Jimi Lowrey
May 6th, 2022, 05:17 PM
SDSS J1226+2149 cluster
BCLG
12 26 51
+21 49 51
Z=.4379
Light travel time 4.6 Billion Light Years
I broke my record for the most distant Galaxy I have seen early this morning under superb skies with great seeing and transparency. The BCLG in SDSS j1226+2149 in COMA is a dim 18.6V mag and I was not sure I could catch it.
I found the field and by luck two stars line up and point to the faint BCLG. This made it easy as to were to look. I bumped up the power with a 10MM ZAO at 488X and to my surprise the faint galaxy briefly popped into view. It appeared for only a second. I had 4 quick pops and bumped up the power to a 6mm ZAO at 813X I settled in had 8 pops at this power. I could not make out any structure but I still was excited to catch the ancient light!
Now I am on the hunt for a further galaxy :D
4679
BCLG
12 26 51
+21 49 51
Z=.4379
Light travel time 4.6 Billion Light Years
I broke my record for the most distant Galaxy I have seen early this morning under superb skies with great seeing and transparency. The BCLG in SDSS j1226+2149 in COMA is a dim 18.6V mag and I was not sure I could catch it.
I found the field and by luck two stars line up and point to the faint BCLG. This made it easy as to were to look. I bumped up the power with a 10MM ZAO at 488X and to my surprise the faint galaxy briefly popped into view. It appeared for only a second. I had 4 quick pops and bumped up the power to a 6mm ZAO at 813X I settled in had 8 pops at this power. I could not make out any structure but I still was excited to catch the ancient light!
Now I am on the hunt for a further galaxy :D
4679