | cB, pS, ilE, 1st of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:34:24 | With 3396, a pair of faint 2' patches 6' apart. WikiSky: A pair of interacting spirals. |
NGC 3396 | 10h 49m 54s | 32° 59' 0" | 12.2 | 2.8 | pB, pS, ilE, 2nd of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/4 22:35:00 | A pair with 3395. WikiSky: Interacting spirals. |
NGC 3412 | 10h 50m 54s | 13° 25' 0" | 10.6 | 3.6 | B, S, lE 135deg +/- , smbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:12:13 | An E5 elliptical? Bright nucleus, elongated envelope. (E5/S0: Burnham) |
NGC 3412 | 10h 50m 54s | 13° 25' 0" | 10.6 | 3.6 | B, S, lE 135deg +/- , smbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Apr/11 22:34:26 | An very faint smudge, elongated in the N-S direction. Seen only when the telescope was slewing. |
NGC 3423 | 10h 51m 12s | 5° 50' 0" | 11.2 | 3.9 | F, vL, R, vgbM, rr | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 22:45:58 | A large faint smudge. Sd? As per the NGC. German Wikipedia: Sc. |
NGC 3419 | 10h 51m 18s | 13° 57' 0" | 13 | 1.1 | F, vS, R, alm stell, S* vnr | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Apr/9 23:26:1 | An very faint smudge, seen only when the telescope was moved. Seen in both the 12.5 and 9mm. |
NGC 3414 | 10h 51m 18s | 27° 59' 0" | 10.8 | 3.6 | B, pL, R, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 23:35:59 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a faint halo. |
NGC 3415 | 10h 51m 42.4s | 43° 42' 46" | 12.7 | 2.10x1.3 | 13.6 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Apr/24 22:45:51 | A small galaxy with a bright nucleus. That I saw it in these moonlit skies is a testament to that nucleus. Best in the 9mm, but it was averted vision and a bit of telescope movement to make it out. |
NGC 3433 | 10h 52m 6s | 10° 9' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | vF, vL, R, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:42:27 | A large, gossamer smudge. The visibility is improved when the telescope is slewing. Burnham: Sb/Sc. 12.9mv |
NGC 3430 | 10h 52m 12s | 32° 57' 0" | 11.5 | 3.9 | pB, L, iE, gbM, 2nd of 3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:28:12 | A faint patch without a pronounced nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 3432 | 10h 52m 30s | 36° 37' 0" | 11.3 | 6.2 | pB, pL, vmE 40deg , ** close sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:39:25 | There are 9 and 10mv stars at either side of the galaxy, which is almost edge on. As per its NGC description. |
NGC 3448 | 10h 54m 42s | 54° 19' 0" | 11.7 | 5.4 | B, pL, mE 67deg , gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 19:26:0 | As per the NGC, except it's not "Pretty Bright" |
NGC 3489 | 11h 0m 18s | 13° 54' 0" | 10.3 | 3.7 | vB, pL, lE 80deg +/- , smbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:14:58 | A very bright nucleus, surrounded by a faint, quite elongated envelope. Sc or Sb? Not much mottling in the disk. (E6/S0: Burhnam) |
NGC 3486 | 11h 0m 24s | 28° 58' 0" | 10.3 | 6.9 | cB, cL, R, gmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:18:59 | A faint, somewhat circular blob with a tiny nucleus. A face on Sc? (Sc: Burnham) |
NGC 3501 | 11h 2m 54s | 17° 59' 0" | 13 | 3.7 | vF, mE ns, gbM, 3' long | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:26:56 | A faint, edge on spiral. No pronounced nucleus. Wikisky: Observation confirmed. |
NGC 3504 | 11h 3m 12s | 27° 58' 0" | 11.1 | 2.7 | B, L, E, mbMN, rr, p of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 23:42:40 | As per the NGC. Face on Sb? Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 3507 | 11h 3m 30s | 18° 8' 0" | 11 | 3.5 | cF, pL, R, sbMS *, *9 att 25deg | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:25:45 | A faint, round, galaxy with a 9mv star in its center. WikiSky: Face on Sc. The star is 10.9mv, not 9mv! |
NGC 3521 | 11h 5m 48s | -0° 2' 0" | 8.9 | 9.5 | cB, cL, mE 140deg +/- , vsmbMN | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a uniform envelope. |
NGC 3516 | 11h 6m 48s | 72° 34' 0" | 11.6 | 2.3 | pB, vS, iR, psmbM * | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Jun/2 21:52:22 | A very faint smudge in these light polluted skies. The nucleus, once found, was small, and bright in averted vision. E0? |
NGC 3516 | 11h 6m 48s | 72° 34' 0" | 11.6 | 2.3 | pB, vS, iR, psmbM * | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Dec/6 4:25:9 | A faint, small round patch, between 2 stars, 10.5 and 11mv. |
NGC 3557 | 11h 10m 0s | -37° 32' 0" | 10.4 | 4.0 | B, S, R, pgmbM, 1st of 3 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:39:8 | A bright elliptical. B:E2. |
NGC 3564 | 11h 10m 36.2s | -37° 32' 54" | 12.1 | 1.70x0.9 | 12.4 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:39:8 | A very faint spiral. Wikisky: an edge on spiral. |
NGC 3549 | 11h 10m 54s | 53° 23' 0" | 12 | 3.2 | cB, cL, cE 160deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/14 0:1:23 | An very faint streak, with a sharp northern edge. Nothing special about the northern edge in the WikiSky image. Burnham: Sb, 12.8mv. |
NGC 3556 | 11h 11m 30s | 55° 40' 0" | 10.1 | 8.3 | cB, vL, vmE 79deg , pbM, r; = M108 | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | Not found!! The corrector plate was dewed. |
NGC 3556 | 11h 11m 30s | 55° 40' 0" | 10.1 | 8.3 | cB, vL, vmE 79deg , pbM, r; = M108 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Jan/28 23:30:55 | AKA M 108. An almost starlike nucleus, surrounded by a faint, elliptical haze in pa 80°. The "nucleus" is actually a foreground star, as shown in a U of Arizona 4 meter image. |
NGC 3556 | 11h 11m 30s | 55° 40' 0" | 10.1 | 8.3 | cB, vL, vmE 79deg , pbM, r; = M108 | Big Bend Nat Park | O-15 | 2016/Feb/5 6:17:54 | A bright streak in the sky, with a star in its middle. |
NGC 3585 | 11h 13m 18s | -26° 45' 0" | 10.0 | 2.9 | B, pL, E, vsmbMN, 2 B st triangle | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/26 23:19:4 | A small, round patch. E0? Burnham: E5/6. |
NGC 3583 | 11h 14m 12s | 48° 19' 0" | 12 | 2.8 | pB, pL, R, vgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 23:53:51 | A round patch, brighter towards the middle. E? Burnham: Sb/Sc, 12.2mv. I saw only the nucleus, which looked like an elliptical. |
NGC 3593 | 11h 14m 36s | 12° 49' 0" | 11.0 | 5.8 | B, cL, E 90deg +/- , psmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Apr/5 21:26:33 | A really faint smudge, if seen at all. |
NGC 3596 | 11h 15m 6s | 14° 47' 0" | 12 | 4.2 | pF, L, R, glbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:46:43 | A large, face on Sc? Burnham: Sc, 12.2mv. DSS: Face on Sc. |
NGC 3599 | 11h 15m 24s | 18° 7' 0" | 11.9 | 2.8 | B, pS, R, pgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 22:51:23 | A small, faint smudge. Details hard to discern. HNGC: E/S0, 11.7mv. |
NGC 3600 | 11h 15m 48s | 41° 36' 0" | 12 | 4.3 | pF, S, lE 0deg +/- , vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:17:43 | An eef, large smudge. Very hard to see, even at the zenith. HNGC: Sc? 11.9mv. DSS: Edge on galaxy. |
NGC 3605 | 11h 16m 48s | 18° 1' 0" | 13 | 1.7 | F, S, R, sp of 3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:8:50 | A large, amorphus, and quite faint galaxy. Burnham: E4, 13.5mv |
NGC 3607 | 11h 16m 54s | 18° 3' 0" | 10.0 | 3.7 | vB, L, R, vmbM, 2nd of 3 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | With N 3608, a couple of bright spots. |
NGC 3608 | 11h 17m 0s | 18° 9' 0" | 11.0 | 3.0 | B, pL, R, psbM, 3rd of 3 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | With N 3607, a couple of bright spots. |
NGC 3621 | 11h 18m 18s | -32° 49' 0" | 10 | 10.0 | cB, vL, E 160deg , am 4 st | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:42:19 | A large, spindle shaped blob. No pronounced nucleus seen, slightly mottled. Burnham: Sc/Sd. |
NGC 3614 | 11h 18m 18s | 45° 45' 0" | 12 | 4.6 | F, pL, lE 90deg +/- , glbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:24:20 | A large, but extremly faint galaxy. Burnham: Sc, 12.9. |
NGC 3610 | 11h 18m 24s | 58° 47' 0" | 10.8 | 3.2 | vB, pS, lE 90deg +/- , vsvmbMSN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 22:49:18 | Starlike, bright nucleus. Seyfert? |
NGC 3613 | 11h 18m 36s | 58° 0' 0" | 12 | 3.6 | vB, cL, mE 305deg , smbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 22:55:30 | A small, non descript smudge, with a tiny nucleus. |
NGC 3623 | 11h 18m 54s | 13° 5' 0" | 9.3 | 10.0 | B, vL, mE 165deg +/- , gbMBN; = M65 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | A bright streak in the sky, like M 66 |
NGC 3619 | 11h 19m 21.49s | 57° 45' 30" | 11.5 | 2.70x2.3 | 13.4 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Dec/19 4:37:57 | A faint, but discernable glow. Best in the 9mm. |
NGC 3632 | 11h 20m 3.6s | 18° 21' 24" | 11.0 | 2.70x1.9 | 12.6 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Dec/20 6:7:11 | An very faint patch, barely visible in the 9mm. Glimpsed in the 15, and invisible, along with its 12.5mv companion, in the 24mm. |
NGC 3626 | 11h 20m 6s | 18° 21' 0" | 10.9 | 3.1 | B, S, vlE, sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 23:3:18 | A small nucleus with a faint halo around it. Sc? |
NGC 3627 | 11h 20m 12s | 12° 59' 0" | 9.0 | 8.7 | B, vL, mE 150deg , mbM, 2 st np; = M66 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | A bright streak in the sky, like M 65 |
NGC 3628 | 11h 20m 18s | 13° 36' 0" | 9.5 | 14.8 | pB, vL, vmE 102deg | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | A faint streak in the sky, like M 65 and M 66, but considerably fainter. |
NGC 3631 | 11h 21m 0s | 53° 10' 0" | 10.4 | 4.6 | pB, L, R, svmbMrN | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 21:15:00 | A faint, face on Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3640 | 11h 21m 6s | 3° 14' 0" | 10.3 | 4.1 | B, pL, R, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:40:41 | A bright, small galaxy. (Burhnam: E2) |
NGC 3646 | 11h 21m 42s | 20° 10' 0" | 11.2 | 3.9 | cF, cL, lE, gbM, sp of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:45:50 | A very faint, large smudge. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 3642 | 11h 22m 18s | 59° 5' 0" | 11.1 | 5.8 | pB, pL, R, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 22:43:53 | A large, faint, spiral. Sc? |
NGC 3655 | 11h 22m 54s | 16° 35' 0" | 11.6 | 1.6 | pB, pS, iR, bM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 23:50:39 | A faint smudge in tonight's hazy sky. |
NGC 3657 | 11h 23m 54s | 52° 55' 0" | 12 | 1.8 | cF, vS, R, stellar | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:31:34 | A round patch, slightly brighter in the middle. Almost stellar. HNGC: Sb/pec, 12.6mv |
NGC 3666 | 11h 24m 24s | 11° 21' 0" | 12 | 4.2 | F, E 90deg +/- , *6 f 34s , 5' n | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:13:13 | A large, eef, elongated whisp. Burnham: Sc, 12.6mv |
NGC 3665 | 11h 24m 42s | 38° 46' 0" | 10.8 | 3.2 | cB, cL, iR, pgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 23:9:33 | Bright nucleus, round halo. Face on Sb? |
NGC 3672 | 11h 25m 0s | -9° 48' 0" | 11 | 4.1 | pB, L, E 0deg +/- , gbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Apr/5 21:52:6 | Not visible. Clouds? Field was found, but no galaxy. |
NGC 3672 | 11h 25m 0s | -9° 48' 0" | 11 | 4.1 | pB, L, E 0deg +/- , gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/14 23:54:51 | A large, very faint, amorphous blob. Burnham: Highly tilted multiple armed spiral, 12.8mv. SEDS: SB, 12.7mv. |
NGC 3675 | 11h 26m 6s | 43° 35' 0" | 11 | 5.9 | vB, cL, vmE 0deg +/- , vsmbMN, many st p | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | An elongated galaxy with a bright nucleus. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3681 | 11h 26m 30s | 16° 52' 0" | 11.7 | 2.5 | B, pS, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 23:24:22 | A faint smudge. |
NGC 3684 | 11h 27m 12s | 17° 2' 0" | 11.7 | 3.2 | pB, pL, E, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 22:42:37 | A tiny, faint spot. Elliptical? |
NGC 3684 | 11h 27m 12s | 17° 2' 0" | 11.7 | 3.2 | pB, pL, E, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 22:45:25 | A very faint smudge in tonight's somewhat hazy sky. |
NGC 3686 | 11h 27m 42s | 17° 13' 0" | 11.4 | 3.3 | pB, L, vlE, vgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:48:48 | An elongated smudge. As per the NGC. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 3689 | 11h 28m 12s | 25° 40' 0" | 12.3 | 1.6 | pB, pL, lE, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 22:32:56 | A faint smudge. |
NGC 3692 | 11h 28m 24s | 9° 24' 0" | 13 | 3.3 | F, mE, r | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:34:7 | A faint, uniform, streak. Edge on spiral? WikiSky: Edge on Sb. |
NGC 3690 | 11h 28m 30s | 58° 33' 0" | 12 | 2.4 | pB, pS, vlE 80deg +/- , pgbM, S st sf nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Mar/16 22:38:31 | An elongated smudge, without a definite nucleus. Sc or SBb? |
NGC 3705 | 11h 30m 6s | 9° 17' 0" | 11 | 5.0 | pF, pL, R, vsmbM, r | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:31:56 | A bright nucleus, with a faint elliptical (2:1) envelope surrounding it. Burnham: Sb, WikiSky: Sb. |
NGC 3718 | 11h 32m 36s | 53° 4' 0" | 10.5 | 8.7 | pB, vL, R, vglbM | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A small, bright galaxy. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3718 | 11h 32m 36s | 53° 4' 0" | 10.5 | 8.7 | pB, vL, R, vglbM | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A very faint smudge. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3726 | 11h 33m 18s | 47° 2' 0" | 10.4 | 6.0 | pB, vL, lE 0deg , vsmbM *15, *11 n | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A faint patch, with very little detail visible. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3729 | 11h 33m 48s | 53° 8' 0" | 11.4 | 3.1 | pB, pL, lE 0deg +/- , gbM, *12 nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 23:46:34 | A faint smudge. N 3718, a brighter SBa, is in the same field. Both look like spirals. Burnham: SBp, 12.5mv. |
NGC 3733 | 11h 35m 0s | 54° 51' 0" | 12 | 4.8 | eF, S, iR, *6 sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 23:24:9 | An very faint brightening of the night sky. WikiSky: A loose spiral with a bright nucleus and very faint arms. I saw only the nucleus. |
NGC 3738 | 11h 35m 48s | 54° 31' 0" | 11.7 | 2.6 | pB, pL, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 23:20:43 | A small, round, patch. Best in the 12mm. Burnham: Irr, 12.1mv. |
NGC 3735 | 11h 36m 0s | 70° 32' 0" | 12 | 4.2 | pB, L, mE 130deg , mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 23:2:19 | An very faint streak, slightly brighter towards the middle. Burnham: Sb, 12.6mv. |
NGC 3756 | 11h 36m 48s | 54° 18' 0" | 11.5 | 4.4 | pF, L, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:34:23 | A large, elongated smudge. Very faint. Burnham: Sc, 12.3mv. |
NGC 3756 | 11h 36m 48s | 54° 18' 0" | 11.5 | 4.4 | pF, L, lE | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Apr/28 21:34:59 | An very faint blob. I was surprised to see it in tonight's moonwashed skies. |
NGC 3769 | 11h 37m 42s | 47° 54' 0" | 12 | 3.2 | pB, S, pmE | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 22:26:20 | A faint, oblong patch. Gradually brighter towards the middle. Burnham: Sb, 12.5mv, DSO Browser: SBb, 11.8mv |
NGC 3780 | 11h 39m 24s | 56° 16' 0" | 12 | 3.1 | pF, L, vlE, vgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:39:40 | A medium sized, very faint smudge. Burnham: Sc, 12.6mv |
NGC 3804 | 11h 40m 54s | 56° 12' 0" | 13 | 2.4 | pB, E | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:46:26 | A small, faint galaxy with a 13.2mv star very close. HNGC: Sc, 13.0mv. |
NGC 3810 | 11h 41m 0s | 11° 28' 0" | 10.8 | 4.3 | B, L, vlE | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 22:51:38 | A nice, bright galaxy. 2:3 elongation. Not much of a nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 3813 | 11h 41m 18s | 36° 33' 0" | 11.7 | 2.3 | cB, pL, pmE 83deg , bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 22:10:2 | An oblong streak with no pronounced nucleus. B:Sb, 12.6mv. WikiSky image shows an obvious nucleus. |
NGC 3838 | 11h 44m 12s | 57° 57' 0" | 13 | 1.7 | pB, cS, E, psbM *12 | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A very faint face on (Sc?) there was only a very small nucleus. Burnham: Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3838 | 11h 44m 12s | 57° 57' 0" | 13 | 1.7 | pB, cS, E, psbM *12 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Apr/4 22:15:21 | A large, extremly low contrast patch. Seen in both the 24 and 15mm, and then only because the sky is quite clear, although Pickering 2 turbulent. |
NGC 3872 | 11h 45m 48s | 13° 46' 0" | 11.7 | 2.2 | B, S, R, smbM * | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:4:12 | A tiny, bright galaxy. Best in the 12.5. |
NGC 3877 | 11h 46m 6s | 47° 30' 0" | 12 | 5.4 | B, L, mE 37deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 21:50:12 | A nice, edge on galxy. Bright. |
NGC 3877 | 11h 46m 6s | 47° 30' 0" | 12 | 5.4 | B, L, mE 37deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 22:27:16 | A faint, oblong, patch. |
NGC 3887 | 11h 47m 6s | -16° 51' 0" | 11.0 | 3.3 | pB, L, iR, vgpmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Jan/31 3:25:43 | Seen only in the 12.5, with telescope movement in dec. A most gossamer smudge. This would be much better in darker skies. |
N 3892 | 11h 48m 1s | -10° 57' 44" | 11.5 | 12.4 | 3.10 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 23:25:28 | A small, slightly elongated patch. |
NGC 3900 | 11h 49m 12s | 27° 1' 0" | 11.4 | 3.5 | B, pL, vlE 0deg +/- , bMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 22:5:18 | A faint, round spot. E0? Burnham: SBb, 12.5mv. I saw only the nucleus. |
NGC 3904 | 11h 49m 12s | -29° 17' 0" | 11.0 | 2.2 | pB, S, R, mbM | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:50:1 | A face on spiral. Bright nucleus. Burnham: E3, WkikSky: E. |
NGC 3923 | 11h 51m 0s | -28° 48' 0" | 10.1 | 2.9 | B, pL, lE, gmbM, r, vS* sp inv | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 2:50:16 | A bright nucleus, surrounded by a fainter elliptical envelope. Nice galaxy. Burnham: E4. |
NGC 3941 | 11h 52m 54s | 36° 59' 0" | 11 | 3.8 | vB, pL, R, smbM *9 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 22:43:21 | A bright, starlike nucleus, surrounded by a uniform, faint haze. Seyfert? Seyfert, as per Shi, et at, ApJ,J http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...714..115S. |
NGC 3945 | 11h 53m 12s | 60° 41' 0" | 10.6 | 5.5 | B, pL, R, gmbM, r, *12 sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 22:52:16 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a round halo. E0? Burnham: SO/SBa. |
NGC 3949 | 11h 53m 42s | 47° 52' 0" | 11.0 | 3.0 | cB, pL, pmE, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 22:29:12 | A lovely, bright galaxy. Sc or SBc? Burnham: Sb/Sc. |
NGC 3953 | 11h 53m 48s | 52° 20' 0" | 10.1 | 6.6 | cB, L, E 0deg +/- , vsbMLrN | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 21:15:00 | A faint, uniform smudge. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3962 | 11h 54m 42s | -13° 58' 0" | 10.6 | 2.9 | cB, pL, iR, gmbM, triangle 2 st | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Mar/28 23:3:38 | A very faint smudge, visible only in the 12.5. |
NGC 3963 | 11h 55m 0s | 58° 30' 0" | 12 | 2.8 | pF, cL, R, vg, sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/19 3:44:54 | A slight brightening of the background sky. That it was seen at all attests to the darkness of tonight's sky. |
NGC 3976 | 11h 56m 0s | 6° 45' 0" | 12 | 3.9 | B, pL, cE 30deg , vsmbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 21:43:28 | A faint glow, barely visible in the 18mm. It's pretty near the horizon, in the Damascus dome of light. Darker skies would help. Wikisky, Burnham: edge on spiral. |
NGC 3983 | 11h 56m 24s | 23° 53' 0" | 15 | cF, cS, R, psbM | Little Bennett | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A faint smudge. Me: Barred spiral? Burnham: Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. | |
NGC 3982 | 11h 56m 30s | 55° 8' 0" | 12 | 2.5 | B, pL, R, g, sbM disc | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 21:31:41 | A small (2') but bright, round galaxy. E0?. B:Sb, Wikisky: face on. |
NGC 3992 | 11h 57m 36s | 53° 23' 0" | 9.8 | 7.6 | cB, vL, pmE, sbMBrN; = M109 | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | Large, faint ellipse, with a small, bright nucleus. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 3992 | 11h 57m 36s | 53° 23' 0" | 9.8 | 7.6 | cB, vL, pmE, sbMBrN; = M109 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/May/2 21:48:33 | With 160x, the nucleus is faintly visible. With 111x, the outer envelope is barely seen, but only with telescope movement. |
NGC 3990 | 11h 57m 36s | 55° 28' 0" | 12.6 | 1.7 | pF, S, lE, pslbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/19 4:1:51 | A very faint smudge. Dark night! |
NGC 3998 | 11h 57m 54s | 55° 27' 0" | 10.6 | 3.1 | cB, pS, R, vg, smbM | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | Small, with a bright nucleus. An E3? E2 or S0: Burnham. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 4008 | 11h 58m 18s | 28° 12' 0" | 12.0 | 2.5 | pB, pS, E, psbM, * inv n | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 22:1:49 | A small, faint patch in the 30mm. Burnham: E5, S0, 12.9mv. |
NGC 4013 | 11h 58m 30s | 43° 57' 0" | 12 | 5.2 | B, cL, mE 62deg , vsvmbM *10 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/13 23:59:36 | A small, faint galaxy, with a 12.4mv star very close by. Burnham: Sb, 12.7mv. |
IC 750 | 11h 58m 54s | 42° 43' 0" | 11.8 | 2.9 | pB, L, lE 35deg , bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 21:49:0 | A faint patch, with I 749 even fainter between it and the 8.6mv star in the field. |
NGC 4026 | 11h 59m 24s | 50° 58' 0" | 12 | 5.1 | vB, cL, mE 176deg , vsvmbMBN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/13 21:22:4 | A nice bright galaxy with a compact nucleus and a hazy envelop with a bit of mottling in it. Burnham: E8/S0, 11.9mv. Internet images show no mottling, it was a physiological effect of my eye. |
NGC 4030 | 12h 0m 24s | -1° 6' 0" | 12 | 4.3 | cB, L, vlE, psmbM, B st nr | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Small, brighter nucleus surrounded by a uniform envelope. |
NGC 4036 | 12h 1m 24s | 61° 54' 0" | 10.6 | 4.5 | vB, vL, E | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 22:57:4 | A lovely galaxy, with 4041 in the same field. It's the larger of the two, with an elongated envelope and a small nucleus. |
NGC 4038 | 12h 1m 54s | -18° 52' 0" | 10.7 | 2.6 | pB, cL, R, vgbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | With 4039, the "antenna" galaxies in Corvus. No sign of the faint "antenna", but the galaxies themselves showed a wealth of mottled detail, and looked much like their pictures. |
NGC 4039 | 12h 1m 54s | -18° 53' 0" | 13 | 3.2 | pF, pL | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | With 4039, the "antenna" galaxies in Corvus. No sign of the faint "antenna", but the galaxies themselves showed a wealth of mottled detail, and looked much like their pictures. |
NGC 4041 | 12h 2m 12s | 62° 8' 0" | 11.1 | 2.8 | B, cL, R, g, psvmbMrN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 23:0:7 | A small spiral wih a bright nucleus. In the same field as N 4036. |
NGC 4051 | 12h 3m 12s | 44° 32' 0" | 10.3 | 5.0 | B, vL, E, vgvsmbM *11 | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A faint face on SC. Burnham: Sb/Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 4062 | 12h 4m 6s | 31° 54' 0" | 11.2 | 4.3 | pB, vL, mE 97deg , vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 23:17:16 | A faint smudge. Face on Sc? Burnham: Sb/Sc. WikiSky: Elongated 1:3. |
NGC 4064 | 12h 4m 12s | 18° 27' 0" | 11.5 | 4.5 | B, E, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:10:10 | A nice tilted spiral. |
N 4073 | 12h 4m 27.1s | 1° 53' 47" | 11.4 | 12.4 | 3.20 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 23:31:33 | A faint, amorphus patch. The other galaxies in the field wern't seen. |
NGC 4085 | 12h 5m 24s | 50° 21' 0" | 12.3 | 2.8 | B, pL, pmE 78deg , vsbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Apr/14 0:21:6 | An oblong smudge. NGC 4088 is also in the field. Burnham: Sb/Sc, 12.8mv. |
NGC 4088 | 12h 5m 36s | 50° 33' 0" | 10.5 | 5.8 | B, cL, E 55deg , lbM | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 22:15:00 | A faint, elongated smudge. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 4096 | 12h 6m 0s | 47° 29' 0" | 10.6 | 6.5 | pB, vL, mE 32deg | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 23:8:58 | A large, faint, elongated smudge, with no discernable nucleus. Sd? Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 4100 | 12h 6m 12s | 49° 35' 0" | 12 | 5.2 | pB, vL, vmE 161deg , vgvlbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/14 0:3:30 | A large, edge on spiral. Faint, but not hard to see. Burnham: Sb/Sc, 11.9mv. |
NGC 4102 | 12h 6m 24s | 52° 43' 0" | 12 | 3.2 | B, pS, R, bMBN, *12 sp, vnr | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 22:58:5 | An easily seen fuzzy patch in the 12.5. Round, E or face on Sa? Simbad DB: Sb. DSS image shows a round core surrounded by an elliptical disk, The disk was undetected. |
NGC 4111 | 12h 7m 6s | 43° 4' 0" | 10.8 | 4.8 | vB, pS, mE 151deg | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A lovely little edge on. With a bright small nucleus and a hazy disk. Sb? (Burnham: S0) |
NGC 4125 | 12h 8m 6s | 65° 11' 0" | 9.8 | 5.1 | pB, pL, cE, mbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/May/31 0:39:59 | A meer smudge in tonight's moonwashed sky. |
NGC 4123 | 12h 8m 12s | 2° 53' 0" | 11.2 | 4.5 | cF, vL, E 90deg +/- , bMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:20:5 | A very faint, large, smudge. |
NGC 4124 | 12h 8m 12s | 10° 23' 0" | 12 | 4.6 | pB, pL, mE 118deg , bM, r; = IC 3011 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:17:25 | A bright, bar like nucleus surrounded by a faint halo. |
NGC 4128 | 12h 8m 14.3s | 68° 47' 9" | 15 | 0.40x0.3 | 12.6 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Feb/4 3:12:59 | Barely glimpsed. The stars around it were much more easily seen. |
NGC 4128 | 12h 8m 14.3s | 68° 47' 9" | 15 | 0.40x0.3 | 12.6 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Apr/18 22:14:28 | A faint smudge was seen at the predicted spot. NA shows two NGC 4128s? |
NGC 4133 | 12h 8m 36s | 74° 56' 0" | 13 | pB, cL, R, gmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 23:32:0 | A very faint round blob. Face on Sc? Burnham: SBb. | |
N 4136 | 12h 9m 17.8s | 29° 55' 40" | 11.1 | 11.8 | 3.90 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 22:45:44 | A faint, large, round spot. Alasin/DSS: A face on sprial, ~2.5' across. |
NGC 4138 | 12h 9m 30s | 43° 41' 0" | 12 | 2.9 | B, pL, lE, vgbM, * np | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:31:12 | A bright, small galaxy, with a mottled halo. Almost edge on. |
NGC 4138 | 12h 9m 30s | 43° 41' 0" | 12 | 2.9 | B, pL, lE, vgbM, * np | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Feb/12 3:24:42 | A faint, but obvious patch in tonight's clear, unsteady skies. |
NGC 4143 | 12h 9m 36s | 42° 32' 0" | 12 | 2.9 | cB, R, vg, vsbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 23:5:33 | Fairly bright galaxy, 2:3 elongation, E4? Burnham: E4. |
NGC 4145 | 12h 10m 0s | 39° 53' 0" | 11.0 | 5.8 | B, vL, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 23:23:3 | A very faint patch. Hard to see, even with tonight's clear sky. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 4151 | 12h 10m 30s | 39° 24' 0" | 10.4 | 5.9 | vB, S, R, vsmbMBN, p of 2 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | An obvious Seyfert, with a bright, starlike nucleus. NGC 4156 is just NE of 4151. |
NGC 4151 | 12h 10m 30s | 39° 24' 0" | 10.4 | 5.9 | vB, S, R, vsmbMBN, p of 2 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Apr/24 0:27:17 | A galaxy with a very bright nucleus. Like a fuzzy star. Best in the 9mm. |
NGC 4150 | 12h 10m 36s | 30° 24' 0" | 11.7 | 2.5 | B, S, R, pgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 0:14:34 | A small, round galaxy with a bright nucleus. E2? Burnham: E2, 12.6mv. |
NGC 4156 | 12h 10m 48s | 39° 28' 0" | 13.0 | 1.5 | pF, S, E, vgbM, f of 2 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint galaxy NE of NGC 4156. |
N 4157 | 12h 11m 4.4s | 50° 29' 5" | 11.4 | 12.2 | 6.70 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 22:34:49 | A fairly bright edge on streak. Nice. |
NGC 4162 | 12h 11m 54s | 24° 7' 0" | 11.5 | 2.5 | B, L, iE, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 23:33:38 | A faint patch without much nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 4165 | 12h 12m 12s | 13° 15' 0" | 13.6 | 1.5 | eF, *10 np, 4168 f; = IC 3035 | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 22:58:45 | A small smudge next to N 4168. WikiSky: SBb? |
NGC 4168 | 12h 12m 18s | 13° 12' 0" | 11.3 | 2.8 | pB, pL, iF, psbM, r, * inv | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 22:57:49 | Looks like an E0 or E1 to me. As per the NGC. Burnham: E0 or E1. |
N 4178 | 12h 12m 46.19s | 10° 51' 51" | 11.4 | 11.9 | 5.00 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 23:44:53 | A large, fairly bright smudge. Perhaps a bit asymmetric. Aladin/DSS: The inner regions of the galaxy are indeed a bit asymmetric. |
NGC 4179 | 12h 12m 54s | 1° 18' 0" | 10.9 | 4.2 | pB, pS, pmE 135deg +/- , bMN | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | This galaxy was too faint to see. |
NGC 4179 | 12h 12m 54s | 1° 18' 0" | 10.9 | 4.2 | pB, pS, pmE 135deg +/- , bMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:12:27 | A very faint star when viewed directly, a circular patch averted. E0? (Burnham: E8 / S0 edge on. The envelope was not visible) |
NGC 4192 | 12h 13m 48s | 14° 54' 0" | 10.1 | 9.5 | B, vL, vmE 152deg , vsvmbM; = M98 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | This looks like an edge on Sc (Burnham: Sb), with a faint elongated disc and a bright round nucleus. It's best at low power (72x, 56mm), becoming diffuse in the 18mm. |
IC 3061 | 12h 15m 6s | 14° 2' 0" | 13.6 | 2.3 | F, pL, spiral | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint smudge 10' NW of N 4212. |
NGC 4203 | 12h 15m 6s | 33° 12' 0" | 10.7 | 3.6 | vB, S, R, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 23:17:33 | A small, bright elliptical, next to a bright star. Burnham: E3/SO. |
NGC 4206 | 12h 15m 18s | 13° 2' 0" | 12.1 | 5.2 | F, vmE | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Not in Burnham. |
NGC 4214 | 12h 15m 36s | 36° 20' 0" | 9.7 | 7.9 | cB, cL, iE, biN | B | C-8 | 2008/Mar/17 03:00:00 | Not visible. |
NGC 4214 | 12h 15m 36s | 36° 20' 0" | 9.7 | 7.9 | cB, cL, iE, biN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 22:36:10 | A large, dim, somewhat elongated and mottled blob. Sc or Sd? Burnham: 10.5mv Irr/Spiral. Wikipedia: 10.2mv Dwarf SB. |
NGC 4228 | 12h 15m 38.8s | 36° 19' 39" | 9.8 | 8.00x6.6 | 14.0 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Jan/11 3:54:20 | A large, extremly low contrast blob. |
N 4208 | 12h 15m 39.19s | 13° 54' 7" | 11.2 | 11.8 | 3.20 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 23:49:4 | A bright oval shaped galaxy, with a streak down it's central axis. Aladin/DSS: No streak found, although the galaxie's inner regions were overexposed. |
NGC 4212 | 12h 15m 42s | 13° 54' 0" | 11.2 | 3.0 | B, L, E 107deg, g, sbM, r | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint, elongated galaxy, looks like an Sc (Burnham: Sc), with a rather faint nucleus. The very faint galaxy IC 3016 is 10' NW. |
NGC 4217 | 12h 15m 50.59s | 47° 5' 24" | 11.2 | 5.20x1.5 | 13.3 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:6:49 | See NGC 4220. |
NGC 4216 | 12h 15m 54s | 13° 9' 0" | 10.0 | 8.3 | vB, vL, vmE 17deg , sbMN | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | A lovely, diaphanous, faint streak of light with a bright, almost stellar nucleus. |
NGC 4220 | 12h 16m 11.8s | 47° 52' 59" | 11.4 | 3.90x1.5 | 13.1 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:6:49 | A nice edge on spiral. In the same field are NGC 4248 a faint, but obvious blob. NGC 4231 and 4232 were also glimpsed, both faint small blobs. NGC 4217 is a faint, oblong blob, almost blotted out by a nearby 12.0mv star. NGC 4226 is faint, and tiny, like an out of focus star. |
NGC 4226 | 12h 16m 26.29s | 47° 1' 32" | 13.5 | 1.00x0.5 | 12.6 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:6:49 | See NGC 4220. |
NGC 4224 | 12h 16m 36s | 7° 28' 0" | 11.8 | 2.4 | pB, pS, lE, gbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Apr/14 0:10:15 | A tiny, but bright, streak. Edge on spiral. Burnham: Sa/Sb, 12.8mv. |
NGC 4224 | 12h 16m 36s | 7° 28' 0" | 11.8 | 2.4 | pB, pS, lE, gbM, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2018/Apr/20 0:32:57 | An very faint patch, invisible in the 24 and 15, seen in the 9mm with a bit of telescope slewing. |
NGC 4236 | 12h 16m 42s | 69° 28' 0" | 9.7 | 18.6 | vF, eL, mE 160deg +/- , vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 23:57:7 | Large, but very faint. Sc or Sd? Burnham: SB. |
NGC 4231 | 12h 16m 48.89s | 47° 27' 29" | 13.6 | 1.20x1.1 | 13.8 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:6:49 | See NGC 4220. |
NGC 4232 | 12h 16m 49s | 47° 26' 20" | 13.6 | 1.30x0.7 | 13.5 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:6:49 | See NGC 4220. |
NGC 4235 | 12h 17m 12s | 7° 11' 0" | 11.6 | 4.3 | pB, pL, pmE, bM, p of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 0:28:14 | A faint blob, hard to see in tonight's somewhat washed out skies. Burnham: Sa, 12.7mv. |
NGC 4237 | 12h 17m 12s | 15° 19' 0" | 11.7 | 2.3 | pB, pL, lE, vgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 0:33:39 | A faint, large, oval blob. Burnham: Sb/Sc, 12.6mv. |
NGC 4244 | 12h 17m 30s | 37° 49' 0" | 10.2 | 16.2 | pB, vL, eE 43deg , vgbM | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | A faint streak in the sky, with almost uniform brightness throughout. It was slightly brighter towards the middle, but not nearly as much so as other spirals. The nucleus is hardly visible. |
NGC 4242 | 12h 17m 30s | 45° 37' 0" | 11.0 | 4.8 | vF, cL, iR, vgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 0:4:46 | Not visible in tonight's hazy skies. Low surface brightness. |
NGC 4242 | 12h 17m 30s | 45° 37' 0" | 11.0 | 4.8 | vF, cL, iR, vgbM, r | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:19:1 | A very faint but large amorphous blob. Indisctinct nucleus. WikySky: Sd. Burnham: S. |
NGC 4245 | 12h 17m 36s | 29° 36' 0" | 11.4 | 3.3 | cB, pL, vlE, smbM, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Dec/19 4:38:32 | An extremely faint smudge, visible only when the telescope moved. |
NGC 4248 | 12h 17m 50.39s | 47° 24' 33" | 12.5 | 2.90x1.2 | 13.7 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:6:49 | See NGC 4220. |
NGC 4251 | 12h 18m 8.4s | 28° 10' 31" | 10.7 | 3.60x1.5 | 12.4 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Mar/18 3:17:34 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a fainter, round envelope. Tonight's seeing is excellent, but only Pickering 6. Aladin, DSS: It's an edge on spiral. I only saw the nucleus. |
NGC 4256 | 12h 18m 42s | 65° 54' 0" | 12 | 4.6 | pB, L, cE 38deg , bMBN | LBRP | C-10 | 2011/Jul/1 23:11:15 | A faint streak without a pronounced nucleus. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 4254 | 12h 18m 48s | 14° 25' 0" | 9.8 | 5.4 | !! B, L, R, gbM, r, 3-branched spiral; = M99 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | An elliptical patch in the sky. The nucleus is indistinct, and the patch is mottled. |
NGC 4254 | 12h 18m 48s | 14° 25' 0" | 9.8 | 5.4 | !! B, L, R, gbM, r, 3-branched spiral; = M99 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 23:0:34 | A large, bright hazy disk with a diffuse nucleus. |
NGC 4258 | 12h 19m 0s | 47° 18' 0" | 8.3 | 18.2 | vB, vL, vmE 0deg , sbMBN; = M106 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | An almost edge on Sc(?). Stellar nucleus barely seen. Burnham lists this as being an Sb, and as NGC 4258, not M 106. |
NGC 4258 | 12h 19m 0s | 47° 18' 0" | 8.3 | 18.2 | vB, vL, vmE 0deg , sbMBN; = M106 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | An almost (~ 70° tilt) edge on Sb spiral, with only a hint of mottling in the arms. |
NGC 4258 | 12h 19m 0s | 47° 18' 0" | 8.3 | 18.2 | vB, vL, vmE 0deg , sbMBN; = M106 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Apr/5 22:18:40 | An elongated smudge, in the N-S direction, truncated to the southern side. |
NGC 4261 | 12h 19m 24s | 5° 49' 0" | 10.3 | 3.9 | pB, pS, R, gbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A bright, round, elliptical. Burnham: E2. |
NGC 4260 | 12h 19m 24s | 6° 6' 0" | 11.8 | 2.6 | pB, E, psbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A dim streak in position angle approximately 45°. (Burnham: SBc) |
NGC 4262 | 12h 19m 30s | 14° 53' 0" | 11.5 | 2.2 | B, S, R, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 22:55:47 | A small, bright galaxy. Elliptical? |
NGC 4264 | 12h 19m 36s | 5° 51' 0" | 12.9 | 1.1 | F, pS, R, gbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint blob. |
NGC 4268 | 12h 19m 48s | 5° 17' 0" | 12.7 | 1.6 | pF, S, 2nd of 6 neb | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:25:00 | Large and faint. Simbad (French site): S0. |
NGC 4270 | 12h 19m 48s | 5° 28' 0" | 12.2 | 2.2 | pB, S, R | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:21:00 | Spiral? In a loose cluster of galaxies, a clump in the Virgo cluster? Burnham: S0/Sa. |
NGC 4269 | 12h 19m 48s | 6° 1' 0" | 14 | 1.5 | pF, S, R, *9 f 1s .7, n 85" | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A fuzzy 13th mv star, just south of a 7.7 mv field star. Not in Burnham. Looks like an elliptical in its Sloan photo. |
NGC 4267 | 12h 19m 48s | 12° 48' 0" | 10.9 | 3.5 | pB, vS, R, vsmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 22:35:36 | A small galaxy, much brighter in the middle. E0? Burnham: E2/S0. |
NGC 4274 | 12h 19m 48s | 29° 37' 0" | 10.4 | 6.9 | vB, vL, E 90deg , mbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:48:6 | A face on spiral? Sa or Sb? (Burnham: Sb. WikiSky: a round nucleus surrounded by an elliptical ring.) |
NGC 4273 | 12h 19m 54s | 5° 21' 0" | 11.9 | 2.3 | pB, L, E, gbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:21:00 | Spiral? As per the NGC. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 4277 | 12h 20m 6s | 5° 21' 0" | 13.5 | 0.9 | vF, eS | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:23:00 | A faint galaxy, next to NGC 4273. WolframAlpha: SB0 or SBa. |
NGC 4278 | 12h 20m 6s | 29° 17' 0" | 10.2 | 3.6 | vB, pL, R, mbM, r, 1st of 3 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A small galaxy with a very bright nucleus. N 4283 is around 5' NE of N 4278 |
NGC 4283 | 12h 20m 18s | 29° 19' 0" | 12.0 | 1.4 | B, S, R, bM, 2nd of 3 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint galaxy NE of NGC 4278. Both are ellipticals. |
NGC 4291 | 12h 20m 18s | 75° 22' 0" | 12 | 2.2 | pB, vS, R, lbM, 3 st f | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 23:15:20 | A faint halo surrounding a bright, starlike nucleus. Seyfert? Burnham: E1. |
NGC 4281 | 12h 20m 24s | 5° 23' 0" | 11.3 | 3.1 | B, vL, R, pgbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:20:32 | As per the NGC. Burnham: E6/S0. 4273 is almost as bright, as is 4270. Spirals all? 4277 is a bit fainter. There seems to be galaxy between 4277 and 4281. WikiSky: Nothing found. 4268 is large and faint. WikiSky: Smaller than other galaxies, but with a larger nucleus. |
NGC 4290 | 12h 20m 48s | 58° 6' 0" | 12 | 2.5 | pB, L, R, gmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 23:43:45 | A faint patch, almost invisible in the 12.5, and hard to see in the 30 and 25mm plossl. Burnham: SBa/SBb. |
NGC 4293 | 12h 21m 12s | 18° 23' 0" | 11 | 6.0 | F, vL, E, lbM, r | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:40:52 | A lovely almost edge on. Slight mottling noticed. Burnham: Sa/pec, WikiSky: Elongated galaxy surrounded by a faint envelope. |
N 4298 | 12h 21m 32.89s | 14° 36' 24" | 11.3 | 12.0 | 3.20 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 22:56:50 | A pair of galaxies, with NGC 4302. 4298 is oval, and 4302 is elongated. |
NGC 4319 | 12h 21m 42s | 75° 19' 0" | 12 | 3.1 | pB, pS, vlE, sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 23:27:2 | A faint, ~ 4' blob. In the same field as 4291. Burnham: SBc. |
N 4302 | 12h 21m 42.2s | 14° 35' 54" | 11.6 | 12.5 | 5.30 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 22:56:50 | A pair of galaxies, with NGC 4298. 4298 is oval, and 4302 is elongated. |
NGC 4303 | 12h 21m 54s | 4° 28' 0" | 9.7 | 6.0 | vB, vL, vsbM*, biN; = M61 | B | C-8 | 2008/Mar/17 03:00:00 | M 61 |
NGC 4303 | 12h 21m 54s | 4° 28' 0" | 9.7 | 6.0 | vB, vL, vsbM*, biN; = M61 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2020/May/09 22:20:6 | Supernova 2020jfo in the galaxy was not seen. The galaxy itself was a large, faint haze, barely visible in both the 24 and 15mm. A 12.0mv star was seen, in these Pickering 3 skies. |
NGC 4314 | 12h 22m 36s | 29° 53' 0" | 10.5 | 4.8 | cB, L, E 150deg +/- , sbM, * np | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:51:51 | A nice, elongated spiral. (Burnham: SBa, with faint arms) |
NGC 4321 | 12h 22m 54s | 15° 49' 0" | 9.4 | 6.9 | !! pF, vL, R, vg, psbMrN, 2-br spir; = M100 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | An almost face on Sc. It has a bright nucleus, and a fainter, uniform disk, with the 24.5mm Ultrawide. |
NGC 4338 | 12h 23m 6s | 28° 55' 0" | 15 | vF, lE, com; = IC 3247 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M84, M86 and N4387. | |
NGC 4333 | 12h 23m 24s | 6° 2' 0" | 14 | 1.1 | F, pS, R, bM, 2nd of 3 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint spot. |
NGC 4346 | 12h 23m 27.89s | 46° 59' 38" | 11.2 | 3.20x1.3 | 12.7 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2017/Mar/24 0:23:47 | An edge on spiral with a bright nucleus, and faint envelop. |
NGC 4339 | 12h 23m 36s | 6° 5' 0" | 11.4 | 2.3 | B, pL, R, bM, 3rd of 3 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | An elliptical, position angle approximately 70°. (This position angle estimate is wrong). |
NGC 4342 | 12h 23m 36s | 7° 3' 0" | 14 | 1.1 | eF, vS, R; = IC 3256 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint, small smudge, with a brighter nucleus than NGC 4370 |
NGC 4340 | 12h 23m 36s | 16° 43' 0" | 11.0 | 4.1 | pB, S, R, psbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:36:3 | Forms a nice pair with 4350. As per the NGC. Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 4343 | 12h 23m 42s | 6° 57' 0" | 12.1 | 2.8 | pF, S, E; D? | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint smudge. |
NGC 4341 | 12h 24m 0s | 7° 7' 0" | 14 | eF, vS, R; = IC 3260 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A dim, small patch, barely glimpsed. | |
NGC 4350 | 12h 24m 0s | 16° 42' 0" | 11.1 | 3.2 | cB, vS, mE, vsbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:37:8 | A nice pair with 4340. As per the NGC. Burnham: E7. |
NGC 4365 | 12h 24m 30s | 7° 19' 0" | 11 | 6.2 | cB, pL, vlE, gl, smbM | B | C-8 | 2008/Mar/17 03:00:00 | An almost imperceptible smudge in tonight's moonwashed skies. |
NGC 4365 | 12h 24m 30s | 7° 19' 0" | 11 | 6.2 | cB, pL, vlE, gl, smbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A bright, compact, round E0. Sloan photos show the outer regions to be elliptical. |
NGC 4386 | 12h 24m 30s | 75° 32' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | pB, cL, lE, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 23:28:58 | A small round smudge, brighter towards the center. E? Burnham: E0/S0. |
NGC 4370 | 12h 24m 54s | 7° 27' 0" | 14 | 1.6 | pF, pS, lE, bM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint, small smudge. A 45° spiral? No. An edge on with a huge dust lane, like NGC 5128. |
NGC 4371 | 12h 24m 54s | 11° 42' 0" | 10.8 | 3.9 | B, pS, R, gbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:42:13 | A bright, round E0? Burnham: S0/SBa. |
NGC 4374 | 12h 25m 6s | 12° 53' 0" | 9.3 | 5.0 | vB, pL, R, psbM, r; = M84 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M86, N4338 and N4387. |
NGC 4382 | 12h 25m 24s | 18° 11' 0" | 9.2 | 7.1 | vB, pL, R, bM, * np; = M85 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | AKA M85. M85 is a tilted spiral with a mottled disc. Looks like an Sc. (Burnham: S0a). N 4394 is another spiral galaxy 3' E of M85. |
NGC 4389 | 12h 25m 36s | 45° 41' 0" | 12 | 2.7 | pB, pL, iE, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 22:30:55 | A faint, amorphus blob, slightly elongated. Sc or Sd? Burnham: 12.8mv SB/pec. |
NGC 4385 | 12h 25m 42s | 0° 34' 0" | 12.4 | 2.3 | vF, vS, alm stell | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Very faint, NW of an 8th Magnitude star. K stars gives its magnitude as 13.2, Burnham (usually the more accurate source) gives it as 12.9. SS Virginis is about 1/2 degree North of NGC 4385. |
NGC 4387 | 12h 25m 42s | 12° 49' 0" | 12.0 | 1.9 | pF, vS, R, *13 90" np, np of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | An edge on spiral, with a bright middle. |
N 4388 | 12h 25m 46.89s | 12° 39' 43" | 11.0 | 11.8 | 5.60 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/14 23:56:28 | A bright, round galaxy near the center of the Virgo cluster. Magnificient sweeping near here in tonight's cold but dark skies. |
NGC 4395 | 12h 25m 48s | 33° 33' 0" | 10.2 | 12.9 | eF, vL, np of Dneb | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/11 0:37:30 | Not found. Field not found, too. (A low surface brightness face on SC with a tiny starlike nucleus. Seyfert.) |
NGC 4395 | 12h 25m 48s | 33° 33' 0" | 10.2 | 12.9 | eF, vL, np of Dneb | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:32:40 | A very large, very faint oblong (2:1) patch. Best in the 41mm. |
NGC 4394 | 12h 25m 54s | 18° 13' 0" | 10.9 | 3.9 | pB, lE, bM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint spiral just East of M 85. |
NGC 4402 | 12h 26m 6s | 13° 7' 0" | 11.7 | 4.1 | F, L, mE 90deg | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A small edge on, very faint. |
NGC 4406 | 12h 26m 12s | 12° 57' 0" | 9.2 | 7.4 | vB, L, R, gbMN, r; = M86 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M84, N4338 and N4387. |
NGC 4414 | 12h 26m 24s | 31° 13' 0" | 10.3 | 3.6 | vB, L, E, g, vsmbM * | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:45:2 | A bright galaxy. E0? (Burnham: an Sc!, confirmed by WikiSky) |
NGC 4414 | 12h 26m 24s | 31° 13' 0" | 10.3 | 3.6 | vB, L, E, g, vsmbM * | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jul/6 22:8:49 | The supernova was very faint, enmeshed in the galaxy's halo. |
N 4417 | 12h 26m 50.39s | 9° 35' 4" | 11.1 | 12.0 | 3.30 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 23:44:13 | Small, round, with a brighter middle. |
NGC 4419 | 12h 26m 54s | 15° 3' 0" | 11.1 | 3.4 | B, pmE 135deg +/- , sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 22:40:20 | A lovely galaxy, like a miniature M 81. Burnham: SB?, Simbad: SBa. |
NGC 4421 | 12h 27m 0s | 15° 28' 0" | 11.6 | 2.7 | pB, pL, pgbM, B* np | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 22:24:46 | A small, faint smudge. Perhaps I'm only seeing the nucleus of an Sc? Listed as a 12.6mv S0 by atlasoftheuniverse.com. I concur, it is dimmer than 11.6v. |
NGC 4429 | 12h 27m 24s | 11° 7' 0" | 10.2 | 5.5 | B, L, cE, psbM, *10 nf | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 22:1:52 | Round central region, bright nucleus, elongated envelope. Sb? (Burhnam: S0/Sa) |
NGC 4435 | 12h 27m 42s | 13° 5' 0" | 10.9 | 3.0 | vB, cL, R, np of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A bright, small elliptical. Forms a pair with NGC 4438. |
NGC 4438 | 12h 27m 48s | 13° 1' 0" | 10.1 | 9.3 | B, cL, vlE, r, sf of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A faint, large, edge on spiral. |
NGC 4438 | 12h 27m 48s | 13° 1' 0" | 10.1 | 9.3 | B, cL, vlE, r, sf of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | An Sa peculiar, with a diaphanous outer envelope. The envelope wasn't seen, and it looks like a bright, small elliptical. Forms a pair with NGC 4435. |
NGC 4442 | 12h 28m 6s | 9° 48' 0" | 10.5 | 4.6 | vB, pL, R, smbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 22:7:1 | A lovely tilted spiral. (Burnham: E5/S0) |
NGC 4446 | 12h 28m 12s | 13° 55' 0" | 15 | eeF, pS, R | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | This galaxy, along with NGC 4447 which is almost on top of it, (perhaps they are interacting?) is the faintest galaxy I saw tonight. They were but a persistent glowing patch of sky background. HNGC lists them as 13.8 and 14 mv. I only located them because of their proximity to NGC 4459, and it's 8 mv star just south east. | |
NGC 4448 | 12h 28m 12s | 28° 37' 0" | 11.1 | 4.0 | B, L, E 90deg , sbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 22:45:19 | An elongated spiral with a bright nucleus. Nice. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 4449 | 12h 28m 12s | 44° 6' 0" | 9.4 | 5.1 | vB, cL, mE, D or bifid, rrr, *9 f 5' | B | C-8 | 2007/Jun/06 22:00:00 | A faint brightening of the sky glow. I was suprised I saw this irregular at all! |
NGC 4450 | 12h 28m 30s | 17° 5' 0" | 10.1 | 4.8 | B, L, R, gvmbM *, r, B* sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 23:26:20 | A round envelope, with a bright mottled core. (Burnham: Sb) |
NGC 4460 | 12h 28m 48s | 44° 52' 0" | 12 | 4.4 | B, pL, E 123deg , psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 22:19:23 | A nice, fairly bright, edge on. Burnham: E7. |
NGC 4457 | 12h 29m 0s | 3° 34' 0" | 10.8 | 3.0 | cB, pS, R, smbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/10 1:19:32 | A very faint smudge, in tonight's hazy skies. Best in the 18, and found only with the finder chart. |
NGC 4461 | 12h 29m 0s | 13° 11' 0" | 11.2 | 3.7 | pF, S, R, bM, f of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | AKA NGC 4443. A small, bright elliptical (Burnham: S0). A pair with the fainter ngc 4458. |
NGC 4458 | 12h 29m 0s | 13° 15' 0" | 12.1 | 1.9 | pB, S, R, bM, p of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | Makes a pair with the brighter ngc 4461. HNGC lists this as 11.8 mv, but it looks fainter than that. It also lists it as an elliptical, but it was too faint for me to guess. |
NGC 4459 | 12h 29m 0s | 13° 59' 0" | 10.4 | 3.8 | pB, pL, iR, bM, r, *8 sf 2' | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A bright spiral that blinks with the 8.1 mv K star just south east of it. When you look at the star the galaxy vanishes, when you look away from it, the galaxy appears to be only a bit dimmer than the star. The "blinking" galaxy! |
N 4443 | 12h 29m 2.89s | 13° 11' 4" | 11.2 | 12.1 | 3.40 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 0:3:30 | A nice galaxy near the heart of the Virgo cluster. |
NGC 4464 | 12h 29m 24s | 8° 10' 0" | 12.7 | 1.1 | F, vS, R, pgbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint, fuzzy starlike object. Brighter than 4467. Not in Burnham, but HRNGC lists it as a spiral. In the sloan survey photo, it looks like an S0. |
NGC 4467 | 12h 29m 30s | 8° 0' 0" | 14.5 | 0.7 | vF, vS, lE | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | An extremely faint smudge. HRNGC lists it as 14th mv! Surprising I saw it at all, but it's an elliptical, and these look like fuzzy stars, rather than extended nebulae. |
NGC 4469 | 12h 29m 30s | 8° 45' 0" | 12 | 3.9 | pF, pL, mE, bM, r | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A medium bright streak, in position angle approximately 70°. Burnham lists it as an edge on Sb. |
NGC 4468 | 12h 29m 30s | 14° 3' 0" | 13.0 | 1.5 | F, cL | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | An extremely faint galaxy, HNGC lists it as a 12.7 mv elliptical. |
NGC 4470 | 12h 29m 36s | 7° 49' 0" | 13 | 1.5 | F, pL, iR, bM; = IC 3417 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint, but distinct patch. A face on S0? Not in Burnham. NASA extragalactic Database lists it an an Sa(?). |
NGC 4472 | 12h 29m 48s | 8° 0' 0" | 8.4 | 8.9 | vB, L, R, mbM, r; = M49 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | AKA NGC 4472. A bright, compact elliptical. (E4, Burnham) |
NGC 4473 | 12h 29m 48s | 13° 26' 0" | 10.2 | 4.5 | pB | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A small elliptical with a bright middle. |
NGC 4474 | 12h 29m 54s | 14° 4' 0" | 11.8 | 2.3 | pF, R, r | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A small, round, faint galaxy. HRNGC lists it as 11.5 mv, "pretty faint". In the same field as NGC 4459 and NGC 4468. |
NGC 4476 | 12h 30m 0s | 12° 21' 0" | 12.3 | 1.9 | F, S, R, bM, 1st of 3 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | In the same field as M 87. An elliptical, but about four magnitudes fainter than M87. |
NGC 4477 | 12h 30m 0s | 13° 38' 0" | 10.4 | 4.0 | pB, cL | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A small elliptical with a faint middle. |
NGC 4478 | 12h 30m 18s | 12° 20' 0" | 11.2 | 2.0 | pB, S, R, psbM, 2nd of 3 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | In the same field as M 87. An elliptical, but about three magnitudes fainter than M87. |
NGC 4479 | 12h 30m 18s | 13° 35' 0" | 12.5 | 1.8 | pB, pL | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A very faint, small galaxy. |
NGC 4485 | 12h 30m 30s | 41° 42' 0" | 12.0 | 2.4 | B, pS, iR, np of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 22:13:1 | A faint companion to NGC 4490. Appears to be an edge on. Wikisky: 4490 and 4485 are a pair of interacting galaxies. 4485 is not quite edge on. |
NGC 4490 | 12h 30m 36s | 41° 38' 0" | 9.8 | 5.9 | vB, vL, mE 130deg , r, sf of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:24:43 | A bright, almost edge on Sc? Envelope mottled. A very interesting galaxy. (Sc: Burnham) |
NGC 4486 | 12h 30m 48s | 12° 24' 0" | 8.6 | 7.2 | vB, vL, R, mbM, 3rd of 3; = M87 | P | C-8 | 2007/Apr/20 22:00:00 | A bright spherical blob, brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 4486 | 12h 30m 48s | 12° 24' 0" | 8.6 | 7.2 | vB, vL, R, mbM, 3rd of 3; = M87 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A bright elliptical with a small envelope. AKA M 87. |
NGC 4486 | 12h 30m 48s | 12° 24' 0" | 8.6 | 7.2 | vB, vL, R, mbM, 3rd of 3; = M87 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2020/May/30 21:53:42 | I could barely see in these moonwashed skies. About 10° from the 1st quarter moon. |
NGC 4488 | 12h 30m 54s | 8° 22' 0" | 13 | 3.6 | vF, vS, lE | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | An extremely faint, 5 arc minute diameter glow. The Sloan photo shows an edge on spiral, with distended outer arms. |
NGC 4492 | 12h 31m 0s | 8° 5' 0" | 12.5 | 2.0 | pF, pL, vglbM, 2 st nr; = IC 3438 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A faint ellipse, position angle approximately 60°, with an 11.5 mv field star on top of it. |
NGC 4487 | 12h 31m 6s | -8° 3' 0" | 11 | 4.1 | F, vL, er | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:0:29 | A large, faint patch. Face on spiral? No pronounced nucleus. Burnham: Sc, WikiSky: Sc. |
NGC 4494 | 12h 31m 24s | 25° 47' 0" | 9.9 | 4.8 | vB, pL, R, vsmbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:28:11 | An elliptical or face on Sa. Bright nucleus, with a uniformly bright disk. (E1: Burnham) |
NGC 4501 | 12h 32m 0s | 14° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 6.9 | B, vL, vmE; = M88 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/20 10:30:00 | A minature M31, but a bit less tilted. Quite nice. There is a double of 11th or 12th Mv stars just south that looks like another galaxy. |
NGC 4501 | 12h 32m 0s | 14° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 6.9 | B, vL, vmE; = M88 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A bright spiral like NGC 253, with a bright middle. AKA M 88. |
NGC 4503 | 12h 32m 6s | 11° 11' 0" | 11.1 | 3.5 | pB, S, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 22:49:44 | A small, fairly bright patch. E3? B:E2/S0. |
NGC 4506 | 12h 32m 12s | 13° 25' 0" | 14 | 1.6 | cF, pmE 90deg +/- , gbM, *9 p 8s | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | Another faint spiral, beyond the C-8. HNGC lists it as 12.8 mv. |
N 4437 | 12h 32m 45.6s | 0° 6' 56" | 10.4 | 11.1 | 10.50 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 23:48:56 | A faint streak, quite elongated. |
NGC 4517 | 12h 32m 48s | 0° 7' 0" | 10.5 | 10.2 | cB, vL, vmE 89deg , pB* in cont | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/29 23:53:4 | A large, faint smudge, with an 11.5mv star involved. Hard to find. Burnham: edge on Sc. |
NGC 4516 | 12h 33m 6s | 14° 34' 0" | 14 | 1.9 | F, pS, R, r | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | HNGC lists this as a 12.5 mv spiral. It's too faint for the C-8. |
NGC 4519 | 12h 33m 30s | 8° 39' 0" | 11.7 | 3.1 | F, pL, R, bM, r | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A 3 arc minute, dim, round blob. (Burnham: SBc) |
NGC 4526 | 12h 34m 0s | 7° 42' 0" | 9.6 | 7.2 | vB, vL, mE 120deg +/- , psmbM, bet 2 st 7m | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A bright, large almost face on Sc spiral (?) with a small nucleus, between 2 7 mv stars. position angle approximately 120. (the faint outer arms, easily seen in photos, were washed out by the stars) (Burnham: E7/ S0) |
NGC 4526 | 12h 34m 0s | 7° 42' 0" | 9.6 | 7.2 | vB, vL, mE 120deg +/- , psmbM, bet 2 st 7m | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Mar/20 2:15:27 | There is a star about 1/6 of a field (12.5mm) south of the galaxy, not shown on my finder chart. WikiSky: It's 13.35mv. |
NGC 4526 | 12h 34m 0s | 7° 42' 0" | 9.6 | 7.2 | vB, vL, mE 120deg +/- , psmbM, bet 2 st 7m | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/May/13 23:7:12 | A bright galaxy,easily seen despite tonight's moonlight. |
NGC 4560 | 12h 34m 2.8s | 7° 41' 56" | 9.3 | 7.00x2.5 | 12.7 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Mar/9 1:31:29 | A faint (of course!) elliptical smudge, in pa 300. |
NGC 4527 | 12h 34m 6s | 2° 39' 0" | 10.4 | 6.3 | pB, L, pmE 69deg , mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 23:44:18 | A streak in the sky, brighter in the middle. (Burnham: N_4527) |
NGC 4535 | 12h 34m 18s | 8° 12' 0" | 9.8 | 6.8 | pF, vL, r, spiral neb | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A large, dim, globular. The stars were resolved with averted vision. Wrong! It's a face on SBc spiral (Burnham)! The patchy arms looked starlike. |
NGC 4531 | 12h 34m 18s | 13° 5' 0" | 13 | 3.0 | F, pL, R, vgbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A very faint smudge. HNGC lists it as "faint", 11.7 mv. In general, spirals without bright middles are hard to see. |
NGC 4536 | 12h 34m 30s | 2° 11' 0" | 10.4 | 7.4 | B, vL, mE 110deg , sbM, er | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2011/May/30 0:15:43 | Nice, mottled spiral. As per the NGC. Burnham: Sc/SBc. |
NGC 4548 | 12h 35m 24s | 14° 30' 0" | 10.2 | 5.4 | B, L, lE, lbM; = M91 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A large, face on Sc, with a bright middle. Burnham: an SBb. Wiki Sky lists this as M 91. |
NGC 4546 | 12h 35m 30s | -3° 48' 0" | 10.3 | 3.5 | vB, cL, pmE 78deg , vsmbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 23:50:55 | A bright, tiny galaxy. Seyfert? Burnham: E6/S0. A peculiar galaxy with counter rotating regions! |
NGC 4550 | 12h 35m 30s | 12° 13' 0" | 11.6 | 3.5 | pB, S, vlE, sp of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 0:38:13 | A nice, bright elongated 2:1 galaxy. Makes a nice pair with NGC 4551, also in the same field. Burnham: E0/S7, 12.6mv. |
NGC 4551 | 12h 35m 36s | 12° 16' 0" | 11.9 | 2.0 | pB, S, R, bM, nf of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 10:30:24 | A round patch 3' NNE of NGC 4550. A nice pair of galaxies. Burnham: E3. |
NGC 4552 | 12h 35m 42s | 12° 33' 0" | 9.8 | 4.2 | pB, pS, R, gmbM; = M89 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A small, bright round elliptical with a bright middle. AKA M 89. |
NGC 4559 | 12h 36m 0s | 27° 58' 0" | 9.9 | 10.5 | vB, vL, mE 150deg , gbM, 3 st f | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A large irregular blob. dim but quite mottled, with no distinct nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | 80x: A faint but distinct streak, with sharp edges. Bright middle, and the dust lane was barely visible with averted vision. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | This superb edge on gives the illusion of having the edges of its spiral arms appear to be spread out, which photos prove does not happen. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Mar/27 2:15:51 | A faint, but obvious, streak in tonight's clear, steady sky. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:53:42 | Beautiful! Bright nucleus, disk an obvious streak of light, and the dark lane was glimpsed. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | Big Bend Nat Park | O-15 | 2016/Feb/4 3:58:25 | A bright streak in the sky. Bright, almost starlike nucleus, truncated at the eastern side by the dark lane. Nothing seen beyond the dark lane. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 23:59:49 | A gorgeous edge on. The dark lane appears to be a line of dark sky just NW of the galaxy. |
NGC 4565 | 12h 36m 18s | 25° 59' 0" | 9.6 | 16.2 | B, eL, eE 135deg , vsbMN = *10-11 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2020/May/9 22:25:0 | I can barely make out the nucleus in the 15 and 9mm. Seeing Pickering 4, but the sky is transparent. |
NGC 4564 | 12h 36m 24s | 11° 26' 0" | 11.1 | 3.1 | pB, S, lE, psbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A small, uniformly bright spot. It looks like a faint planetary nebula. Burnham lists it as an E6, and its WikiSky photo confirms this. The nucleus does look round. Next time more power than 36x needs to be applied. |
N 4567 | 12h 36m 32.7s | 11° 15' 28" | 11.3 | 12.1 | 3.10 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/15 23:53:5 | Looks like a pair of galaxies, colliding. Aladin/DSS: More probably, they are two galaxies that happen to be in the same line of sight to the Milky Way. |
NGC 4568 | 12h 36m 36s | 11° 14' 0" | 10.8 | 4.6 | vF, L, sf of Dneb | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A pair of galaxies, with NGC 4567 an arc minute to the north. At 36x, these looked like a single galaxy. They need to be re-examined with higher power. |
NGC 4568 | 12h 36m 36s | 11° 14' 0" | 10.8 | 4.6 | vF, L, sf of Dneb | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/May/4 22:17:40 | A very faint patch. Best in the 18, almost invisible in the 24 or the 12.5. |
NGC 4569 | 12h 36m 48s | 13° 10' 0" | 9.5 | 9.5 | pL, bMN; = M90 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | An Andromeda like spiral, but much smaller! Bright middle. AKA M90. |
NGC 4570 | 12h 36m 54s | 7° 15' 0" | 10.9 | 4.1 | cB, pS, mE 0deg +/- , sbMrN | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A streak with a bright middle, position angle approximately 170°. Sb spiral? (Burnham: E8/S0) |
NGC 4570 | 12h 36m 54s | 7° 15' 0" | 10.9 | 4.1 | cB, pS, mE 0deg +/- , sbMrN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/May/13 23:9:32 | A galaxy elongated in the n-s direction. Easily seen, despite tonight's moonlight. |
NGC 4589 | 12h 37m 24s | 74° 12' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | cB, L, lE, pgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Feb/20 21:50:14 | A nice, fairly bright, face on Sa or E3 galaxy. Burnham: E2/S0. |
N 4578 | 12h 37m 30.59s | 9° 33' 20" | 11.5 | 12.4 | 3.10 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/17 0:6:45 | A bright, round fuzz ball. |
NGC 4579 | 12h 37m 42s | 11° 49' 0" | 9.8 | 5.4 | B, L, iR, vmbM, r; = M58 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | AKA M 58. A bright, face on Sb/Sa/E0/? Burnham lists it as an Sb. |
NGC 4584 | 12h 38m 18s | 13° 7' 0" | 14 | 1.5 | vF, S, R | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | Too faint for my C-8. HNGC lists it as 12.8 mv spiral, but that's spread over a couple of square arc minutes of sky. |
NGC 4586 | 12h 38m 30s | 4° 19' 0" | 11.6 | 4.4 | pB, L, E, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Jun/16 23:23:37 | A large but very faint brightening of the night sky |
NGC 4593 | 12h 39m 39.29s | -5° 20' 38" | 10.9 | 3.90x2.9 | 13.4 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/May/10 21:35:40 | A faint smudge, invisible in the 24mm, barely seen in the 15 and 9mm. |
NGC 4596 | 12h 39m 54s | 10° 11' 0" | 10.5 | 3.9 | B, pS, R, gmbM, r, 3 st f | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A spiral with a bright middle, half a degree west of 5th magnitude ρ Vir. Burnham lists it as an S0/SBa. NGC 4608 is between ρ and NGC 4596. |
NGC 4594 | 12h 40m 0s | -11° 37' 0" | 8.3 | 8.9 | !, vB, vL, eE 92deg, vsmbMN; = M 104 | B | C-8 | 2008/Apr/15 03:15:00 | AKA M 104. A difficult object in tonight's moonwashed skies. I missed it altogether two nights ago. It was a faint, small (7 arc minute) streak slightly brighter towards the middle. It would be superb in dark skies. |
NGC 4594 | 12h 40m 0s | -11° 37' 0" | 8.3 | 8.9 | !, vB, vL, eE 92deg, vsmbMN; = M 104 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Apr/28 21:42:16 | Even in these light polluted skies, one can make out the bright nucleus and orientation of the disk. No hint of a dark lane, though. |
NGC 4605 | 12h 40m 0s | 61° 37' 0" | 11 | 5.5 | B, L, vmE 118deg , glbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Apr/6 21:21:38 | The very faintest of smudges against this fairly dark (for this light polluted sky) sky. Without the finder chart, I would have seen nothing. |
NGC 4606 | 12h 41m 0s | 11° 55' 0" | 11.9 | 2.8 | vF, pS, E, 2 or 3 vS st inv | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A faint, small, smudge. It looks like an Sb in it's WikiSky photo. There was no sign of the companion galaxy, NGC 4607, an edge on Sc of 13th mv. |
NGC 4608 | 12h 41m 12s | 10° 9' 0" | 11.1 | 3.2 | pB, pL, R, psbM, r, *12 np 1' | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A spiral between NGC 4596 and ρ Vir. Burnham lists it as an A0/Sba. It's nucleus is fainter than NGC 4596's. |
NGC 4618 | 12h 41m 30s | 41° 9' 0" | 10.8 | 4.4 | B, L, E, mbM, curved branch n | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 0:13:34 | A faint Sc? Burnham: Sc/pec. |
N 4612 | 12h 41m 32.79s | 7° 18' 53" | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.70 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 1:3:21 | Like a fuzzy star. Best in the 12.5mm, much harder in the 19mm. |
IC_3667 | 12h 41m 33s | 41° 9' 4" | 10.8 | 4.20x3.4 | 13.5 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Mar/9 1:50:0 | A very low contrast smudge in the sky. Best in the 15mm, visible only in the 9mm when the telescope was moved. |
NGC 4621 | 12h 42m 0s | 11° 39' 0" | 9.8 | 5.1 | B, pL, lE, vsvmbM, 2 st p; = M59 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | AKA M 59. Like a fuzzy star. Small but bright. I suspected it was a Seyfert, Burnham notes it is a massive elliptical, but considerably smaller than the milky way. |
NGC 4631 | 12h 42m 6s | 32° 32' 0" | 9.3 | 15.1 | !, vB, vL, eE 70deg +/- , bMN, *12 att n | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 22:37:24 | A large, very elongated streak with what seemed to be sharply delinated edges. The left edge was quite bright. (Edge on Sc. Left edge was the nucleus.) |
N 4667 | 12h 42m 47.29s | 11° 26' 33" | 11.2 | 12.1 | 2.20 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:59:39 | With NGC 4637, an interacting pair of galaxies. The same galaxy as NGC 4638. Aladin/DSS: NGC 4637 is in the same line of sight as NGC 4667. They do not appear to be interacting . |
NGC 4636 | 12h 42m 48s | 2° 41' 0" | 9.6 | 6.2 | B, L, iR, vgvmbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/10 23:57:20 | A bright elliptical. (E1, Burnham) |
NGC 4638 | 12h 42m 48s | 11° 26' 0" | 11.3 | 2.8 | F, R, gbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A faint, almost star like, galaxy. There was no sign of the much fainter NGC 4637. Both galaxies appear to be spirals on WikiSky's photographic atlas, although HNGC lists NGC 4638 as an elliptical. Burnham lists it as an E5/S0. |
NGC 4639 | 12h 42m 54s | 13° 15' 0" | 11.5 | 2.9 | pB, S, E, r, *12 sf 1' | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Feb/25 1:56:10 | An very faint smudge, seen only in the 18 when the telescope was slewed. Nearby NGC 4654 was more easily seen. Burnham: SBb. |
N 4637 | 12h 42m 54.2s | 11° 26' 17" | 13.9 | 14.9 | 1.20 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:59:39 | With NGC 4638, an interacting pair of galaxies. The same galaxy as NGC 4667. Aladin/DSS: NGC 4637 is in the same line of sight as NGC 4667. They do not appear to be interacting. |
NGC 4643 | 12h 43m 18s | 1° 59' 0" | 10.6 | 3.4 | cB, pS, lE, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 23:55:37 | Bright nucleus, off centered envelop. Burnham: SBa. WikiSky: No asymmetry seen. |
N 4647 | 12h 43m 32.49s | 11° 34' 58" | 11.3 | 11.9 | 2.90 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 1:7:52 | There were at least 5 galaxies in the 19mm field. NGC 4647 appears to be interacting with M 60. Aladin/DSS: NGC 4647 is simply in the same line of sight as M 60. |
NGC 4649 | 12h 43m 42s | 11° 33' 0" | 8.8 | 7.2 | vB, pL, R, f of Dneb; = M60 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | AKAM 60. A bright elliptical, with fainter NGC 4647 just 3 arc minutes or so away to the north west. I suspect that the two are interacting, but photos do not show any significant distortion of the outer envelopes. A chance line up? Hard to tell. I saw both galaxies as spirals, but only NGC 4647 is. Burnham lists it as an Sc. |
NGC 4651 | 12h 43m 42s | 16° 24' 0" | 10.7 | 3.8 | cB, L, E 90deg , gbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 22:56:46 | A small, bright smudge. E? Burnham: Sc (!). |
NGC 4654 | 12h 44m 0s | 13° 8' 0" | 10.5 | 4.7 | F, vL, pmE (D?), 3 st nr; = IC 3708 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A large, diffuse galaxy. Burnham lists it as an Sc. |
NGC 4656 | 12h 44m 0s | 32° 10' 0" | 10.4 | 13.8 | !, pB, L, vmE 34deg , sp of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/4 0:0:20 | A very nice, if faint, edge on. About 10' long. B:I/pec. WikiSky: edge on with twisted ends. |
NGC 4660 | 12h 44m 30s | 11° 11' 0" | 11.0 | 2.8 | vB, S, vsvmbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:1:29 | A small (3') galaxy with a bright, starlike nucleus. Seyfert? Burnham: E5, Internet: No mention of an active nucleus. |
NGC 4666 | 12h 45m 6s | -0° 28' 0" | 10.8 | 4.5 | B, vL, mE 45deg +/- , psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:4:58 | An almost edge on smudge. |
NGC 4624 | 12h 45m 6.09s | 3° 3' 19" | 10.5 | 3.50x3.5 | 13.1 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Mar/9 1:38:31 | A fairly faint smudge, best in the 15 and 9mm. It's 1.7' NE of a 10.8mv star. |
NGC 4664 | 12h 45m 6.09s | 3° 3' 19" | 10.5 | 3.50x3.5 | 13.1 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/May/10 21:42:16 | Another faint smudge, but visible in the 24, 15, and 9mm. AKA NGC 4624. |
NGC 4665 | 12h 45m 6.09s | 3° 3' 19" | 10.5 | 3.50x3.5 | 13.1 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Mar/9 2:27:23 | The same as NGC 4624. |
N 4684 | 12h 47m 17.6s | -2° 43' 37" | 11.4 | 12.3 | 2.80 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:54:21 | A small, thin, bright streak. |
NGC 4689 | 12h 47m 48s | 13° 46' 0" | 10.9 | 4.0 | pB, vL, E, vglbM, r | LBRP | 18 obs | 2011/Jun/6 23:16:51 | A large, barely visible, smudge. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 4691 | 12h 48m 12s | -3° 20' 0" | 11.2 | 3.2 | pB, pL, E 90deg +/- , mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:21:29 | A small, almost edge on spiral. Burnham: SBa. |
N 4694 | 12h 48m 14.89s | 10° 59' 2" | 11.4 | 12.1 | 3.30 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 1:12:54 | A small, bright streak. Best in the 12.5mm |
NGC 4698 | 12h 48m 24s | 8° 29' 0" | 10.7 | 4.3 | cB, pL, iR, bM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:28:8 | A bright nucleus, surrounded by an amorphous halo. Between 2 11mv stars. Sa/Sb. |
NGC 4697 | 12h 48m 36s | -5° 48' 0" | 9.3 | 6.0 | vB, L, lE 45deg +/- , smbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Apr/9 23:12:54 | A very faint patch, without much brightening towards the center. Hard to see in tonight's light polluted, partly cloudy sky. |
NGC 4696 | 12h 48m 48s | -41° 19' 0" | 10.7 | 3.5 | pB, L, R, gbM, r | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 4:21:13 | A faint, amorphous smudge. Face on spiral? Burnham: E1, Wikisky: E2. |
NGC 4699 | 12h 49m 0s | -8° 40' 0" | 9.6 | 3.5 | vB, R, vmbMrN, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/11 0:26:51 | Looks like a distant globular. Probably an E0. Bright. (Burnham: Sa/Sb, Looks like Sa to me on WikiSky.) |
NGC 4710 | 12h 49m 36s | 15° 10' 0" | 11.0 | 5.1 | cB, pL, vmE 28deg , sbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Feb/25 2:15:29 | A faint patch, about 2' in size. Near a 13mv star not on the chart. WikiSky: an edge on galaxy like NGC 3115. |
NGC 4712 | 12h 49m 36s | 25° 28' 0" | 13.0 | 2.6 | vF, pL | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A very faint, medium sized blob. Burnham: Sb. |
N 4750 | 12h 50m 6.5s | 72° 52' 28" | 11.2 | 12.1 | 2.10 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 1:17:50 | A small, bright, galaxy. Uniform brightness, hardly any middle brightness. Best in the 12.5mm. |
NGC 4725 | 12h 50m 24s | 25° 30' 0" | 9.2 | 11.0 | vB, vL, E, vg, vsvmbMeBN | P | C-8 | 2007/Apr/20 10:30:00 | This galaxy has a uniform disk, which is slightly mottled. The nucleus is almost stellar. |
NGC 4725 | 12h 50m 24s | 25° 30' 0" | 9.2 | 11.0 | vB, vL, E, vg, vsvmbMeBN | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A medium sized slightly elliptical face on Sb (?). Burnham: SBb. |
NGC 4736 | 12h 50m 54s | 41° 7' 0" | 8.2 | 11.0 | vB, L, iR, vsvmbMBN, r; = M94 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Bright nucleus, pale disc, a hint of spiral structure seen. |
NGC 4736 | 12h 50m 54s | 41° 7' 0" | 8.2 | 11.0 | vB, L, iR, vsvmbMBN, r; = M94 | B | C-8 | 2008/Apr/02 23:00:00 | A fuzzy star surrounded by a faint envelope in tonight's clear, unsteady skies. As well as I've ever seen a galaxy from the backyard. |
NGC 4736 | 12h 50m 54s | 41° 7' 0" | 8.2 | 11.0 | vB, L, iR, vsvmbMBN, r; = M94 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:05 | A round galaxy (elliptical?) with a very bright nucleus. There was a bit of granularity in the outer parts. An illusion? No. It's a face on Sb, the granularity was the spiral arms. |
NGC 4731 | 12h 51m 0s | -6° 24' 0" | 11 | 6.5 | vF, pL, E | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 3:6:32 | A very faint, but large patch. Tonight's dark skies would be required to see it. WikiSky: An S shaped streak. Burnham: SBc. |
NGC 4742 | 12h 51m 48s | -10° 27' 0" | 11.1 | 2.3 | pB, vS, vbMN = *11, *10 sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Feb/25 2:29:11 | A very faint patch near an 11.5mv star. Burnham: E3/4. |
NGC 4742 | 12h 51m 48s | -10° 27' 0" | 11.1 | 2.3 | pB, vS, vbMN = *11, *10 sf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Mar/9 2:46:5 | Looks like a fuzzy star. Seyfert? Modern references simply catagorise the galaxy as an E4. Both Herschels noted the tiny, very bright nucleus. |
NGC 4747 | 12h 51m 48s | 25° 47' 0" | 12.4 | 3.6 | F, pL, lE | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A very faint, medium sized blob. In its Sloan photo, it looks like an Sc than has undergone a collision. |
NGC 4754 | 12h 52m 18s | 11° 19' 0" | 10.6 | 4.7 | B, pL, R, psbM, p of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A bright, edge on spiral. Burnham lists it as an S0. |
NGC 4753 | 12h 52m 24s | -1° 12' 0" | 9.9 | 5.4 | cB, L, vlE, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/11 0:5:59 | Not found. |
NGC 4753 | 12h 52m 24s | -1° 12' 0" | 9.9 | 5.4 | cB, L, vlE, vglbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/14 21:0:35 | A very faint circular smudge. Sd? (Burnham, E1 or Irr) |
NGC 4762 | 12h 52m 54s | 11° 14' 0" | 10.2 | 8.7 | pB, vmE 31deg , 3 B st s, f of 2 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/04 22:30:00 | A bright, edge on spiral, brighter than NGC 4754, with its outer envelope somewhat irregular. |
N 4760 | 12h 53m 7.19s | -10° 29' 41" | 11.4 | 12.4 | 2.00 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:49:35 | An oblong, amorphus, mottled smudge. Aladin/DSS: No mottling seen in this E21 galaxy. Averted vision has its limits! |
NGC 4772 | 12h 53m 29s | 2° 10' 7" | 11.0 | 3.40x1.7 | 12.8 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/May/10 21:49:58 | A very faint smudge, elongated in about 20°. |
NGC 4793 | 12h 54m 36s | 28° 56' 0" | 11.7 | 2.9 | pB, pS, lE, *8 nf 1' | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 0:42:47 | An amorphous oval, not brighter towards the middle. Burnham: Sc, 12.4mv. |
NGC 4814 | 12h 55m 24s | 58° 21' 0" | 13 | 3.2 | B, pS, vlE, vgbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Feb/12 3:39:49 | An very faint patch, only visible with averted vision and telescope movement. Tonight's clear skies helped, of course. |
NGC 4826 | 12h 56m 42s | 21° 41' 0" | 8.5 | 9.3 | ! vB, vL, vmE 120deg +/- , bMSBN; = M64 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | The weird spiral with a dust cloud in its disk. It looked like its pictures with averted vision. |
NGC 4826 | 12h 56m 42s | 21° 41' 0" | 8.5 | 9.3 | ! vB, vL, vmE 120deg +/- , bMSBN; = M64 | LB | C-11 | 2009/May/12 21:15:00 | Barely saw the dust cloud. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies. |
NGC 4826 | 12h 56m 42s | 21° 41' 0" | 8.5 | 9.3 | ! vB, vL, vmE 120deg +/- , bMSBN; = M64 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Mar/27 2:44:2 | An elongated (2:1) blob, slightly asymmetric, with a bright nucleus. |
N 4818 | 12h 56m 48.9s | -8° 31' 30" | 11.1 | 12.0 | 4.30 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:43:0 | An elongated smudge, parallelling a line of three stars. |
NGC 4841 | 12h 57m 30s | 28° 29' 0" | 11.5 | 1.9 | pF, pL, R, vS* att | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 21:42:42 | A very faint patch, invisible in the 41mm, and barely seen in the 12.5mm. Tonight's skies are fairly hazy, and reflecting too much light pollution. HNGC gives 13.1mv for this 1.6x1' galaxy pair. |
IC_3946 | 12h 58m 48s | 27° 49' 0" | 13.9 | 1.0 | F, pS, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 22:6:56 | An very faint smudge just under a triangle of 12-13mv stars. Very difficult to see. Invisible in the 41mm, barely visible in the 12.5mm. Not confirmed by the HNGC or WikiSky. Aladin DSS: There is a 14.7 (APASS) 15.2mv or (UCAC4) mv galaxy here, mismarked by the UCAC4 and APASS as a star. |
NGC 4856 | 12h 59m 18s | -15° 2' 0" | 10.4 | 4.6 | B, R, psmbM, *13 np | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 23:4:47 | Small, fairly bright with a brigh nucleus. E? |
NGC 4866 | 12h 59m 30s | 14° 10' 0" | 11.0 | 6.5 | B, pL, mE 90deg , sbMN, S* inv | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:39:44 | A nice bright, somewhat elongated spiral, with a 12.5 mv star nearby. Burnham: S0/Sa, WikiSky: The star is 14mv! |
N 4872 | 12h 59m 35.8s | 27° 57' 34" | 11.7 | 12.6 | 1.90 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:24:39 | Along with NGC 4884, one of twobright elliptical galaxies at the center of the Coma cluster of galaxies. The rest are meer fragments of averted imagination. Aladin/DSS: These two galaxies are the brighter members of the celibrated Coma cluster of galaxies. |
NGC 4874 | 12h 59m 36s | 27° 58' 0" | 11.9 | 2.7 | F, 4869 and 4872 p | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Mar/27 2:53:34 | An very faint spot in tonight's clear, steady sky. |
NGC 4886 | 12h 60m 0s | 27° 59' 0" | 13.9 | 0.8 | F, S, R, 4889 f 4s | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 21:57:52 | A faint, oblong patch, slightly brighter towards the middle. This turned out to be NGC 4889. It will take darker skies to show NGC 4886. |
NGC 4889 | 13h 0m 6s | 27° 58' 0" | 11.4 | 3.0 | pB, pmE, bM, *7 n | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | The brightest member of the Coma cluster. For the first time, I saw around 13 other members with averted vision. An awesome sight. |
N 4884 | 13h 0m 8.29s | 27° 58' 35" | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.80 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:24:39 | There are 2 prominent galaxies that the two bright stars point to. The rest are meer fragments of averted imagination. Aladin/DSS: These two galaxies are the brighter members of the celibrated Coma cluster of galaxies. |
N 4880 | 13h 0m 10.49s | 12° 29' 0" | 11.4 | 12.3 | 3.10 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/16 23:38:26 | A faint, oblong, smudge. |
NGC 4900 | 13h 0m 36s | 2° 30' 0" | 11.5 | 2.3 | cB, cE, *10 att 135deg +/- | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Feb/25 2:4:25 | A faint, somewhat elongated smudge between an 11.5mv and 12.5mv stars. WikiSky: An almost face on Sc. Amazing I saw it at all. |
NGC 4902 | 13h 1m 0s | -14° 31' 0" | 11.2 | 3.0 | pB, pL, iR, st nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:46:39 | A tiny (1.5'), faint spot in the sky. It seems much dimmer that its stated magnitude. Burnham: A face on SBb. |
NGC 4921 | 13h 1m 24s | 27° 53' 0" | 12.1 | 2.7 | F, pL, 3rd of 4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 22:17:48 | A fairly large, very faint patch. Visible in both the 19 and 12.5mm, best in the 19mm. |
NGC 4921 | 13h 1m 24s | 27° 53' 0" | 12.1 | 2.7 | F, pL, 3rd of 4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 22:26:27 | A very faint, almost invisible patch. |
NGC 4939 | 13h 4m 12s | -10° 20' 0" | 11 | 5.8 | pB, L, R, gmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/May/11 22:29:8 | An very faint patch, found only with the finder chart. |
NGC 4958 | 13h 5m 48s | -8° 1' 0" | 10.5 | 4.1 | vB, pS, E, bMBN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:49:50 | An almost edge on spiral with a small, bright nucleus. Burnham: E6/S0. |
IC 4182 | 13h 5m 49.3s | 37° 36' 23" | 11.1 | 11.8 | 4.80 | Staunton River Star Party | O-15 | 2018/Mar/17 0:21:4 | The field was found, but the galaxy was unseen in both the 20 and 12.5mm eyepieces. Aladin/DSS: An extremly low surface brightness galaxy. It's not at all suprising that it was invisible in the O-15. |
N 4981 | 13h 8m 48.69s | -6° 46' 39" | 11.3 | 12.1 | 2.80 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 23:45:35 | A faint blob, brighter towards the middle, just north of a 10.8mv star. |
NGC 4995 | 13h 9m 42s | -7° 50' 0" | 11.0 | 2.5 | pB, pL, R, vgpmbM, *8 np | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:52:26 | A faint, round patch with almost no nucleus. Sd? Burnham: Sb. WikiSky: disk and nucleus washed out in image. |
NGC 5005 | 13h 10m 54s | 37° 3' 0" | 9.8 | 5.4 | vB, vL, vmE 66deg , vsbMN | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | Bright, looks like a miniture M31. |
NGC 5005 | 13h 10m 54s | 37° 3' 0" | 9.8 | 5.4 | vB, vL, vmE 66deg , vsbMN | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/May/3 23:33:35 | The bright nucleus and a hint of the elongated envelope was visible, even in tonight's bright moonlight. |
NGC 5018 | 13h 13m 0s | -19° 31' 0" | 10.8 | 2.6 | cB, S, R, mbMpBN | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 1:1:58 | A small, bright, galaxy, brighter towards the middle. E2? Easily seen, even in the Damascus "soup". Also glimpsed was NGC 5022. Burnham: E3/S0, 12.2mv. |
NGC 5033 | 13h 13m 24s | 36° 36' 0" | 10.1 | 10.5 | vB, pL, E 167deg , smbMvBN, * np | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A medium sized, somewhat faint edge on Sb. |
NGC 5022 | 13h 13m 30s | -19° 33' 0" | 13 | 2.5 | vF, pL, E 30deg , gbM, f 5018, F* close p | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 22:40:5 | I barely glimpsed this edge on spiral, 7' E of NGC 5018. SEDS: SB, 12.9mv. |
IC 858 | 13h 14m 51.89s | 17° 13' 38" | 12.7 | 13.7 | 1.40 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2019/Jun/3 22:38:40 | Glimpsed in the 15mm. NGC 5053 was not seen. |
NGC 5044 | 13h 15m 24s | -16° 23' 0" | 11.0 | 2.6 | pB, pL, R, bM | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 2:54:32 | A bright, small galaxy, apparently at the center of aluster. E3? B:E0. |
NGC 5055 | 13h 15m 48s | 42° 2' 0" | 8.6 | 12.3 | vB, L, pmE 120deg +/- , vsmbMBN; = M63 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Bright, spindle shaped, brighter towards the middle, some mottling in the bright areas was glimpsed. |
NGC 5055 | 13h 15m 48s | 42° 2' 0" | 8.6 | 12.3 | vB, L, pmE 120deg +/- , vsmbMBN; = M63 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | An Sc titled at 45°, with lots of mottling in the arms. (Burnham: Sb). A superb sight on a dark night. |
NGC 5049 | 13h 16m 0s | -16° 24' 0" | 12.9 | 2.1 | cF, S | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 2:56:55 | A small companion to 5044. Spiral? WkikSky: E0, B:E0. |
NGC 5054 | 13h 17m 0s | -16° 38' 0" | 11 | 5.0 | F, pS, iR | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 4:32:18 | A faint blob, gradually brighter towards the middle. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 5077 | 13h 19m 30s | -12° 39' 0" | 11.5 | 2.0 | pB, S, vlE, sbM, 2nd of 3 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Apr/3 4:9:54 | A slight brightening of the night sky. The other galaxies in the cluster were invisible. |
NGC 5102 | 13h 22m 0s | -36° 38' 0" | 9.7 | 9.3 | vB, pS, R, svmbM | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/14 4:26:42 | A bright nucleus, with a fainter envelope, brighter towards the middle. SO or E1? Burnham: S0. WikiSky: S0. |
NGC 5128 | 13h 25m 30s | -43° 1' 0" | 7.0 | 18.2 | !!, vB, vL, vmE 122deg , bifid | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 3:10:11 | A big, bright galaxy, and one of the few that looks like its photos. The dark lane is plainly apparent, even this close to the horizon. |
NGC 5128 | 13h 25m 30s | -43° 1' 0" | 7.0 | 18.2 | !!, vB, vL, vmE 122deg , bifid | Big Bend Nat Park | O-15 | 2016/Feb/5 5:46:0 | Again, much like its photos. The seeing is horrible, the brighter stars are 1' fuzz balls. |
NGC 5147 | 13h 26m 18s | 2° 6' 0" | 11.8 | 1.8 | pB, pL, vlE, vsmbM *12 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Mar/24 3:46:21 | An eef, medium sized smudge. Invisible in the 24mm, barely glimped in the 12.5. Burnham: A face on Sc. No wonder it's hard to see! |
NGC 5204 | 13h 29m 36s | 58° 25' 0" | 11.3 | 4.8 | pB, cL, iR, gmbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/6 23:59:56 | A large, faint smudge. Burnham: I/Sd. |
NGC 5170 | 13h 29m 48s | -17° 58' 0" | 12 | 8.1 | cF, L, mE 129deg , pgbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A rather faint edge on Sc. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | P | C-8 | 2007/Apr/20 22:00:00 | 80x: This is a glorious galaxy in dark skies. Even with an 8 inch , the spiral structure is glimpsed. NGC 5195 appears as a bright patch next to M51. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | P | C-8 | 2007/May/11 23:00:00 | Very good tonight, scraping the zenith. and more spiral structure and mottling was noticed than usual, when it's seen rising in the north east. A magnificent object. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | Never seen it better! Spiral arms easily seen. Magnificent. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/3 23:11:2 | Found the 14mv supernova. Nice! Confirmed: UniverseToday.com. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Jan/20 4:7:16 | Both nuclei plainly seen, with hints of the disk surrounding M 51. The eastern part of the disk was slightly brighter. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 2:58:24 | Spiral structure plainly apparent, but John Herschel's drawing is close to its visual appearance, if one inclues the spirals. |
NGC 5194 | 13h 29m 54s | 47° 12' 0" | 8.4 | 11.0 | !!!, great spiral neb M51 | Big Bend Nat Park | O-15 | 2016/Feb/5 5:57:49 | Spiral structure plainly seen. |
NGC 5195 | 13h 30m 0s | 47° 16' 0" | 9.6 | 5.4 | B, pS, lE, vgbM, inv in M51 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/11 0:27:46 | The companion of M51 |
NGC 5236 | 13h 37m 0s | -29° 52' 0" | 7.6 | 11.2 | !! vB, vL, E 55deg , esbMN, 3-br spir; = M83 | P | C-8 | 2007/Mar/18 10:30:00 | C-8@80x: An oval blob surrounding a bright, round nucleus. |
NGC 5236 | 13h 37m 0s | -29° 52' 0" | 7.6 | 11.2 | !! vB, vL, E 55deg , esbMN, 3-br spir; = M83 | SAO | C-11 | 2013/Mar/13 3:5:16 | A very bright nucleus, surrounded by a faint, large, elliptical, haze. It was not helped by being only 15° above the horizon. |
NGC 5236 | 13h 37m 0s | -29° 52' 0" | 7.6 | 11.2 | !! vB, vL, E 55deg , esbMN, 3-br spir; = M83 | Big Bend Nat Park | O-15 | 2016/Feb/5 5:43:33 | The low contrast bar was plainly seen. M 83 spins clockwise. |
NGC 5248 | 13h 37m 30s | 8° 53' 0" | 10.2 | 6.5 | B, L, E 150deg , psbMrN | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A large, faint elliptical haze surrounding a round, bright nucleus. |
NGC 5247 | 13h 38m 6s | -17° 53' 0" | 10.5 | 5.4 | !! cF, vL, vg, psmbMLN, 2-branched spiral | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:42:58 | A faint, low contrast streak, barely visible through the glow of the aurora commercialis. |
NGC 5273 | 13h 42m 6s | 35° 39' 0" | 11.6 | 3.1 | cB, pL, R, g, psmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Mar/15 1:7:57 | A round, bright, nucleus surrounded by a slightly elliptical envelope. Burnham: E1. 12.7mv. |
NGC 5308 | 13h 47m 0s | 60° 58' 0" | 11.3 | 3.5 | B, pL, mE 57deg , psbMBEN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:14:39 | A nice edge on! The envelop seems to be asymmetric. Burnham: S0/E8. WikiSky: No assymmetry seen. |
N 5300 | 13h 48m 15.9s | 3° 57' 2" | 11.4 | 12.1 | 3.80 | Staunton River | O-15 | 2019/Mar/5 23:51:47 | A very faint glow, without a pronounced nucleus. |
NGC 5322 | 13h 49m 18s | 60° 12' 0" | 10.0 | 5.5 | vB, pL, iR, psmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Apr/9 22:49:31 | A very faint smudge, hard to see in the 25, I did not see it in the 18. |
NGC 5350 | 13h 53m 24s | 40° 22' 0" | 11.4 | 3.2 | cF, pL, bM, *7 p, 1st of 4 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Jun/7 22:30:2 | A smudge with a bright middle. Part of the NGC 5353 group. |
NGC 5353 | 13h 53m 30s | 40° 17' 0" | 11.1 | 2.8 | pB, S, R, 2nd of 4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/8 0:6:0 | A brighter member of the 5353 group. There are 4 galaxies in a small field here. |
NGC 5354 | 13h 53m 30s | 40° 18' 0" | 11.5 | 2.3 | pF, S, R, 3rd of 4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/8 0:7:11 | Part of the 5353 group. |
NGC 5355 | 13h 53m 48s | 40° 21' 0" | 14 | vF, pS, 4th of 4 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Jun/8 19:3:19 | A very faint smudge, barely visible. The RNGC lists it a 14mv. | |
NGC 5390 | 13h 55m 40s | 40° 27' 44" | 10.6 | 4.20x3.4 | 13.4 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Mar/18 3:32:51 | The nucleus is an very faint smudge. |
NGC 5371 | 13h 55m 42s | 40° 28' 0" | 10.8 | 4.4 | pB, L, R, bMFN | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jun/7 23:42:22 | A small smudge, roundish, with no pronounced nucleus. SBb?. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 5363 | 13h 56m 6s | 5° 15' 0" | 10.2 | 4.2 | B, pL, R, psbM, *8 nf | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | An E4? The center of a cluster? There seems to be faint mottling to the SE of this galaxy. This is not a cluster center. It's a rare Ep. The mottling is NGC 5354. |
NGC 5363 | 13h 56m 6s | 5° 15' 0" | 10.2 | 4.2 | B, pL, R, psbM, *8 nf | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Jun/7 22:14:34 | Plainly visible even in tonight's moon washed sky. |
NGC 5364 | 13h 56m 12s | 5° 1' 0" | 10.4 | 7.1 | cF, L, R, gbM | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A very faint mottling to the south of NGC 5053. |
NGC 5377 | 13h 56m 18s | 47° 14' 0" | 11.2 | 4.6 | B, L, mE 42deg , smbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:24:30 | A nice edge on. Burnham: Sa. |
NGC 5375 | 13h 56m 48s | 29° 10' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | pB, pL, R, lbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 22:52:17 | A very faint, small, smudge. |
NGC 5383 | 13h 57m 6s | 41° 51' 0" | 11.4 | 3.5 | cB, cL, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 22:38:52 | A faint patch with a small nucleus. Face on Sc? B, Wikisky: Face on SBb. |
NGC 5448 | 14h 2m 50.39s | 49° 10' 21" | 11.0 | 3.80x2.0 | 13.0 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Mar/29 3:59:23 | A small very faint smudge. Very close to averted imagination. |
NGC 5457 | 14h 3m 12s | 54° 21' 0" | 7.7 | 26.9 | pB, vL, iR, g, vsmbMBSN; = M101 | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A large blob, with a faint, indistinct nucleus. There are streamers of nebulosity spinning off of it (the spiral arms). |
NGC 5457 | 14h 3m 12s | 54° 21' 0" | 7.7 | 26.9 | pB, vL, iR, g, vsmbMBSN; = M101 | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/18 22:30:00 | Faint, large, looks like it's Hubble pictures. Gorgeous. |
NGC 5457 | 14h 3m 12s | 54° 21' 0" | 7.7 | 26.9 | pB, vL, iR, g, vsmbMBSN; = M101 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/5 1:49:2 | A large, faint, smudge, filling 1/3 of the 24mm eyepiece field. |
NGC 5473 | 14h 4m 42s | 54° 54' 0" | 11.4 | 2.6 | pB, S, R, gbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/5 1:51:26 | Small, but bright. The most easily seen of tonight's galaxies. |
NGC 5474 | 14h 5m 0s | 53° 40' 0" | 10.9 | 4.5 | pB, L, bM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/5 1:44:51 | A large, faint smudge, visible only when the telescope is moved. |
NGC 5485 | 14h 7m 12s | 55° 0' 0" | 11.5 | 2.6 | cB, R, vgbM, f of 2 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/5 1:54:22 | A barely dicernable patch in the sky. |
NGC 5493 | 14h 11m 30s | -5° 3' 0" | 11.5 | 2.0 | pB, vS, R, psmbM *, *18 inv | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 23:14:6 | A nice, bright galaxy. Sb? |
NGC 5533 | 14h 16m 6s | 35° 21' 0" | 11.8 | 3.2 | pB, R, vsmbM, 2 or 3 st inv | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Aug/18 21:28:7 | An very faint brightening of the night sky. Almost invisible. Face on Sd? |
NGC 5557 | 14h 18m 24s | 36° 30' 0" | 11.1 | 2.4 | cB, S, R, vsbM * | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:26:48 | Small, round E? Burnham: E1. |
NGC 5585 | 14h 19m 48s | 56° 44' 0" | 10.9 | 5.5 | pF, L, iR, vgmbM, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/10 1:52:8 | A faint smudge. Slightly tilted Sc? Burnham: Sc/Sd/ |
NGC 5560 | 14h 20m 6s | 4° 0' 0" | 12.4 | 3.9 | pF, cL, E, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:29:57 | An extremely faint spiral. |
NGC 5566 | 14h 20m 18s | 3° 56' 0" | 10.5 | 6.5 | B, pL, R, psbM, r, *12 f 1'.5 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/Jun/19 0:28:28 | A faint smudge with a faint, starlike nucleus. Seyfert? N 5560 not visible. N 5566 not listed as a Seyfert. |
NGC 5566 | 14h 20m 18s | 3° 56' 0" | 10.5 | 6.5 | B, pL, R, psbM, r, *12 f 1'.5 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:29:15 | A very bright, small elliptical. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 5574 | 14h 20m 54s | 3° 14' 0" | 12.4 | 1.6 | pF, pS, lE, p of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:15:50 | A faint, tilted spiral, forming a nice pair with 5576. |
NGC 5576 | 14h 21m 6s | 3° 16' 0" | 10.9 | 3.2 | B, S, R, vsmbM, f of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:13:30 | A bright elliptical, forming a nice pair with 5054. |
NGC 5614 | 14h 24m 6s | 34° 52' 0" | 11.7 | 2.7 | pB, S, R, smbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:33:50 | A rather bright nucleus surrounded by a faint halo. |
NGC 5638 | 14h 29m 42s | 3° 14' 0" | 11.3 | 2.6 | cB, pL, R, sf of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:37:21 | A bright middle, surrounded by a fainter halo. |
NGC 5660 | 14h 29m 48s | 49° 37' 0" | 11.8 | 2.8 | pB, L, iR, vgbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Aug/16 22:0:29 | A very faint patch, made visible only by the slewing of the telescope in tonight's very hazy skies. |
NGC 5678 | 14h 32m 6s | 57° 55' 0" | 12 | 3.2 | B, L, lE 0deg , vgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/2 1:14:23 | A diffuse smudge, about 3' across. Sc? Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 5676 | 14h 32m 48s | 49° 28' 0" | 10.9 | 3.9 | B, L, E 45deg +/- , pgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:30:41 | A small, bright E. B:Sc WikiSky: Little contrast in disk. Starburst, flocculent, galaxy, |
NGC 5668 | 14h 33m 24s | 4° 27' 0" | 11.5 | 3.3 | F, pS, vlE, *14 inv | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 22:55:27 | A faint patch, with a 13.7mv star in front of the galaxy. |
NGC 5687 | 14h 34m 54s | 54° 29' 0" | 11.8 | 2.6 | pF, S, iF, r, *10 f | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Aug/18 21:33:1 | An very faint patch, next to a 9.2mv star that almost overwhelms the galaxy. |
NGC 5707 | 14h 37m 30s | 51° 34' 0" | 13 | 2.8 | B, pS, R | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Jun/26 22:20:48 | A very faint blur in the night sky, I'm surprised I could see it at all, what with a quarter moon in the sky. |
NGC 5701 | 14h 39m 12s | 5° 22' 0" | 12 | 4.7 | cB, pS, R, mbM, *11 p 15s | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:40:41 | An amorphus smudge with an obvious nucleus. Sb/Sc?. Burnham: SBb. |
NGC 5713 | 14h 40m 12s | -0° 17' 0" | 11.4 | 2.8 | cB, pL, R, psmbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:45:30 | A faint spiral with a small nucleus. |
NGC 5746 | 14h 44m 54s | 1° 57' 0" | 10.6 | 7.9 | B, L, vmE 170deg , bmBN | P | C-11 | 2009/Apr/17 22:30:00 | A faint edge on. Looks like a dusty Sc. Nucleus wasn't seen but the middle was a bit brighter than the edged. There is a hint of a sharp dust lane. Burnham classifies it as an Sb. |
NGC 5775 | 14h 54m 0s | 3° 33' 0" | 11.4 | 4.3 | F, pS, vmE 148deg , gvlbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:5:47 | A very difficult to see smudge, owing to a 12.7mv star very close by. The 12.7mv star is not shown by Aladin or WikiSky. There is, however a 13.9mv star 1' NW of the galaxy center. |
NGC 5820 | 14h 58m 42s | 53° 53' 0" | 11.9 | 2.5 | B, E 90deg +/- , sbM, B D* f 8' | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Jun/26 22:44:53 | A very faint patch, invisible in the 25, visible only in the 12.5 with telescope motion. |
NGC 5806 | 14h 60m 0s | 1° 54' 0" | 11.6 | 3.1 | cB, cL, E 165deg +/- , sbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 22:29:53 | A large, faint galaxy with hardly any nucleus. |
NGC 5812 | 15h 1m 0s | -7° 27' 0" | 11.2 | 2.4 | cB, S, R, svmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:33:18 | A small, bright E. Burnham: E1. |
NGC 5813 | 15h 1m 12s | 1° 42' 0" | 10.7 | 3.6 | B, pS, R, psmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Jun/2 1:17:57 | A most gossamer brightening of the urban night sky. Burnham: E1, WikiSky: Looks more like an E3 to me. |
NGC 5814 | 15h 1m 24s | 1° 37' 0" | 14 | vF, vS, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/2 22:26:49 | A faint smudge near N 5813. | |
NGC 5831 | 15h 4m 6s | 1° 13' 0" | 11.5 | 2.2 | pB, S, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/5 23:49:53 | A 5' faint, amorphous smudge. |
NGC 5838 | 15h 5m 24s | 2° 6' 0" | 10.8 | 4.2 | pB, pS | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:37:15 | Bright, round nucleus, surrounded by an elliptical envelop. Burnham: A0. |
NGC 5846 | 15h 6m 24s | 1° 36' 0" | 10.2 | 3.4 | vB, pL, R, psbMN, F* inv s, rr | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2010/May/5 1:30:15 | A faint smudge, a bit brighter in the middle. Spiral? N_5850 was not visible. |
NGC 5846 | 15h 6m 24s | 1° 36' 0" | 10.2 | 3.4 | vB, pL, R, psbMN, F* inv s, rr | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/6 0:4:37 | A bright, round, small E0. |
NGC 5866 | 15h 6m 30s | 55° 46' 0" | 10.0 | 5.2 | vB, cL, pmE 146deg , gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Apr/11 0:11:42 | A bright galaxy, spiral, mottled, almost edge on. Not a bright nucleus. (Edge on with a dust lane. Overexposed by WikiSky) |
NGC 5850 | 15h 7m 6s | 1° 33' 0" | 11.0 | 4.3 | cF, S, lE, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/May/6 0:3:44 | A large, faint, smudge. |
NGC 5879 | 15h 9m 48s | 57° 0' 0" | 11.5 | 4.4 | cB, S, E, mbMRN, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jul/1 22:50:35 | Nice galaxy, 2:3 elongation, Sb? Wikipedia: SBc |
NGC 5899 | 15h 15m 0s | 42° 3' 0" | 11.8 | 3.0 | cB, pL, pmE, smbMN | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:41:29 | A faint, round patch. Uniformly bright. HNGC: An almost edge on SBc. I saw only the core. |
NGC 5905 | 15h 15m 24s | 55° 31' 0" | 12 | 4.2 | pF, pS, iR | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:55:32 | A very faint smudge. Best seen when the telescope is slewing. |
NGC 5907 | 15h 15m 54s | 56° 19' 0" | 10.4 | 12.3 | cB, vL, vmE 155deg , vg, psbMN | P | C-8 | 2008/Jul/03 00:00:00 | A lovely edge on spiral. A streak of light with whispy ends, which is perhaps an optical illusion, and a small, bright nucleus. |
NGC 5908 | 15h 16m 42s | 55° 25' 0" | 11.9 | 3.2 | pF, pS, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:59:18 | Faint, but brighter than NGC 5905. A bit oblong. HNGC: An edge on Sb. |
NGC 5921 | 15h 21m 54s | 5° 4' 0" | 10.8 | 4.9 | cB, cL, iR, vsbM *12, am st | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/5 2:1:14 | A faint haze near a 12mv star. |
NGC 5963 | 15h 33m 30s | 56° 35' 0" | 12 | 3.5 | pF, pS, iF | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Jun/1 0:3:39 | A small, bright, round galaxy. E0? HNGC: A face on Sc. This galaxy is unusually bright for an Sc. |
NGC 5962 | 15h 36m 30s | 16° 37' 0" | 11.4 | 2.8 | pF, pL, ilE, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:9:28 | A fairly bright galaxy, somewhat elliptical. E3? No! HNGC reports it's a bright, face on Sc. |
NGC 5970 | 15h 38m 30s | 12° 11' 0" | 11.4 | 3.0 | pF, pL, R, rr | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/May/31 23:13:56 | A large, fainti, somewhat oblong smudge. Face on Sb? HNGC reports it to be an SBc. |
NGC 5982 | 15h 38m 42s | 59° 21' 0" | 11.1 | 2.9 | cB, S, R, psbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:43:12 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a small halo. E? Burnham: E3. |
NGC 5985 | 15h 39m 36s | 59° 20' 0" | 11.0 | 5.5 | pB, cL, iE, r | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/Jun/2 0:37:50 | A very faint, small smudge. Almost invisible. This should be revisited in dark skies with the C-11. |
NGC 5985 | 15h 39m 36s | 59° 20' 0" | 11.0 | 5.5 | pB, cL, iE, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/29 23:53:23 | Still a faint, elongated smudge. |
NGC 6015 | 15h 51m 24s | 62° 19' 0" | 11.2 | 5.4 | B, mE | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:48:2 | An elongated smudge. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 6027 | 15h 59m 12s | 20° 45' 0" | 12.4 | 2.2 | eF, vF* inv, 2 vF st nr | LBRP | O-18 | 2012/Jun/16 23:29:27 | AKA Seyfert's sextet. A couple of persistent, very faint patches at the edge of vision, they are 14.7 and 14.98mv, according to the spider.seds.org site. |
NGC 6070 | 16h 10m 0s | 0° 43' 0" | 11.7 | 3.6 | F, L, pmE, vgbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jul/6 22:27:59 | A gossamer smudge. |
NGC 6140 | 16h 20m 54s | 65° 23' 0" | 12 | 6.2 | cF, pL, iR | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 20:36:22 | A large but very faint circular blob on the sky. Aladin DSS: An SBc. More aperture would have shown this to be elongated. |
NGC 6166 | 16h 28m 36s | 39° 33' 0" | 12.0 | 2.4 | pF, S, vlE, vgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jul/6 22:33:33 | A very faint smudge, visible with averted vision and telescope slewing only. |
NGC 6181 | 16h 32m 18s | 19° 50' 0" | 11.9 | 2.6 | pB, pL, vlE, pgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Aug/18 23:28:49 | A small, faint galaxy. |
NGC 6217 | 16h 32m 36s | 78° 12' 0" | 11.2 | 3.1 | B, cL, lE, slbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Jun/7 0:49:23 | Small, bright nucleus, uniform elliptical envelop. Sc? Burnham: Sc. |
PG 1634+706 | 16h 34m 29s | 70° 31' 33" | 14.4 | 0.1 | -, 8.6e9 ly distant | LBRP | O-18 | 2012/Jun/23 22:37:40 | A distant quasar that looks like an very faint star. Impressive to see it at all. |
NGC 6207 | 16h 43m 6s | 36° 50' 0" | 11.6 | 3.0 | pB, pL, E 45deg +/- , vgmbM | P | C-8 | 2008/May/28 23:00:00 | A streak in position angle 30°. Sb? Burnham: Sc. Just NE of M 13. |
NGC 6207 | 16h 43m 6s | 36° 50' 0" | 11.6 | 3.0 | pB, pL, E 45deg +/- , vgmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Aug/14 21:12:20 | A ghost of a galaxy, a barely visible smudge in tonight's light polluted skies. Seen only with the aid of the finder chart. |
NGC 6207 | 16h 43m 6s | 36° 50' 0" | 11.6 | 3.0 | pB, pL, E 45deg +/- , vgmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2012/Jun/15 22:20:15 | A faint streak with a 30° pa. Brighter in the middle. |
NGC 6207 | 16h 43m 6s | 36° 50' 0" | 11.6 | 3.0 | pB, pL, E 45deg +/- , vgmbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Jun/15 0:44:0 | Even in tonight's fairly dark skies, only the most gossamer smudge is visible, and then only with the accurate finder chart and telescope motion. |
NGC 6236 | 16h 44m 30s | 70° 48' 0" | 12 | 3.0 | F, pL | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 20:31:18 | An very faint smudge, seen only when the telescope was slewing. Aladin DSS: The galaxy is 1.5' SSW of it's RNGC marked position. |
NGC 6239 | 16h 50m 6s | 42° 44' 0" | 12.3 | 2.8 | vF, E, biN np sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Aug/26 21:12:15 | The veriest brightening of the night sky. No detail seen. |
NGC 6340 | 17h 10m 24s | 72° 18' 0" | 11.0 | 3.4 | cF, pL, R, vgmbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Aug/18 23:21:12 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a faint halo. |
NGC 6412 | 17h 29m 36s | 75° 42' 0" | 11.8 | 2.3 | glob. cl. , cL, R, vgbM, rr | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Aug/18 23:12:39 | A small, very faint glow. Found only with the finder chart. |
NGC 6384 | 17h 32m 24s | 7° 4' 0" | 10.6 | 6.0 | pB, S, vlE | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2010/Jul/4 0:8:27 | A slightly oblong smudge, in what appears to be pa 20°. (WikiSky shows it to be closer to 40°. So much for position angle estimates from and alt-azimuth mount!) |
NGC 6503 | 17h 49m 24s | 70° 9' 0" | 10.2 | 6.2 | B or pB, L, mE, *9 f 4' | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/8 20:17:45 | A bright, uniform smudge, quite elongated, slighly brighter in the middle. Edge on Sb? Burnham: Sb |
NGC 6482 | 17h 51m 48s | 23° 4' 0" | 11.3 | 2.3 | ! vF, S, R, vsvmbMvSRN | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jul/6 22:39:17 | A faint galaxy with a 12mv star embedded in it. |
NGC 6501 | 17h 56m 6s | 18° 22' 0" | 12.3 | 2.0 | vF, vS, nf of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Aug/26 21:25:50 | A pair of faint galaxies, N 6501 and 6500, next the the exquisite double STF 2245. |
NGC 6555 | 18h 7m 48s | 17° 36' 0" | 12 | 2.1 | F, L, R, vglbM | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2010/Jul/4 0:11:40 | A faint smudge, lost amongst the stars of the Milky way. |
NGC 6610 | 18h 11m 51.2s | 14° 58' 54" | 12.0 | 1.50x1.1 | 12.3 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 19:43:30 | A faint, oval shaped smudge. |
NGC 6574 | 18h 11m 54s | 14° 59' 0" | 12.0 | 1.4 | pB, S, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Jul/6 23:32:37 | A faint round patch, gradually brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 6587 | 18h 13m 54s | 18° 50' 0" | 12.1 | 2.3 | F, vS, R, stell | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Aug/26 21:31:27 | A small, faint galaxy. Somewhat elongated and perhaps mottled. Aladin DSS image: looks lik an E5. No mottling aside from somerather faint (16mv... J band 2MASS) stars nearby. |
NGC 6643 | 18h 19m 48s | 74° 34' 0" | 11.1 | 3.9 | pB, pL, E 50deg , 2 st p | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/8 21:3:22 | A large, nondiscript patch. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 6654 | 18h 24m 6s | 73° 11' 0" | 11.6 | 3.0 | *12-13 in pB, pL neby | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jul/1 22:15:56 | Looks like a faint GC. EO? Bright center. |
NGC 6632 | 18h 25m 0s | 27° 32' 0" | 13 | 3.1 | F, S, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 20:32:40 | An very faint smudge. Invisible in the 41, barely seen in the 20, and best in the 12.5mm. |
NGC 6667 | 18h 30m 42s | 67° 59' 0" | 12 | 2.6 | vF, pL, lE, vF D* nr | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Aug/26 21:41:39 | An very faint smudge, found only with the finder chart and 19mm. It was invisible in the 41. |
NGC 6658 | 18h 33m 54s | 22° 53' 0" | 12.9 | 1.9 | F, vS, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 20:45:51 | Another in a series of very faint galaxies. Found only with the finder chart! |
NGC 6661 | 18h 34m 36s | 22° 55' 0" | 11.9 | 2.0 | F, vS, R, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 18:35:30 | A faint bit of celestial fluff. There are several stars involved. An S0, but I only saw the central part. |
NGC 6674 | 18h 38m 36s | 25° 23' 0" | 12.1 | 4.2 | F, pS, iR, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Aug/26 21:54:24 | Another very faint smudge. Hard to see any detail. Aladin DSS: A SBc galaxy tilted at about 45° |
NGC 6701 | 18h 43m 12s | 60° 40' 0" | 13 | 1.8 | pB, pS, mE, F* close f | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/8 21:32:17 | A tiny, but fairly bright spot. Almost stellar, a distant E0? WikiSky: A barred spiral! I only saw the nucleus. |
NGC 6702 | 18h 47m 0s | 45° 42' 0" | 12.2 | 2.1 | pF, S, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 18:46:11 | A faint smudge with an almost starlike nucleus. NGC 6703 is in the same field. |
NGC 6703 | 18h 47m 18s | 45° 33' 0" | 11.4 | 2.6 | B, S, R, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 18:46:11 | A faint smudge with an almost starlike nucleus. NGC 6702 is in the same field. |
NGC 6745 | 19h 1m 41.9s | 40° 45' 33" | 12.5 | 0.40x0.2 | 9.6 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 20:21:27 | A tiny, very faint, smudge. Aladin, DSS: This looks more like a bright nebula than any galaxy. |
NGC 6792 | 19h 21m 0s | 43° 8' 0" | 13 | F, E 26deg , glbM, *9.5 sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 22:28:48 | An very faint smudge in both the 41 and 19mm. | |
NGC 6824 | 19h 43m 42s | 56° 7' 0" | 11.9 | 2.1 | pB, iF, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/8 21:35:35 | A small, faint patch, requiring averted vision. Sb or Sc? Seds.org: Sab, other: Sb. |
NGC 6824 | 19h 43m 42s | 56° 7' 0" | 11.9 | 2.1 | pB, iF, bM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2011/May/5 1:36:38 | A faint smudge, somewhat brighter in the middle. |
NGC 6822 | 19h 44m 54s | -14° 48' 0" | 9 | 10.2 | vF, vS, E, dif; = IC 4895 | P | C-8 | 2007/Sep/12 22:00:00 | This galaxy appears to be a star cloud in the milky way. It's very low contrast, and seems to be oriented in north-south direction, position angle approximately 0 degrees. It is very hard to see, even at 36x. |
IC 4895 | 19h 45m 0s | -14° 48' 0" | 8 | 10.0 | group of neb, 25' diam; = 6822 | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2010/Jul/4 0:14:33 | A huge, low contrast smudge. No bright middle. |
NGC 6869 | 20h 0m 42s | 66° 13' 0" | 13 | 1.7 | pB, pS, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 22:14:24 | A small, faint smudge. A pair of 10.4 and 11.2 stars point to the galaxy. Aladin DSS: The galaxy is 40" north of its RNGC position. |
NGC 6906 | 20h 23m 36s | 6° 27' 0" | 12.7 | 1.8 | pF, pL, R | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:0:44 | A very faint smudge. |
IC_5006 | 20h 23m 42s | 6° 27' 0" | 12 | 1.6 | *14 in F, vS, R neb | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:0:44 | Near NGC 6906, but I can see only one very faint smudge. There is no sign of it on the WikiSky DSS image, either. |
NGC 6907 | 20h 25m 6s | -24° 49' 0" | 11.3 | 3.4 | cF, cL, vlE, vglbM, r, 3 st p | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 20:52:4 | A tilted face on Sc. 2:1 elongation. Burnham: SBb. |
NGC 6915 | 20h 27m 46s | -3° 4' 36" | 12.2 | 1.50x0.9 | 12.4 | York Co Star Party | C-11 | 2016/Jul/27 23:41:12 | A faint glow in a rich Milky way field. |
NGC 6928 | 20h 32m 48s | 9° 56' 0" | 12.6 | 2.2 | pB, pL, mE | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/4 22:38:50 | A faint, uniform smudge. No obvious nucleus. E3? WikiSky: Sb? |
IC_1325 | 20h 32m 50.09s | 9° 55' 39" | 12.2 | 2.10x0.6 | 12.4 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 20:30:49 | A small, oblong, faint patch. Best in the 12.5, invisible in the 41mm. |
NGC 6930 | 20h 33m 0s | 9° 52' 0" | 13.1 | 1.4 | F, mE | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/4 22:39:24 | A very faint glow, near N 6928. |
NGC 6926 | 20h 33m 6s | -2° 1' 0" | 12.4 | 2.1 | vF, pL, E 176deg , p of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Aug/26 22:22:42 | This one was not visible in tonight's hazy skies. |
NGC 6925 | 20h 34m 18s | -31° 59' 0" | 11.3 | 4.1 | cB, L, mE 6deg , pslbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 20:54:40 | A faint, almost face on spiral, 1:1.5 elongation. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 6946 | 20h 34m 48s | 60° 9' 0" | 8.9 | 11.0 | vF, vL, vg, vsbM, rr | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jul/1 22:33:2 | A rather large, very faint smudge, with several foreground stars in it. WikiSky, Burnham: A face on Sc. |
NGC 6951 | 20h 37m 12s | 66° 6' 0" | 11.1 | 3.8 | pB, pL, lE | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Jul/1 22:30:9 | Nice bright galaxy with a faint envelope. |
NGC 6952 | 20h 37m 14s | 66° 6' 21" | 10.7 | 3.90x3.2 | 13.3 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2014/Oct/17 21:33:40 | Not visible in these glowing skies. NGC 6952 = NGC 6951. |
NGC 6962 | 20h 47m 18s | 0° 19' 0" | 12.0 | 3.0 | cF, S, R, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/4 21:54:2 | There are quite a few patches that could be galaxies, with averted imagination. N 6962 is the brightest of these. |
NGC 6964 | 20h 47m 24s | 0° 18' 0" | 12.7 | 1.9 | F, vS, R, bM, *14 sf 0'.5 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/5 23:46:48 | A glow next to N 6962's faint smudge. |
NGC 6958 | 20h 48m 36s | -38° 0' 0" | 12 | 2.4 | B, cS, R, pgmbM, 4 st p | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 21:4:14 | Like a faint (12.5mv) star surrounded by a gossamer, round, envelope. Burnham: E0/E1. |
NGC 7001 | 21h 1m 7.7s | -0° 11' 41" | 12.9 | 1.40x1.1 | 13.3 | York Co Star Party | C-11 | 2016/Jul/27 23:46:18 | The faintest of tiny blobs, barely punching through tonight's haze. |
NGC 7013 | 21h 3m 36s | 29° 54' 0" | 12 | 4.9 | pB, cS, R, psbM, pB* np | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/4 22:23:18 | A bright center with an asymmetrical envelope off to the north of the nucleus. Interesting galaxy. An Sc? WikiSky: An Sc surrounded by a faint envelope. |
NGC 7049 | 21h 19m 0s | -48° 34' 0" | 10.7 | 2.8 | vB, pS, E, mbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 20:21:7 | A round patch. Burnham: S0. |
NGC 7079 | 21h 32m 30s | -44° 5' 0" | 11.6 | 2.8 | B, R, cS, psbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 20:19:1 | A subtle brightening of the night sky, but this one is very close to the horizon, and the night is quite hazy. It would probably be much better in Australia. Burnham: S0. |
IC_1392 | 21h 35m 36s | 35° 24' 0" | 13 | 1.7 | pB, vmbM* | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 22:53:10 | An eef, almost starlike, smudge. Aladin DSS: The RNGC marked position is 40" west of the galaxy. |
NGC 7137 | 21h 48m 12s | 22° 10' 0" | 12.4 | 1.5 | F, pS, R, vglbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:6:37 | A faint, round patch, brighter towards the middle. A face on SD. |
NGC 7135 | 21h 49m 48s | -34° 53' 0" | 11.7 | 2.8 | pB, pL, R, vgbM, *14 att p | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 21:9:34 | A faint, round, patch, slightly brighter towards the center. Burnham: S0. |
NGC 7144 | 21h 52m 42s | -48° 15' 0" | 10.7 | 3.5 | vB, pS, R, mbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:22:55 | A small patch, slightly brighter towards the middle. In the same field as 7145. Burnham: E0. |
NGC 7145 | 21h 53m 18s | -47° 53' 0" | 11.2 | 2.5 | B, S, R, in triangle of st 13 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:24:16 | A small patch, fainter than 7144, but otherwise similar to it. Burnham: E0. |
NGC 7156 | 21h 54m 36s | 2° 57' 0" | 13.0 | 1.7 | F, pL, R, bM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 23:8:6 | I could not find this one. Aladin DSS: A faint, face on SBc. |
NGC 7162 | 21h 59m 48s | -43° 19' 0" | 13 | 2.8 | cF, cL, cE, glbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:28:3 | A very faint, elongated (1:3) smudge. No pronounced nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 7177 | 22h 0m 42s | 17° 44' 0" | 11.2 | 3.3 | pB, pS, R, bMN, r, * sp | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/4 23:44:28 | A bright galaxy, looks like an E2. Burnham: Sa/Sb |
NGC 7166 | 22h 0m 42s | -43° 25' 0" | 11.8 | 2.4 | cB, S, vlE, smbMN | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:27:8 | Small, bright, elongated 1:3(?). Edge on spiral? Burnham: S0, WikiSky: 1:3 elongation confirmed. |
NGC 7172 | 22h 2m 0s | -31° 52' 0" | 11.9 | 2.2 | pB, pL, lE, gbM, 1st of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:33:37 | With 7176, a pair of small but bright spirals? Another star 5' west appears to be a galaxy, and 7172 is just North. Impressive galaxy cluster. Burnham: 7172 is an Sa. |
NGC 7173 | 22h 2m 0s | -31° 58' 0" | 12.1 | 1.3 | cB, cS, R, sbM*, 2nd of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:33:37 | With 7176 and 7174. a trio of small but bright spirals? Another star 5' west appers to be a galaxy, and 7172 is just North. Impressive galaxy cluster. With 7174 and 7176, A trio of interacting galaxies - HubbleSite.org. |
NGC 7176 | 22h 2m 6s | -31° 59' 0" | 11.9 | 1.3 | B, pL, R, f of Dneb, 4th of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:33:37 | With 7174, a pair of small but bright spirals? Another star 5' west appers to be a galaxy, and 7172 is just North. Impressive galaxy cluster. With 7173 and 7174, A trio of interacting galaxies - HubbleSite.org. |
NGC 7174 | 22h 2m 6s | -31° 59' 0" | 12.6 | 1.3 | cF, S, R, p of Dneb, 3rd of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:33:37 | With 7176, a pair of small but bright spirals? Another star 5' west appers to be a galaxy, and 7172 is just North. Impressive galaxy cluster. With 7173 and 7176, A trio of interacting galaxies - HubbleSite.org. |
NGC 7184 | 22h 2m 42s | -20° 49' 0" | 12 | 5.8 | pB, pL, mE 64deg , bet 3 st, er | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/4 23:55:6 | A really faint, elongated smudge. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 7201 | 22h 6m 30s | -31° 16' 0" | 14 | 1.7 | F, R, gbM, 1st of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:42:32 | A group of 3 galaxies. 7203 is the brightest, all of the others are small and at the limits of visibility, found only with the chart. 7201 is an Sa in the Spanish Wikipedia. |
NGC 7203 | 22h 6m 42s | -31° 10' 0" | 13 | 1.9 | cF, R, stellar, 3rd of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:42:32 | A group of 3 galaxies. 7203 is the brightest, all of the others are small and at the limits of visibility, found only with the chart. No classifications found, not in B, but it looks like an Sa to me. Note that N 7202 does not exist. |
NGC 7204 | 22h 6m 54s | -31° 3' 0" | 14 | pB, L, lE, gbM, 4th of 4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:42:32 | A group of 3 galaxies. 7203 is the brightest, all of the others are small and at the limits of visibility, found only with the chart. A pair of galaxies, an S0 and an SBa. 7202 does not exist. | |
NGC 7217 | 22h 7m 54s | 31° 22' 0" | 10.2 | 3.7 | B, pL, gbM, er | P | C-8 | 2008/Oct/30 22:30:00 | Stellar nucleus, bright envelope fading radially towards the edge of the galaxy. Mottling was seen at 183x. |
NGC 7217 | 22h 7m 54s | 31° 22' 0" | 10.2 | 3.7 | B, pL, gbM, er | P | C-8 | 2008/Nov/28 20:30:00 | Like a hazy star with a faint halo. The sky was fairly cloudy at the time. |
NGC 7213 | 22h 9m 18s | -47° 10' 0" | 10.5 | 1.9 | vB, pS, R, gbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 20:42:59 | Like a bright, unresolved globular. Alpha Grus is in the same field, to the NorthWest. Burnham: Sa. |
NGC 7223 | 22h 10m 9.2s | 41° 1' 2" | 12.2 | 1.40x1.1 | 12.5 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/19 20:44:18 | An very faint patch, only visible when the telescope moved and I knew exactly where in the star field to look. |
NGC 7218 | 22h 10m 12s | -16° 40' 0" | 12.1 | 2.5 | pB, lE, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/5 0:10:29 | A very faint galaxy. I could barely make out a small smudge. Burnham: Sc |
NGC 7221 | 22h 11m 18s | -30° 37' 0" | 12 | 2.2 | F, S, R, gbM, r, 2 vS st nr | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:45:28 | A small, elongated patch, 1:1.5. Gbm. Wikipedia: SBbc |
NGC 7239 | 22h 15m 1.29s | -5° 3' 10" | 13.8 | 1.10x0.7 | 13.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 19:27:6 | The veriest smudge, found only with the charts on faint. It's fainter than a 15mv star. |
NGC 7242 | 22h 15m 42s | 37° 18' 0" | 12.0 | 2.6 | vF, S, lbM, f of 2 | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Nov/2 20:18:13 | A barely visible smudge, seen only when the telescope is slewed, in the 12.5mm. |
IC_5186 | 22h 18m 46.49s | -36° 48' 6" | 11.9 | 1.80x1.2 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:12:30 | A faint oblong patch, perhaps more fuzzy towards the north. |
IC_1443 | 22h 19m 3.6s | -20° 56' 24" | 12.5 | 0.80x0.7 | 11.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:16:18 | A small, faint, round blob. |
NGC 7252 | 22h 20m 44.79s | -24° 40' 42" | 11.4 | 2.10x1.7 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:2:8 | A faint, round blob, brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 7257 | 22h 22m 36.5s | -4° 7' 15" | 12.7 | 1.90x1.4 | 13.6 | York Co Star Party | C-11 | 2016/Jul/28 0:31:33 | Eef. Glimpsed in the 19mm, not visible in the 12.5. |
NGC 7286 | 22h 28m 0s | 29° 7' 0" | 13 | vF, S, R, am st | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 22:13:57 | Field found but the galaxy wasn't. Aladin DSS: Not visible because its RNGC coordinates are off by about 2.5' to the WNW. The galaxy itself is at 22:27:50.38 +29:05:45.8 | |
NGC 7284 | 22h 28m 35.8s | -24° 50' 40" | 12.1 | 2.30x1.6 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:7:19 | With NGC 7285, a double nucleus surrounded by what appears to be a common halo. |
NGC 7285 | 22h 28m 37.79s | -24° 50' 26" | 11.9 | 2.10x1.5 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:7:19 | With NGC 7284, a double nucleus surrounded by what appears to be a common halo. |
NGC 7302 | 22h 32m 24s | -14° 7' 0" | 12.1 | 1.9 | F, pS, R, vsbMSN; = IC 5228 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 20:27:51 | A moderately bright nucleus surrounded by an elliptical envelope elongated 3:2. Burnham: E3. |
IC 5228 | 22h 32m 24s | -14° 8' 0" | 13 | 1.9 | pB, pS, R, B* s; = 7302 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 20:29:26 | Same as 7302 |
NGC 7311 | 22h 34m 6.69s | 5° 34' 12" | 12.5 | 1.60x0.8 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 19:27:23 | An egg shaped galaxy, fairly bright. Perhaps a foreground star is involved? Aladin, DSS: The ovoid assemetry is illusory. There is no foreground star involved. |
NGC 7314 | 22h 35m 48s | -26° 3' 0" | 10.9 | 4.6 | cF, L, mE 0deg , vlbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/5 0:36:23 | A very faint smudge in the southern light pollution. Burnham: Sb/Sc |
NGC 7317 | 22h 35m 54s | 33° 57' 0" | 13.6 | 1.0 | vF, vS | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/7 0:1:52 | One of Stephen's quartet. A faint patch, along with 7320, 7318, and 7319. The pair of galaxies that comprises 7318 were not resolved. |
NGC 7318 | 22h 36m 0s | 33° 58' 0" | 13.1 | 1.9 | eF, eS | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/7 0:1:52 | One of Stephen's quartet. A faint patch, along with 7320, 7319, and 7317. The pair of galaxies that comprises 7318 were not resolved. |
NGC 7318 | 22h 36m 0s | 33° 58' 0" | 13.1 | 1.9 | eF, eS | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 22:16:31 | Only 7318 seen for sure. |
NGC 7320 | 22h 36m 6s | 33° 57' 0" | 12.7 | 2.2 | F, vS | P | C-8 | 2007/Oct/13 21:00:00 | AKA Stephan's Quintet. A very faint, but persistent brightening of the sky. Without a finder chart I would not have been able to find it. Ranks with IC 1257 for difficulty in seeing it. I only "saw" the brightest member, NGC 7320. |
NGC 7320 | 22h 36m 6s | 33° 57' 0" | 12.7 | 2.2 | F, vS | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/7 0:1:52 | One of Stephen's quartet. A faint patch, along with 7327, 7318, and 7319. The pair of galaxies that comprise 7318 were not resolved. |
NGC 7319 | 22h 36m 6s | 33° 59' 0" | 13.1 | 1.7 | eF, eS | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/7 0:1:52 | One of Stephen's quartet. A faint patch, along with 7320, 7318, and 7317. The pair of galaxies that comprises 7318 were not resolved. |
NGC 7330 | 22h 36m 54s | 38° 33' 0" | 13 | pB, S, lE, bM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/20 23:19:42 | An very faint smudge, if seen at all. Aladin DSS: An elliptical, about 10" across. It probably looks stellar visually. | |
NGC 7331 | 22h 37m 6s | 34° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 10.7 | B, pL, pmE 163deg , smbM | B | C-8 | 2006/Aug/05 21:00:00 | This galaxy is bright enough to punch through the light pollution above my backyard. It was elongated in position angle 0 degrees, and slightly brighter along its western edge. |
NGC 7331 | 22h 37m 6s | 34° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 10.7 | B, pL, pmE 163deg , smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/11 21:14:17 | A faint smudge, but distinctly elongated in pa 180°. Spindle shaped. |
NGC 7331 | 22h 37m 6s | 34° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 10.7 | B, pL, pmE 163deg , smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2013/Sep/4 23:9:56 | A bright streak in pa 180°, with a bright nucleus. Lovely, on this superb night. |
NGC 7331 | 22h 37m 6s | 34° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 10.7 | B, pL, pmE 163deg , smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2015/Oct/12 21:42:46 | Faint, but obvious on this dark night, even in this light pollution. |
NGC 7331 | 22h 37m 6s | 34° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 10.7 | B, pL, pmE 163deg , smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2016/Oct/23 21:15:26 | A fairly bright (as galaxies go!) streak, brightening towards the middle. Best in the 6mm. |
NGC 7331 | 22h 37m 6s | 34° 25' 0" | 9.5 | 10.7 | B, pL, pmE 163deg , smbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2019/Sep/22 23:20:47 | Barely visible in the 24, but a distinct elongated smudge in the 9 and 6mm. |
NGC 7332 | 22h 37m 24s | 23° 48' 0" | 11.0 | 4.2 | cB, S, mE 156deg , smbMN, p of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:20:22 | A small, bright streak. Lovely, Seyfert? Counterrotating core, Fisher, et al AJ, vol 107. |
NGC 7339 | 22h 37m 48s | 23° 47' 0" | 12.1 | 3.0 | F, pS, mE 89deg , vglbM, f of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:24:47 | A faint blob, not nearly as crisp as nearby 7332. WikiSky: Apparently, I only saw the nucleus. It's another edge on in darker skies. |
IC 5237 | 22h 42m 18s | -30° 3' 0" | 4.0 | eeF, eS, eE, *8 np; = 7361 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 20:53:49 | A faint smudge, even in tonight's superb sky. AKA 7361. An IC error. Burnham: Sb. | |
NGC 7359 | 22h 44m 47.9s | -23° 41' 17" | 12.5 | 2.40x0.6 | 12.7 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 19:19:34 | An elliptical bit of fuzz. Not too faint. |
NGC 7371 | 22h 46m 3.59s | -11° 0' 2" | 11.5 | 2.00x2.0 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:54:56 | A faint, slightly elliptical, gradually brighter towards the middle galaxy. |
NGC 7377 | 22h 47m 48s | -22° 19' 0" | 11.6 | 2.2 | pB, S, vlE, vgmbM, *12 p | P | C-8 | 2008/Oct/30 22:30:00 | A faint, fuzzy, out of focus "star". There was no other detail seen |
NGC 7385 | 22h 49m 54s | 11° 36' 0" | 12.3 | 1.6 | cF, S, R, glbM, *11 np | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:18:39 | A faint, featureless, extragalactic glow. |
NGC 7386 | 22h 50m 0s | 11° 42' 0" | 12.5 | 2.1 | cF, S, R, pgbM, f of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:19:22 | This appears larger than N 7385, and fainter. |
NGC 7391 | 22h 50m 36s | -1° 32' 41" | 11.9 | 1.70x1.5 | 13.0 | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Oct/25 21:37:5 | A small, faint patch. Invisible in the 41, and improving in both the 19 and 12.5mm. |
NGC 7392 | 22h 51m 48s | -20° 36' 0" | 11.9 | 2.0 | pB, pS, lE 120deg , mbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/3 20:33:52 | An edge on with a fairly bright nucleus. Nice galaxy. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 7410 | 22h 55m 0s | -39° 40' 0" | 10.4 | 5.5 | cB, L, vmE 43deg , mbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 20:47:19 | A small but bright streak in the sky, with a bright center. No dust lane seen. Very nice. Burnham: SB. |
NGC 7412 | 22h 55m 48s | -42° 39' 0" | 11.4 | 4.0 | eF, vL, *7 nf | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 21:54:22 | A faint, slightly elongated patch 1:1.5.B: SBb. |
IC_5269 | 22h 55m 55.59s | -36° 20' 52" | 13.4 | 1.30x0.9 | 13.5 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:39:29 | An very faint patch, visible in the 19mm only when slewing. |
NGC 7426 | 22h 56m 3s | 36° 21' 44" | 12.3 | 1.70x1.4 | 13.2 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 4:43:36 | A faint, round patch, amost overwhelmed by the 5.7mv B7 star just east of it. |
NGC 7418 | 22h 56m 36s | -37° 2' 0" | 11.4 | 3.3 | cB, vL, vlE, vglbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 20:24:34 | A very faint patch, gbm. Burnham: SBc. |
NGC 7418 | 22h 56m 36s | -37° 2' 0" | 11.4 | 3.3 | cB, vL, vlE, vglbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:36:39 | A very faint patch. |
IC_5264 | 22h 56m 52.69s | -36° 33' 16" | 12.5 | 2.40x0.5 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:32:32 | A faint streak slightly brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 7421 | 22h 56m 54s | -37° 21' 0" | 12.0 | 2.2 | cB, L, vlE, gpmbM, rr | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 20:27:39 | A faint patch, gbm. No real details seen. There is another patch, about 5' east, even fainter. Not on the chart. The other patch was not found on WikiSky. A comet? Burnham: 7421 is an SBa. |
IC_5265 | 22h 57m 10.39s | -36° 27' 45" | 10.0 | 5.20x1.8 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:30:48 | A bright, sligtly oblong elliptical |
IC 1459 | 22h 57m 12s | -36° 28' 0" | 10.0 | F, pS, com, N= 12m | P | C-8 | 2007/Sep/17 21:00:00 | A bright, fuzzy starlike object. | |
IC 5267 | 22h 57m 12s | -43° 24' 0" | 10.5 | 5.0 | pB, S, R, mbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 20:9:56 | A faint smudge, elongated 1:1.5, gbm. E3? Burnham: Sa |
NGC 7424 | 22h 57m 18s | -41° 4' 0" | 11 | 7.6 | F, cL, vlE, vgmbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 22:17:48 | A smudge of a center, surrounded by a faint haze of an envelope. Sb or Sc? Burnham: Sc. Wikipedia: SBc |
IC_5270 | 22h 57m 55s | -35° 51' 28" | 12.2 | 3.20x0.6 | 12.8 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:49:17 | An oblong east-west galaxy, |
IC_5271 | 22h 58m 1.59s | -33° 44' 32" | 10.8 | 2.60x0.9 | 12.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 21:1:55 | A faint, perhaps slightly mottled, elliptically shaped galaxy. Aladin, DSS: Mottling confirmed. |
NGC 7448 | 23h 0m 6s | 15° 59' 0" | 11.7 | 2.7 | pB, L, E 173deg , vgbM, *11 f 2'.5 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:27:56 | Faint, elongated, a bit brighter in the nucleus. Burnham: Sc. |
NGC 7443 | 23h 0m 8.69s | -12° 48' 28" | 11.6 | 1.40x0.5 | 12.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 19:41:10 | With 7444, a pair of galaxies. 7443 is the brighter of the two, and a bit elongated. 7444 is round. |
NGC 7444 | 23h 0m 8.79s | -12° 50' 3" | 12.9 | 1.70x0.6 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 19:41:10 | With 7444, a pair of galaxies. 7443 is the brighter of the two, and a bit elongated. 7444 is round. |
NGC 7450 | 23h 0m 47.7s | -12° 55' 4" | 13.1 | 1.80x1.8 | 14.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 19:46:37 | A faint, small smudge, with a whispy envelope. |
NGC 7457 | 23h 1m 0s | 30° 9' 0" | 10.8 | 4.4 | cB, cL, lE, gmbM, r, 2 S st n | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/5 0:42:56 | A large, elliptical galaxy, elongated. A face on Sc? Burnham: E5 |
NGC 7457 | 23h 1m 0s | 30° 9' 0" | 10.8 | 4.4 | cB, cL, lE, gmbM, r, 2 S st n | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2017/Oct/24 22:23:46 | An very faint faint smudge. Only visible in the 6mm. |
NGC 7454 | 23h 1m 6.59s | 16° 23' 21" | 11.8 | 2.20x1.6 | 13.2 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 4:25:27 | A faint, round patch near a 9.2mv star. |
NGC 7462 | 23h 2m 46.2s | -40° 50' 8" | 11.4 | 4.30x0.8 | 12.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:55:5 | A faint, wide, streak just west of an interesting cluster like asterism of stars. Aladin, UCAC4: The asterism does not appear to be a cluster, based on the star's proper motions. |
NGC 7469 | 23h 3m 18s | 8° 52' 0" | 11.9 | 1.8 | vF, vS, vsmbM *12 | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:24:46 | A small, round galaxy with a bright nucleus, located in an interesting asterism that traces an almost perfect right triangle. |
NGC 7479 | 23h 4m 54s | 12° 19' 0" | 11.0 | 4.1 | pB, cL, mE 12deg , bet 2 st | P | C-8 | 2008/Oct/30 22:30:00 | A uniform, faint, streak in the sky. Barely mottled. Seeing poor in the constant breeze. |
NGC 7484 | 23h 7m 4.89s | -36° 16' 22" | 11.8 | 1.80x1.7 | 13.0 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 19:58:54 | A small round patch just north of a 10mv star. The bright star does not help the view of the galaxy. |
NGC 7490 | 23h 7m 25.1s | 32° 22' 32" | 12.3 | 2.70x2.6 | 14.3 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 4:35:47 | A faint galaxy, only the nucleus was seen. |
NGC 7497 | 23h 9m 3.49s | 18° 10' 39" | 12.2 | 4.40x1.7 | 14.0 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 4:48:33 | A large, very faint, elongated patch. It would have been invisible, save for these Bortle 6.5 skies. Best in the 41mm. |
NGC 7496 | 23h 9m 48s | -43° 26' 0" | 11.1 | 3.5 | pB, cL, lE, vgbM *13 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:5:53 | A faint smudge, with no obvious central brightness. Weird, for a supposed Seyfert. Burnham: SBb. |
NGC 7507 | 23h 12m 6s | -28° 32' 0" | 10.4 | 2.6 | pB, cS, R, psvmbM, *10 np | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/5 0:54:1 | Round, faint, washed out in light pollution. B:E0 |
NGC 7513 | 23h 13m 12s | -28° 22' 0" | 11.8 | 3.2 | vF, pL, E, gbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 22:23:6 | A faint bar surrounded by a much fainter halo. Burnham: SB. |
NGC 7539 | 23h 14m 29.39s | 23° 41' 5" | 12.5 | 1.50x1.2 | 12.8 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 4:53:55 | An very faint smudge, best in the 19mm. |
NGC 7537 | 23h 14m 34.6s | 4° 29' 56" | 13.2 | 2.10x0.5 | 13.3 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 5:6:44 | A pair with NGC 7581. Faint. |
NGC 7541 | 23h 14m 42s | 4° 32' 0" | 11.7 | 3.5 | B, L, mE 97deg , mbM, nf of 2 | Pinnacles | C-11 | 2009/Dec/16 20:58:42 | A faint,spindke shaped smudge. No bright nucleus. Companion seen as well. |
NGC 7581 | 23h 14m 43.2s | 4° 32' 4" | 11.7 | 3.50x1.2 | 13.2 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 5:5:24 | A faint, extended and elongated galaxy. A pair with NGC 7537. |
NGC 7531 | 23h 14m 48s | -43° 36' 0" | 11.3 | 3.5 | pB, S, lE, pgbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/5 21:28:45 | An edge on elongated in ~0° pa, with a faint nucleus. B:Sb, WikiSky: PA more like 10°. The spiral arms are faint, leading to the edge on appearance. |
NGC 7550 | 23h 15m 16s | 18° 57' 39" | 12.2 | 1.40x1.2 | 12.6 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 5:21:31 | A faint, round, glow. |
NGC 7550 | 23h 15m 16s | 18° 57' 39" | 12.2 | 1.40x1.2 | 12.6 | Dino Nat Mon | C-11 | 2015/Aug/24 5:22:15 | A barely glimpsed smudge. Best in the 41. Under very dark skies, the low power works best. |
NGC 7562 | 23h 16m 0s | 6° 41' 0" | 11.5 | 2.3 | cB, pS, iR, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Nov/18 21:12:55 | A small, glowing spot. E? Listed as an E by the RNGC. It's WikiSky image looks like an E3. |
IC_5294 | 23h 16m 10.59s | -42° 35' 5" | 10.6 | 3.40x2.7 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:1:30 | A large, faint, east-west oblong envelope that surrounds a bright, almost starlike nucleus. |
NGC 7552 | 23h 16m 12s | -42° 35' 0" | 10.7 | 3.5 | B, S, mE 90deg +/- , vsbM *13 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:8:52 | A bright, almost starlike center with an elliptical envelope of stardust around it. Beautiful. Burnham: SBa. |
NGC 7585 | 23h 18m 0s | -4° 39' 0" | 11.7 | 2.3 | pB, pS, iR, gbM | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/11 21:52:33 | Not visible. The star just north was, AC2000 lists it as 11.25, but AC2000 magnitudes are usually a magnitude too faint. |
NGC 7585 | 23h 18m 0s | -4° 39' 0" | 11.7 | 2.3 | pB, pS, iR, gbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 20:45:23 | A roundish blob with a bright center. Best in the 12.5. N 7576, at 13mv, was not visible in the Damascus dome of light to the south of LBRP. |
NGC 7582 | 23h 18m 24s | -42° 22' 0" | 10.6 | 4.6 | pB, L, pmE, gbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:16:15 | Elongated in a N-S direction, faint nucleus. SBb. |
NGC 7600 | 23h 18m 53.8s | -7° 34' 48" | 12.0 | 2.50x1.0 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 19:49:46 | A bright, slightly oblong galaxy. |
NGC 7590 | 23h 18m 54s | -42° 14' 0" | 11.6 | 2.7 | pB, pL, pmE, gbM, p of 2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:16:8 | The center of a beautiful galaxy cluster. 7582 is elongated N-S, with a faint nucleus, 7590 is in pa ~70°, and N 7599 and I 5308 are a complex smudge. Burnham: Sb. |
NGC 7606 | 23h 19m 6s | -8° 29' 0" | 10.8 | 5.8 | pF, cL, pmE 0deg +/- | Little Tycho | C-8 | 2009/Dec/11 21:45:4 | Barely seen, and then only with a precise finder chart. A nondescript smudge. That it was seen from here is amazing. |
IC_5309 | 23h 19m 11.7s | 8° 6' 36" | 13.7 | 1.40x0.6 | 13.4 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:0:48 | Part of the NGC 7619 / NGC 7626 galaxy cluster. A barely visible smudge. |
NGC 7599 | 23h 19m 18s | -42° 15' 0" | 11.4 | 4.4 | F, pL, pmE, gbM, f of 2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:16:08 | Part of a complex smudge with IC 5308. |
IC 5308 | 23h 19m 18s | -42° 16' 0" | 12 | 4.9 | eeF, S, cE, f 7599 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/1 21:16:08 | Part of a complex smudge with N 7599. |
NGC 7611 | 23h 19m 36.49s | 8° 3' 49" | 12.5 | 1.50x0.7 | 12.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:0:48 | A wonderful cluster of galaxies. All were seen, some marginally. 7619 and 7626 looked like the central ellipticals, others like attendant spirals. |
NGC 7612 | 23h 19m 44.1s | 8° 34' 37" | 12.8 | 1.60x0.8 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:0:48 | Part of the NGC 7619 / NGC 7626 galaxy cluster. A barely visible smudge. |
NGC 7617 | 23h 20m 8.89s | 8° 9' 58" | 13.8 | 0.90x0.7 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:0:48 | Part of the NGC 7619 / NGC 7626 galaxy cluster. A barely visible smudge. |
NGC 7619 | 23h 20m 12s | 8° 12' 0" | 11.1 | 2.9 | cB, pS, R, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Nov/18 22:0:57 | With N 7626, a pair of faint E0s? E2: Burnham. |
NGC 7623 | 23h 20m 30s | 8° 24' 0" | 12.4 | 1.9 | F, vS, R, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:33:17 | Faint, with a very faint starlike nucleus. A face on S0, the nucleus is burned out in the DSS image. |
NGC 7625 | 23h 20m 30s | 17° 14' 0" | 12.1 | 1.8 | pB, cS, R, smbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 21:5:10 | A nice compact round smudge, brighter towards the middle. |
NGC 7626 | 23h 20m 42s | 8° 13' 0" | 11.2 | 2.5 | cB, pS, R, psbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2011/Nov/18 22:0:57 | With N 7619, a pair of faint E0s? E1: Burnham. |
NGC 7631 | 23h 21m 26.69s | 8° 13' 3" | 13.1 | 1.70x0.7 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:0:48 | Part of the NGC 7619 / NGC 7626 galaxy cluster. A barely visible smudge. |
IC_5313 | 23h 22m 0.9s | -42° 28' 49" | 12.1 | 2.40x1.2 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:8:53 | A very faint, nondescript spot. |
NGC 7632 | 23h 22m 0.9s | -42° 28' 49" | 12.1 | 2.40x1.2 | 12.9 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:10:13 | See IC 5313. |
NGC 7640 | 23h 22m 6s | 40° 51' 0" | 10.9 | 10.7 | cF, L, mE 164deg , vlbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 20:22:19 | A large, very faint glow, filling a triangle of 11-12mv stars. Nucleus not visible. Sc? B, Wikisky: Edge on Sb. The 11mv stars really throw off the ability to see the galaxy's disk. |
NGC 7671 | 23h 27m 18s | 12° 28' 0" | 12.7 | 1.7 | pB, S, R, vsmbM, *9 p | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 21:55:55 | An very faint smudge, if seen at all. The HNGC's magnituce is 13.1. |
NGC 7678 | 23h 28m 30s | 22° 25' 0" | 12.2 | 2.3 | vF, pL, vlE, lbM, am 4 st | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 20:24:53 | A faint smudge with little detail, slight brighter in the middle. In the center of a triangle of 12mv stars. |
IC_5325 | 23h 28m 43.09s | -41° 20' 1" | 11.3 | 2.80x2.5 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:12:24 | A large, faint, amorphous patch, just NW of a 10.5mv star. |
NGC 7679 | 23h 28m 48s | 3° 31' 0" | 12.7 | 1.9 | pB, S, R, mbMN, stell | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 22:4:40 | A fuzzy, 13mv star. |
NGC 7685 | 23h 30m 36s | 3° 54' 0" | 15 | 2.1 | eF, cL, R, gbM, ** nr | B | C-8 | 2008/Aug/16 23:30:00 | A very loose cluster of about 20 stars. Hardly a cluster. Not in Burnham. |
IC 5332 | 23h 34m 30s | -36° 6' 0" | 10.6 | 6.6 | eeF, vL, bet 2 st, D* p 45s | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 22:26:59 | A large, but very faint, brightening of the night sky. vgbm. Burnham: Sc, WikiSky: face on. |
NGC 7714 | 23h 36m 12s | 2° 9' 0" | 13 | 2.1 | pB, S, R, psbM, *12 sp, *6 sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 21:41:3 | Looks like a fuzzy 13.5mv star. Aladin DSS: An interacting spiral with a bright nucleus. |
NGC 7713 | 23h 36m 15.29s | -37° 56' 20" | 11.2 | 4.50x1.8 | 13.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/18 20:27:30 | A bright, elliptically shaped galaxy, elongated in the north-south direction. Sb? |
NGC 7722 | 23h 38m 48s | 15° 57' 0" | 13 | pB, pL, R, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2014/Sep/27 21:34:13 | A faint, round spot, gradually brighter towards the middle. Aladin DSS: The RNGC coordinates are off by 1.75'. Aladin's coordinates are 23:38:41.07 +15:57:17.6. | |
NGC 7723 | 23h 38m 54s | -12° 58' 0" | 11.1 | 3.6 | cB, cL, E, gmbM, r | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 20:16:12 | A faint smudge, awash in the Damascus dome of light. |
NGC 7727 | 23h 39m 54s | -12° 18' 0" | 10.7 | 4.2 | pB, pL, iR, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Sep/5 0:57:28 | Round, with a bright nucleus. E0? B:Sa |
NGC 7741 | 23h 43m 54s | 26° 5' 0" | 11.4 | 4.0 | cF, cL, iR, D* 10-12 np 2' | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 20:32:38 | A small, quite faint smudge, just south of a 10mv star. It appears smaller than its 4' in the RNGC. |
NGC 7742 | 23h 44m 18s | 10° 46' 0" | 11.5 | 2.0 | cB, cS, gmbM, *12 f 72" | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:42:36 | A small round blob, E0? Burnham: E0, Wikipedia: Starburst due to collision. |
NGC 7743 | 23h 44m 24s | 9° 56' 0" | 11.2 | 3.1 | pF, S, R, *14 sf | LBRP | C-11 | 2013/Nov/3 19:39:10 | A small, faint, but obvious glow with a faint, starlike nucleus. From it's DSS image, it looks like a face on SBb, but current classifications make it out as an S0 with a bar! Ivan Yu. Katkov, Alexei V. Moiseev, Olga K. Sil'chenko, 2012 Nov 13. |
IC_5348 | 23h 44m 59.2s | -42° 54' 36" | 11.9 | 2.20x1.8 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/21 20:15:45 | A bright nucleus surrounded by a faint, round envelope. |
NGC 7744 | 23h 44m 59.2s | -42° 54' 36" | 11.9 | 2.20x1.8 | 13.2 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:28:31 | A round galaxy with a very bright middle. |
IC_5358 | 23h 47m 45.1s | -28° 8' 29" | 12.5 | 2.60x1.1 | 13.6 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:15:11 | An oblong galaxy. |
NGC 7755 | 23h 47m 51.9s | -30° 31' 25" | 11.9 | 3.80x2.8 | 14.3 | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2014/Nov/19 20:33:41 | A bar with a faint haze around it. |
NGC 7768 | 23h 50m 54s | 27° 10' 0" | 14 | 1.7 | vF, S, E, * inv, * p vnr | B | C-8 | 2007/Sep/16 01:00:00 | An E0 galaxy, with an integrated magnitude of 12.3. This is the faintest galaxy I've ever seen from the backyard. It was close to the zenith, and not visible in the 24.5, but glimpsed with the 12.5. Seen while observing GR Peg. |
NGC 7764 | 23h 50m 54s | -40° 44' 0" | 12.3 | 1.5 | B, pL, R, gbM | Fall Star Party | C-11 | 2010/Nov/6 22:49:10 | A tiny patch, brighter in the middle. Burnham: I/Sb. |
NGC 7769 | 23h 51m 6s | 20° 9' 0" | 12.1 | 1.8 | pF, pS, R, mbM | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Nov/9 20:41:15 | A faint patch with a brighter middle. |
NGC 7771 | 23h 51m 24s | 20° 7' 0" | 12.3 | 2.7 | pB, pL, E 84deg , bM, n of 2 | LBRP | C-11 | 2012/Oct/12 21:28:37 | One of a pair of smudges, with N 7769. 13.8mv NGC 7770 was not visible. |
NGC 7785 | 23h 55m 18s | 5° 55' 0" | 11.6 | 2.3 | pB, pS, iR, psbM, r, *8 p 4'.5 | LBRP | C-11 | 2010/Oct/9 22:44:24 | A small patch, fairly faint, brighter towards the middle, and slightly elongated. Sb? Burnham: E5. |
NGC 7793 | 23h 57m 48s | -32° 35' 0" | 9.1 | 9.1 | like a comet | P | C-8 | 2008/Oct/30 22:30:00 | A large, faint blob, suprisingly faint. No Nucleus seen, or mottling. Very like Dryer's description: comet like. Not a great object, despite Burnham's endorsement. |
NGC 7793 | 23h 57m 48s | -32° 35' 0" | 9.1 | 9.1 | like a comet | Pinnacles | C-8 | 2009/Dec/16 19:8:37 | This galaxy was brighter than N 300, but still very diffuse. It was symmetric about it's center, which was not much brighter than the rest of the galaxy. |