Here are my observations of the galaxies through Jimi's scope back in February 2012 at 488x and my 24" at 375x the following year on a night when heavy dew cut down the transparency:
UGC 4185...
I didn't know that HFG is near Abell 6. I'll go look for it the next time I go out.
However, here is one observation of Abell 6 about 20-25 years ago with a 22" reflector under NELM 6.5 skies.
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Nice trio of flat galaxies.
My brief notes with my 22" observed 14 years ago. Observing site was at 7,800 feet elevation and NELM that night was 7.2
UGC 4186 (08 04 14.0 +62 58 54 mag...
I will follow Steve's observation here.
HFG 1 is sad the more easily object and don't need large aperture. I copy my observations in:
4", 56x, , NELM 6m5+
round glow; easy to hold with averted...
I'm surprised no one has replied as several observations of HFG 1 were posted on this thread in 2015 including a 4" description by Uwe. Abell 6 is a much tougher target. Have you observed it, Mark?...
Hello Folks,
here is my sketch from M 33 with low magnification (48x). I used my 10 inch Telesope
Sketch M 33 (10 inch), Lange Rhön (Germany)
Kind Regards
Mathias
Abell PN 6; A 6; PK 136+04.1; PN G136.1+04.9; A55 5; ARO 207
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Type: Planetary Nebula
Morphology: D (a ring of variable thickness)
RA (J2000): 02h 58m 42s
Dec(J2000):...
Hi Uwe,
Wow, congratulations! And thank you for suggesting this as a target for the 20" class. I'll give it a try.
By the way, have you also tried Maasewerd 2 Nebula, which can easily be seen...
In December 2023, Spanish Amateur Astronomer AleixRoig discovered a new emission nebula in the outer regions of Messier 33 DOI 10.3847/2515-5172/ad12d1]. He named is "Roig1 Prades Sky".
Last new...
Here are my observations of the NGC 507 group. My descriptions are decidedly shorter than Steve's! I used my 20" in the night of Sept 8, 2016, from Southern France.
NGC 499: At 320x very bright,...
Hi All, I observed this group in 2020 in France, here is my note and drawing from that night:
NGC 507 and NGC 508 are in the center of the group, pretty close to each other. The halo enveloping...
These members of the NGC 507 group were all observed using my 24-inch on the same night in October 2013 at a California star party.
UGC 862 = PGC 4810
01 20 13.1 +33 30 23; Psc
V = 13.9; Size...
NGC 507, with an 18" at 332x: "Fairly bright galaxy near a magnitude 9 star. The center is fairly bright and condensed. Adjacent is NGC-504 and 508."
NGC 508: "N of NGC-507. Softer and fainter than...
I recorded several observations.
Smallest one was with a 99mm spotting scope. While I missed the galaxy under soso conditions, NGC 7640 was clearly visible under good transparency as a ghostly 3:1...
A little over 2 years ago I posted the text above in reply to this OotW.
Today, the mystery of components A & B of the "double star" Jonckheere 475 has become clearer to me, hence this post.
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With my 24-inch...
At 200x; bright, nearly edge-on 4:1 N-S, ~6.5'x1.5'. Very asymmetric appearance with a brighter, elongated core, ~1.0'x0.5', which is oddly angled NNW-SSE to the major axis. A...
Hi, here's my observation from 11/8/2009: ngc 7640 is a galaxy in Andromeda : mag: 11.3 ; size: 8.1' x 1.7' ; elongated and rather faint ,brighter central area and mottled edges. I used a 10mm Radian...
I remember this galaxy as being somewhat disappointing in my 6" Newtonian telescope because I always hoped to see more of it than an oval glow. With my 20" from Southern France 8 years ago I logged:...
NGC 7640 as perceived by A.L. with a 13" at 70x back in 1991: "Mottled glow amongst faint stars. Elongated. Hard to see where it ends." The mottledness is due to the AI's description of star forming...
