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...
