lumpy darkness - lists - other deep sky objects

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019

other deep sky objects

Of course, there are many other excellent and interesting objects visible in dark skies. Initially, I fixated on the Messier list. Now, I regularly view other deep sky objects. So I document here other notable finds, intriguing deep orange or red stars, supernovae, and quasars! This page is organised by catalogue and then sorted. Where possible, "proper" names are shown.

Quick Index:

red stars
IC objects
Stock clusters
clusters and asterisms
novae and supernovae
quasars
Caldwell objects
Collinder objects
Melotte objects
Open Cluster OCL objects
Raab objects
variable stars
cometary or Bok globules
Halton Arp objects
LEDA / PGC galaxies
Hickson galaxy groups
Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies (MCG)
Palomar globulars
ACO
LDN
Markarian
miscellaneous

Objects viewed from the New General Catalogue are now kept in a separate page.

Also note that this page has, at the end, some other catalogues, for cross-referencing purposes primarily. This includes the Collinder, Melotte, and OCL (Open CLuster) lists. That said, occasionally (but only very occasionally) is a DSO only listed in one of these less-common catalogues, and not anywhere else.

This helps those going for some of the SAA top 100!

Once again, an asterisk (*) denotes an object I wish to revisit.

red stars

Unusual colourful stars. Red or orange in colour. Typically, these are variable stars. Best viewed at a level of magnification so to include other fields stars, which, invariably, are different colours.

Betelgeuse: Betelgeuse is very slightly less brilliant than Rigel. They say, it may pop one day... If that star in Orion explodes, we'll have a front-row seat.
Herschel's Garnet Star: The bright star μ (mu) in Cepheus looks more orange to me. Could be mistaken for Mars, if it weren't so far north. First recored observation on 6 Jul '08. Phil, through the C14, in Jul 2010, remarked, "Oh, red!" Visible naked eye in dark skies... First time noted naked eye 21 Jul '12. Deep orange. Caught in a wide field shot with DSLR on 1 Jul '13. Made a long trace with the Garnet on 23 May '16. Learned it is a double star. Imaged with BGO on 31 Oct '17. Assembled colour image on 7 Nov '17.
Hind's Crimson Star: R Leporis aka SAO 150085. Fantastic. Amazingly colourful star. Deep, deep orange. Dark orange. Like an ember deep inside in a campfire! It is better in a wide field with regular white and blue-white stars. Beautiful, stunning. An M-class star. Estimated brightness on 15 Jan 2012 to be 8.0 to 8.5.
La Superba: Wow, amazing. Like an ember in a fire. Deep orange. All by itself, not a lot of other stars around. aka Y CVn. Lighter at low power; curiously deeper at high power.
V Aquilae: Lovely! A beautiful orange star in a busy part of the Milky Way of area, with lots of fine blue-white stars in the background. aka HD 177336.
Z Cygni: Very orange. Almost red. Near 26 Cyg, to the south. In-line with the A and B stars, opposite, about 6 times the AB separation. See variable list (below).
19 Piscium: aka TX. Viewed with 27mm in C14 and 10mm in TV. Lovely orange star. Colourful. Another C-class star. Fairly empty field. Not a lot going on. A variable but not a wide range... Didn't realise this was already observed... After a long eyepiece hop. Certainly it was a warm orange. I would not call it red. Completely empty field—at low power no less—so nothing to compare against. Viewed with C8 on 4 Sep '19.
119 Tauri: With a bit of luck I arrived at 119 Tauri during urban observing. A pleasing orange star. A variable. ST3 says it fluctuates over 165 days. From mag 4.23 to 4.54. I didn't compare it to nearby stars.
Lalande 21185: A variable star in Ursa Major. Not particularly red even though a M2 star. Light orange? 8 light years away.
pi Aurigae: A variable ranging from 4.2 to 4.3. Fantastic orange colour. M3 class. Not far from Menkalinan.
Blaze Star, The: T CrB, aka SAO 84129. Wanted to see what all the fuss was about. ST3 said it was mag 6.4. I didn't agree. Unimpressive. Very faint. Had expected it to be brighter. Did not seem very orange. Not colourful. A long period cataclysmic variable, a recurrent nova. Viewed on 17 Apr '16.
UX Dra: An N-class star! Whoa! What a colour. Fantastic, an intense orange. Incredibly intense in the 14". Few field stars. Very pleasing in the 101mm. There is a neat grouping of stars to the west, a loose cluster, mostly blue-white. Wow. Viewed on 17 Apr '16.
T Lyr: Ooh. Nice. Intense deep orange! In a field of faint blue-white stars. According to ST3, a C-class star. Viewed on 2 Sep '16.
Gorgonea Tertia: aka rho Persei. A colourful M-class star. A variable, ranging from 3 to 4, over 50 days. Imaged on 4 Sep '16.
UU Aur: Whoa. Pretty good, actually. Very orange. Like an ember. Rhonda thought it nice too. Viewed on evening of 18 Mar '18 with the C8.
TU Gem: Rhonda thought it a nice orange colour. She saw doubles all around the edge of the field. I thought it a faint red star. Colourful. And the field was unique. In a triangle pattern or a big flying-V. It's a very tight double star... Viewed on evening of 18 Mar '18 with the C8.
W Ori: Red star. C class! Good colour but all by itself. Viewed on evening of 19 Mar '18 with the C8.
RX Lep: Near and west iota Leporis. Neat. Warm, deep orange star. There was a somewhat bright star north of ι, forming an L-shape with RX and iota. Fun! Viewed on 19 Mar '18.
U Cam: See double star list.
GQ And: The B star of the triple Groombridge 34. See the double star page 1 for more info.
Ross 248: Stoopid faint. A variable at mag 12.3. So faint. I couldn't get any colour off it. In a row of three stars, it's nearest neighbour was Tycho 03244-1352 1. Boring! From a ST3 red stars list! Viewed with C8 on 4 Sep '19.
S Cephei: Viewed in GSO 16 with 27mm ocular. Poor seeing made it hard to focus. A star of "unusual colour." It sure is! A deep orange. Wow! There were some faint field stars. Also viewed at low power in TV101 with 10mm. Unfortunately no bright field stars at 54x. Super colour! Then with 18mm to draw in even more stars. Wow. It really was an amazing colour. Very deep orange. Nice. Viewed on 5 Oct '19.

Index Catalogue objects

Supplemental list (two actually) to the NGC by Dreyer. It contains 5386 objects.

* IC 11 - Pacman Nebula and cluster: The emission nebula proper. See NGC 281. In Cassiopeia.
IC 289: A small, faint, oval planetary nebula in Cassiopeia. Central star visible in image. In a rich star field. Oddly, it is considered in the RASC Finest NGC list. Imaged on 26 Aug '16. Gathered more data, including Hα, on 26 Sep '17.
IC 342: Faint object in Cam. Very faint. It is very large. Not visual compelling. ST3 said the magnitude was 9.6. Big and spread out and face-on. Nothing obvious. Should reobserve with lots of aperture. Tried on 26 Sep '16. aka Caldwell 5, MCG 11-5-3, and PGC 13826. Mesmerising in a long exposure photograph. Imaged with BGO on 14 Oct '17.
IC 349 - Barnard's Merope Nebula: Wispy tenuous clouds surrounding Merope star in the Pleiades. Reflection nebula. aka vdB 22. Photographed on 9 Sep '18.

IC 356: Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Dim, diffuse object. Quite large. Near a bright star. South of HD 25452. Generally, required averted vision. Faint. Featureless? A few bright points within it. Not uniform. Some mottling. An oval? An interesting object. aka Arp 213, MCG 12-4-11, and PGC 14508. Viewed on 26 Sep '16.
IC 418 - Spirograph Nebula: Faint and small from the city. Smaller than Cleopatra's Eye. No nearby field stars. No detail discernable. Seemed greenish at low power (55x). At high power (222x), it was just grey. Using a 2x Barlow might be good to do... In Lepus. Imaged with BGO on 15 Jan '17. Revisited with BGO on 5 Nov '18 to collect narrowband data.
IC 771: A pretty but small barred spiral galaxy. West of NGC 4216. aka MCG 2-31-67 and PGC 39176. Imaged on 20 May '17.
IC 783A: Near Messier 100. Lies to the west-south-west, a small round bit of fluff. Imaged with BGO on 6 Feb '19.
IC 809: Near M59. Nearby, further west, is the bright round diffuse galaxy. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19. aka MCG 2-32-184 and PGC 42638.
* IC 982: Crazy faint object in Boo. Viewed the galaxy with Celestron 14 SCT with 27mm TV eyepiece at 145x. Brighter than 983. Near NGC 5490. Should view in spring when higher. aka Arp 117.
IC 983: Crazy faint. Viewed with C14 SCT at 145x. This galaxy is fainter than 982. Near NGC 5490. Should view in spring when higher. aka Arp 117. Viewed again on 9 May 2016 in the N11. Still crazy faint. Another object in Boötes.
IC 1170: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1171: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. aka LEDA 1546800. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1173: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1175: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1178: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. aka Arp 178. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1179: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1180: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. aka PGC 57057.
IC 1181: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1182: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.

IC 1183: Faint. See NGC 6054. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1184: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Aladin says this is a star. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1185: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1188: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. aka PGC 57127 and LEDA 1533342. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1192: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1193: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1194: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
IC 1252: To the south-east is NGC 6338. A small canted galaxy in Draco. aka MCG 10-24-120 and PGC 59962. Imaged on 30 Jun 2016.
IC 1258: To the south-east of Arp 310 in Draco. Fairly large oval, about the same size as 310. aka Arp 311, MCG 10-25-35, and PGC 60320. Examined visually on the evening of 1 Aug 2016.
IC 1260: To the south of Arp 310. Small, fainter. Required averted vision to make it pop. aka MCG 10-25-40 and PGC 60324. Examined visually on the evening of 1 Aug 2016. In Draco.
IC 1271: See Messier 8. aka NGC 6523 and 6526.
IC 3388: South-east from NGC 4438. Much further away. A large round fuzzy. aka PGC 41018. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
IC 1392: A largish canted oval. Between gaggle of stars and a single star. In Cygnus. Examined visually on the evening of 1 Aug 2016.
IC 1590 - Pac-Man Nebula and cluster: See NGC 281. The cluster is aka Cr 8 and OCL 313. One of the RASC Finest NGCs.
IC 1805: Small, loose open cluster in the middle of the Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia. Surrounded by wispy stuff. aka Collinder 26, Melotte 15, Raab 11, and OCL 352. Harbours a double star. Viewed on 28 Aug '16.
* IC 1848 - Soul Nebula: East of the Heart Nebula. I could see some faint nebula. It looked linear to me. Viewed briefly on 28 Aug '16. In Cas.
IC 1990: Wispy tenuous clouds surrounding 17 Tauri in the Pleiades. Reflection nebula. aka vdB 20 and Ced 19. Photographed on 9 Sep '18.
IC 2149: Viewed with C14 SCT with 27mm TV eyepiece at 145x. Not sure what I saw. There seemed to be a small, very small, compact fuzzy there, blue perhaps. This planetary nebula merits another look... aka PK 166. First viewed on 29 Jan '11. Tiny. Difficult to see any detail from the city even while straight up at 222x. Not a lot of field stars. Hint of colour at low power. Viewed again on 16 Jan '12. Caught at the edge of some photos from Apr 2014 with the C14 and 40D. The Auriga object is oval and aqua blue.
* IC 2165: Even smaller than 2149. Not very exciting. Need to use a big gun on this one. In Canes Major on the way to Orion's Belt.
IC 3303: Diffuse. West-north-west of NGC 4388. It looks like a canted spiral; ST3 says it is a lenticular. Imaged on 3 Jan '18. aka MCG 2-32-35 and PGC 40485.
IC 3366: See NGC 4424. aka PGC 40809 and MCG 2-32-58.
IC 3443: Lies south-east of M87. A soft, faint medium bright object, with a brightening in the middle. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.
IC 3449: A strange little oblong shape just north of the big galaxy NGC 4494. Imaged with BGO on 2 Apr '18.
IC 3551: ST3 revealed this object within the galaxy NGC 4559. North-west of the nucleus and nearly due west of the bright foreground star TYC 01992-1757 1. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.

IC 3552: ST3 revealed this object within the galaxy NGC 4559. North-west of 3555. It is much smaller. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.

IC 3555: ST3 revealed this object within the galaxy NGC 4559. The large diffuse nebula is north of the core. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.

IC 3563: ST3 revealed this object within the galaxy NGC 4559. To the south-east of the core. It is south-east of GSC 01992-2058. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.

IC 3568 - Baby Eskimo: In Camelopardalis. Tiny, bluish, not round. There was either a bright star in the centre or the region was bright. Near a faint double below. The planetary nebula deserves higher power. Viewed again on 2 Jun 2016. Looked like there was a faint ring around it.
IC 3578: South of NGC 4568. In Virgo. An S-shape, distorted spiral, edge-on. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28 Apr 2016.
IC 3583: A little galaxy. A spiral? Nearly edge on? Perhaps it accounts for the distortion in the large nearby neighbour. Hovers north of M90. Imaged with BGO on 2 Feb '19.
IC 3665: Near M59. Lies to the south-west, a large diffuse fuzzy. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19. aka MCG 2-32-180 and PGC 42598.
IC 4593 - White Eyed Pea: In Hercules. Not very exciting at low power. A round small fuzzy. No colour. Appears perfectly round. Unsatisfying at 217x. At 782x in a 14" SCT, the planetary nebula was big. Bright centre. Comet like.
IC 4665: While searching Ophiuchus for Messiers, I came across this big open cluster. It is pleasing in the finder scope so it should be a good low power subject or one for the binoculars. You'll need dark skies though... aka Cr 349 or Mel 179. Viewed on 5 Jul '08. Viewed again on evening of 30 Jun '19 with ETX 90. Filled the field at 48x.
IC 4700: See NGC 6595. Hybrid object with open cluster Cr 371 or OCL 31.
IC 4703 - Eagle Nebula: See Messier 16. Surrounds the cluster.
IC 4725: See Messier 25.
IC 4756: Viewed through C14 with 55mm to take in whole object. An open cluster in Ser (Cauda) with many blue-white stars. A few bright stars surrounding it. Somehow they remind me of a shopping cart. aka Cr 386 or Mel 210. Viewed briefly on 1 Jul '12 with N11.
IC 4895 - Barnard's Galaxy: See NGC 6822. aka C57, MCG -2-50-6, and PGC 63616.
IC 4996: A compact open cluster in Cygnus. It harbours a multi-star target, HD 193007. It appears a lovely delicate triple star system in a small refractor. aka Collinder 418 and OCL 158. Viewed on the evening of 29 June 2016.
* IC 5070 - Pelican Nebula: Viewed Sep 2014 in C14 (too much power) and 20" Dob (too low). Need to see again at medium power with appropriate filters so to clearly define. aka LBN 350. In Cyg. Beside the North American Nebula.
IC 5132: Just a hint of nebulosity around star GSC 04261-1533 in the BGO captured image of NGC 7129 on 1 Jun '16.
* IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula: In Cygnus. aka Caldwell 19 and Sh 2-125. Combo nebula and star cluster. Didn't see anything. We tried to figure out the field. I wondered if it was a dark nebula... Yes! There is B 168 in the area. We continued to sort the field. Tried to view on 10 Aug '18.

Stock clusters

A small catalogue of open clusters.

Stock 2 - Muscle Man Cluster: aka OCL 348. An open cluster, right beside the Double Cluster, in Cas. Faint stars. Many field stars. Dominant stars form a stick figure of a man with his arms outstretched.
Stock 7: A small cluster. Just a dozen or so stars. Super tiny. Two minutes in size. aka Biurakan 4 or OCL 351. Includes multi-star system HD 167287. Beside cluster Biurakan 5. In Sagittarius. Viewed on 24 Sep '16.
Stock 9: See NGC 1931. aka Collinder 68 and OCL 441.

miscellaneous clusters and asterisms

A listing of various objects, primarily clusters of stars that seem to form interesting patterns.

37 Cluster: See NGC 2169. Open cluster. Supposed to look like the digits 3 and 7; I think everytime I've looked I've been using an SCT, so it's been backwards! aka Cr 83 or OCL 481. First viewed on 26 Mar '11. Viewed again on 12 Oct '13 and spotted a double star within. Contains multi-star system HD 41943. Imaged with BGO on 13 Nov '16.
AH03 J2011+26.7: Small open cluster centred on medium-bright star (HD 192043). A small grouping of less-than-a-dozen stars. Between NGC 6882 and 6885 in Vulpecula. Imaged with BGO on 20 Sep '16. I saw little tiny stars, 4 or 5, cup shape. Interesting object. Viewed with C8 on 26 Aug '19.
Biurakan 4: See Stock 7. aka OCL 351.
Biurakan 5: A very small cluster beside Biurakan 4 in Sagittarius. aka OCL 33. Includes multi-star system HD 167287. Viewed on 24 Sep '16.
Circlet: Head of one of the fish in Pisces. Nearer Capricornus. Naked eye.
Coathanger: In Vul. aka Cr 399 or Brocchi's Cluster. Famous asterism. All white. Many of the stars are 8 to 12' apart. Stumbled across this star hopping for Messiers! First saw naked eye at Mew Lake. Now, I can pick off in dark skies. With Rhonda and Steve, spotted naked eye on 6 Jul '19.
Dolidze 17: Visually interesting boxy C-shape of stars near gamma Orionis. Viewed on 4 Jan '19. Learned on 6 Jan that it is likely not an official open cluster nor multi-star system but simply an asterism.
Double Cluster: Two naked-eye open clusters between Cassiopeia and Perseus. There is NGC 869, aka h Persei, Cr 24, Mel 13, OCL 350, or Raab 9; and there is NGC 884, χ Persei, Cr 25, Mel 14, OCL 353, Raab 10. Together referred to as Caldwell 14. Lovely in binoculars or low power. First recorded viewing on 1 Sep '91. Viewed at first star party on 20 Mar '07. Viewed at CAO on 31 Aug '08. Very clear and well-defined from the Merritt Reservoir on 17 Aug '17.
Fairy Ring: In Cygnus. All stars are fairly faint. But there is an unmistakable ring of double stars, yellow and blue, many aligned inward, i.e. pointing to the centre. J2000 RA 20 03 40 dec +38 19 38. Viewed 23 Jun '09. Imaged with BGO on 10 Sep '17. Portions were cropped. Harbours some double stars.
Herschel H39-7: See NGC 1907. aka Collinder 66, Melotte 35, Raab 25, and OCL 434.
Hyades: The open cluster of stars near Aldebaran in Taurus. This might be one of the first objects I tried to look at with my telescope. But the focal length of the C8 is too much for this object. First documented viewing 24 Dec '06. Viewed many times at CAO. Very pleasing in the Tele Vue 101 with 55mm eyepiece. Imaged wide-field on 21 Jan '13. Caught in image on 9 Jan '15. aka Cr 50 or Mel 25 or OCL 456. aka Caldwell 41.
Kemble's Cascade: First viewed through Kiron's binoculars at the CAO in Jul 2011. Lovely meandering line of stars to the left of the W of Cassiopeia. Perfect for binos.
Little Queen: Near χ (chi) Draconis. Centred on HD 172922, the bright cental yellow star of a little W shape, like a mini version of Cassiopeia.
Orion Sigma Cluster: The grouping of stars centred on σ or 48 Orionis proper. With HD 37525 and Σ761. aka OCL 516.1.
Stephenson 1: A gaggle of stars near δ1 Lyrae, δ2, and HD 175538. Neat. aka OCL 137. Sketched quickly on 19 Jul 2015.
vandenBergh 130: That's it? A tiny triangle? aka OCL 167.1. Tons of field stars. Of course, it's in Cygnus. Many faint stars around the triangle. Contains double HD 228789. Viewed on 24 Sep '16.

novae and supernovae

Boom!

SuperNova 2011dh: Viewed, visually, the supernova in M51 while at the CAO in July 2011. First imaged, with a MallinCam, the object a couple of weeks earlier. Distance: 23 ± 4 million ly.
SN 2011fe: Viewed, visually, in an 8" and 12" Dobsonian at Mew Lake in Sep 2011. In the Pinwheel Galaxy or M101 or NGC 5457. Distance: 20.9 ± 1.8 million ly.
Nova Sgr 2012 No. 4: Viewed with Celestron 15x binoculars at the CAO in Jul 2012.
SN 2013dy: Viewed supernova with Risa. In Lacerta inside NGC 7250. Mag 12.8. Easy for the C14. Easy. Bright. Distance: 55 million ly.
Nova Del 2013: Viewed in binoculars on 16 Aug 2013 from city—about the same brightness as 29 Vulpecula (4.82). Imaged at the DDO on the evening of 17-18 Aug 2013.
SN 2014J: In M82. Viewed and photographed Feb 2014. Mag 10.9. Distance: 11.5 ± 0.8 million ly.
SN 2014ai: In NGC 2832. Did not see visually. Obvious when photographed 5 Apr 2014. Magnitude 15.6 according to SkyTools. Distance: 310 million ly.
SN 2017eaw: In the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946). Located in Cygnus. The SN was almost inline with the bottom of the two stars (with Tycho 4246-0473 1) on the north and the top two triangle stars (with Tycho 4246-0779 1) on the south. Viewed in 11" Dob on 7 Jun '17. Viewed again on 2 Jul '17 with a C14. Viewed at Merritt Reservoir in Wheelband's 20" on 18 Aug '17: still bright. Viewed in C14 on 22 Sep '17: barely visible. Imaged with BGO on 25 May '17, 11 Jun '17, 25 Jun '17, 6 Jul '17, 11 Jul '17, 20 Jul '17, 11 Aug '17, and 29 Aug '17. Dimming? Imaged on 9 Sep '17, 10 Sep '17, 11 Sep '17, 14 Sep '17, 21 Sep '17, 28 Sep '17, 29 Sep '17, 3 Oct '17, 5 Oct '17, 7 Oct '17, 12 Oct '17, 18 Oct '17, 22 Oct '17, 31 Oct '17, 4 Nov '17, 24 Nov '17, 16 Dec '17, and 20 Jan '18. Barely visible on 1 Apr '18. Imaged on 19 May '18 at mag 19.0. Imaged with BGO again on 23 Aug '18.

quasars

Distant objects in the Universe. Or are they? Certainly quasi-stellar radio sources are peculiar objects.

This list includes quasars observed visually as well as ones appearing in photographs. Those only imaged are marked with the dagger (†) symbol.

HS 1603+3820: Quasar in Corona Borealis. Magnitude: 15.90. Used Ian's custom 20" f/5.03 Dobsonian. Starhopped with an Ethos 21mm. Viewed with quasar with a Pentax 10.5mm. RA: 16h04m55.4s; Dec: +38°12'01" (J2000). digital setting circles: 16h 4m; 38.3°. Light time: 9.4 Gyr! That's 2/3rds of the way back to the beginning of time! Redshift (z) 2.51, magnitude 15.9.
3C 273: Easy quasar in Virgo. Viewed in the Celestron 14" (at 71 power); not visible in the Tele Vue 101mm. Near star SAO 119431. Nestled inside an L-shape of stars with PPM 158889. Redshift (z) 0.16, light time 1.9 Gyr, magnitude 12.8.
B2 1225+317: Viewed quasar near double star LDS4214 in Canes Venatici. Off to the top-left. Saw GSC 02528-0091, GSC 02528-0510, and GSC 02528-0251. A big L. Viewed in the CAO C14. Redshift (z) 2.22, light time 9.1 Gyr, magnitude 15.9.
HS 1626+6433: Challenging dim target in Draco. Curiously, it was easier seeing star J162639.3+642620 at mag 16.2. Used Ian's TV 21mm and 13mm oculars in the CAO C14. Redshift (z) 2.32, light time 9.2 Gyr, magnitude 15.9.
3C 332: Viewed on 15 Jul 2015 in a 20" Dobsonian. Close but very dim. Quite challenging. In Corona Borealis at magnitude 16.0. Almost exactly between GSC 02580-1473 and GSC 02580-1239. Redshift (z) 0.15, light time 1.8 Gyr, magnitude 16.0.
PG 1634+706: In Draco near SAO 8552. Easy. Viewed with C14 on 12 Aug 2015. Near a kite or diamond shape of mag 13 thru 15 stars with GSC 04423-2040. South-west of the quasar. Redshift (z) 1.34, light time 7.6 Gyr, magnitude 14.7.
PHL 1811: In Capricornus. With a 20" Dobsonian. Near the little arc of stars. Part of the small open L. Fairly easy. Redshift (z) 0.19, light time 2.2 Gyr, magnitude 13.9. With Nick—his first.
F861:066 †: A very faint point to the east of the mag 18 star J124329.3-002038 in Virgo north of NGC 4642. SkyTools says it is magnitude 19.20 V. Redshift: 0.79; Light Time: 6.0 Gyr. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
Markarian 205: aka MKN 205 and Q1219+0755. Ian and I again. Beside NGC 4319, in Draco. Pretty easy to spot in the 20" light bucket. Redshift: 0.07; Light Time: 0.9 Gyr. Viewed on the evening of 29 June 2016.
B 1422+231: In Boötes. Viewed with in Ian's 20-inch Newtonian. Beside a little hockey stick of stars. Almost in-line with the pair of stars to the south, J142437.7+225309 (15.8) and J142436.9+225252 (15.8). Magnitude 16.1; redshift or z 3.62; light time 10.0 Gyr. Wow. That one broke our record... Viewed on the evening of 3 July 2016.
PKS 0225-14 †: Bright. Magnitude 18.6 in V. Redshift (z): 2.04. Light Time: 8.9 Gyr. Near NGC 936, in Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
WEE 30 †: Just barely visible near stars GSC 01409-0909 and GSC 01409-0850. North-west of the grand spiral NGC 2903. Redshift (z) of 2.53 with a light time of 9.4 Gyr. Imaged with BGO on 29 Jan '17.
NGC 3073 UB4 †: Near the galaxy, just to the north-east. A faint star-like point. Redshift (z) is 1.15; light time is 7.2 Gyr. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
NGC 3384 U4 †: In Leo. If I hadn't know it was there, I would have missed it. Barely visible in image between GSC 00852-1189 (possibly magnitude 13.10) and J104749.7+124451 (mag 17.72). Mag is 18.9. Redshift (z) at 1.11 and light time at 7.0 Gyr. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
Q 1210+1507 †: Is easy to see in image. West of M98. In an equilateral triangle with stars J121314.4+145000 and J121307.6+144902. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.

Caldwell catalogue

A listing of 109 objects, made by Sir Moore. Northern and southern hemispheres. Ones he felt Messier missed. (Which is a little peculiar given Chuck lived in Paris.)

Caldwell 41 - Hyades: See the clusters list. aka Cr 50 or Mel 25 or OCL 456.

Collinder catalogue

A listing of open clusters assembled by Per Collinder with over 450 objects. Published in 1931. Objects are denoted Col 999 or Cr 999.

Collinder 39 - Alpha Persei Cluster: See Mel 20. aka OCL 392.
Cr 69: Group of stars surrounding λ (lambda) Orionis aka Meissa. aka OCL 479.
Cr 112 - Christmas Tree Cluster: See NGC 2264. aka Mel 49 or OCL 495. With the Cone Nebula. See also 15 Mon, the multi-star system.
Cr 256: Near γ Com, a large open cluster. Nicely framed at 10x, i.e. very low power. The bright stars form a V-shape like a flock of geese. Viewed on 8 Jul '10 in GBO. aka OCL 558 or Mel 111.
Cr 399 - The Coathanger: See Brocchi's Cluster.
Cr 404: Tiny comet-like object south-west of NGC 6823. Photographed with Phil's rig on 9 Sep '18.
Cr 408: Noted a blob south of M71. An open cluster. Small at 55x. About 7 main stars, in an arc. Big flat triangle? Seemed to have a misting of stars in the middle. Viewed with C8 on 2 Sep '19. aka Harvard 20 and OCL 116.
Cr 416: North-west of the centre of NGC 6885, in Vul. Three dozen or so medium-bright stars. Imaged with BGO on 20 Sep '16.
Cr 419: A very small open cluster with a bright star. Hosts multi-star system HR 7767. Near Sadr in Cygnus. aka OCL 177. Viewed on 24 Sep '16.
Cr 427: A delicate cluster of a dozen or so stars. West of the Iris Nebula. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '17.
Collinder 463: Open cluster. Not far from Segin, the left star in the W, in Cassiopeia. Mostly faint stars. Clearly harbouring some doubles. Sparse. Viewed with C8 on 2 Sep '19. aka OCL 324.

Melotte catalogue

A catalogue of 245 star clusters published by Philibert Melotte in 1915. It contains open and globular clusters.

Melotte 49 - Christmas Tree Cluster: See NGC 2264. aka Cr 112 or OCL 495. With the Cone Nebula. See also 15 Mon, the multi-star system.

Open Cluster OCL catalogue

A catalogue by Alter, first published in 1958. It contains over 1100 elements.

Open CLuster 33: See Biurakan 5.
OCL 44: See Messier 17. aka Cr 377. Or NGC 6618 inside the Omega Nebula (aka Swan).
OCL 77: aka Basel 1. Small faint open cluster in Scutum near M11.
OCL 137: See Stephenson 1.
OCL 167.1: See vandenBergh 130.
OCL 272: In Cassiopeia. Includes double star BD +61 02555. Viewed with C8 on 26 Aug '19. aka King 12.
OCL 273: In Cassiopeia. A super-faint cluster of stars between HD 223987 and HD 224055. Very faint stars. Not far from bright star HR 9085 to the east. Viewed with C8 on 26 Aug '19. aka Harvard 21.
OCL 313 - PacMan Nebula and cluster: See NGC 281. The cluster is aka IC 1590 and Cr 8.
OCL 348 - Muscle Man Cluster: See Stock 2.
OCL 351: See Stock 7. aka Biurakan 4.
OCL 495 - Christmas Tree Cluster: See NGC 2264. aka Cr 112 or Mel 49. With the Cone Nebula. See also 15 Mon, the multi-star system.
OCL 516.1: See Orion Sigma Cluster.

Raab catalogue

A catalogue of open clusters from a 1922 research paper by Sigfrid Raab.

Raab 11: See IC 1805. aka Collinder 26, Melotte 15, and OCL 352.

variable stars

Many stars vary in their brightness. The reasons are numerous. Some humans monitor star brightness on a frequent basis and report to the AAVSO.

NSV 1484: A suspected variable in Cam. On 15 Jan 2012 in a mag ~12.5 sky, the star was not visible. Imaged on 5 Oct and 7 Oct '17. Nothing at the location noted in SkyTools. The NSV catalogue says it was only seen in one plate in 1900...
VW Dra: According to SkyTools 3, varies between 6.00 and 7.00. Viewed on 20 Jun 2012. Slightly brighter than HD 156890 which is mag 6.9. Slightly yellow or light orange.
LT Dra: Near the head of the dragon. Brighter than nearby mag 11 and 12 stars. Viewed on 22 Jun 2012. ST3 says it varies between mag 7.5 and 12.5.
R Cyg: From the TLAO summer list. Viewed on 22 Jun '12. Slightly fainter than HR 7465 which is mag 6.5. Light orange colour. Also sports a companion star (light blue?). Viewed again 29 Aug '16. Dimmer than mag 12 or 13.
* Sheliak: aka β (beta) Lyr. Compare the yellow against blue-white Sulafat aka γ (gamma). If Sheliak is fainter than Sulafat, then it is in eclipse. 12 to 13 day period. From the TLAO summer list. Viewed on 1 Jul 2012 and β seemed slightly less than γ. Not considerably dimmer...
FU Ori: Dim and orange. It purportedly varies between 2.6 and 9.5. I caught it in early April 2013 around mag 9.5.
R Sct: On 30 Jun 2013, brighter than PPM 707310 (mag 9.8). Not as bright as HD 173744 (mag 7.1). Estimated the magnitude around 8. ST3 said it was 6.4—disagreed with that. Ranges from 4.2 to 8.6 over 147 days. Orangey colour.
Z Cygni: South of 26 Cygni. See the red stars list (above). Gauged brightness 30 Jun 2013. It was brighter than 26 Cyg B (mag 8.8) aka SAO 49100. SkyTools says it varies from mag 7.1 to 14.7 over 264 days.
ρ (rho) Cassiopeiae: Low power, a pale orange citrus star. Fantastic colour at high power: intense light yellow-orange. Varies between 4.1 and 6.2. Noted V373 (5.9 and 6.3) nearby along with large round fuzzy—NGC 7789. rho brighter than HR 9059 (around 5.6) and σ (sigma) Cas (4.9) and brighter than τ (tau) Cas (around 5). Therefore, on 13 Sep 2015, around mag 4.5.
U Cyg: Not very colourful, pale orange. A double star system. The primary is a variable ranging from 5.9 to 12.1. A was dimmer than B (7.9) but brighter slightly than PPM 59697 (9.71) and TYC 03576-1785 1 (10.4). Viewed on the evening of 29 June 2016.
RZ Cas: Viewed in Tele Vue 101 with 18mm. Saw three stars, including SAO 12413, pointing to it. Varies 6.2 and 7.7 over 28 hours. Unfortunately, there were not a lot of nearby comparison stars. Brighter than the AB stars of HD 18056, at magnitude 7.7. North of SU Cas. Mag 5.9. RZ looked about the same brightness as SU. From TLAO. Viewed on 28 Aug '16.
SU Cas: South of RZ. Mag 5.9. RZ looked about the same brightness as SU. From TLAO. Viewed on 28 Aug '16.
δ Cep: Easy naked-eye object. Learned, with Wheelband's guidance, how to gauge brightness by using two near stars forming a compact triangle. Near maximum. Viewed on 26 Aug '17. An AAVSO article on the ESO web site says to use zeta and epsilon, the stars making up a flat triangle with delta. They are magnitudes 3.6 and 4.2 respectively. Brighter than epsilon but less than zeta. Around 3.8 or 3.9 maybe? ST3 said 3.9. Viewed naked eye on 2 Sep '19.
TCP J05074264+2447555: A transient (10.8 mag) in Taurus reported by the AAVSO as a microlensing event. Near bright star HD 32922. Normally shines at mag 14. Appeared in image captured to be that, around 14. Photographed with BGO on 8 Nov '17.
VZ Cnc: Quickly compared to random field stars. First viewed in TV 101 on 16 Apr '16. on A "fast" variable from TLAO. In a big bird shape of nearby stars. Saw a little triangle to the north. On evening of 16 Mar '18 with the C8, it was the brightest star in wide field offered by the baader. 49 Cancri at mag 5.6 was clearly brighter. Compared to HD 74330 (7.2) to the south-east. It seemed quite bright. Three nights later... Looked dimmer. Quite a lot dimmer than 36 and 37. Compared to HD 73488 (north-west)—a little bit brighter than that star (8.2). Viewed briefly on 19 Mar '18.
IK Peg: aka HR 8210. Variable. Potential outburst star. Candidate for explosion. Nothing special... yellow. Dim. Plait, back in 2012, described it as a "weird" star. Not big enough to explode but it has white dwarf companion that may blow up. 150 light years. Viewed with C8 on 2 Sep '19. Imaged with BGO on 12 Sep '19.
KT Dra: A faint star near an interesting triplet. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.

cometary globules

Also known as Bok globules (after Bart Bok), these are dark clouds of dense cosmic dust. When blasted by solar winds of nearby stars, they produce tails and look somewhat like comets.

ORI I-2: A cometary globule 3/4 of a degree from Alnitak, in-line with the belt stars of Orion. Near star HD 37389.

Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

A catalog of peculiar galaxies (and groups) produced by Halton Arp. A total of 338 galaxies. Originally published in 1966 by the California Institute of Technology.

Arp 71: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19. aka NGC 6045.
* Arp 81: See NGC 6621 and 6622.
Arp 86: See NGC 7752 and 7753.
Arp 87: See NGC 3088 A (MCG 4-28-21 and PGC 36227) and NGC 3088 B (MCG 4-28-20 and PGC 36228).
Arp 94: See NGC 3226 and 3227.
Arp 99: See NGC 7550, 7549, and 7547. aka Hickson 93.
Arp 120 - The Eyes: See NGC 4435 and 4438. One of the RASC Finest NGCs.
Arp 133: See Minkowski's Object. aka NGC 541, MCG 0-4-137, and PGC 5305. Member of ACO 194.
Arp 178: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19. aka IC 1178.
Arp 213: See IC 356. aka MCG 12-4-11 and PGC 14508.
Arp 244 - the Antenna Galaxies: See NGC 4038/4039. aka Caldwell 60, MCG -3-31-14, and, PGC 37967.
Arp 268 - Holmberg II: 11.2 magnitude galaxy, very faint, very soft. ST3P said it was an irregular galaxy. Near TYC 04377 2664 1 in Ursa Major. I found the bright stars to the right, including HD 68435, mag 7 star. Seemed to be a sprinkling of stars around or in the galaxy. Very faint, structure. Really hard to see.
Arp 269: See NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 (Cocoon).
Arp 272: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19. aka NGC 6050.
* Arp 278: See NGC 7253 A and B.
Arp 281 - Whale Galaxy and partner: See NGC 4631 and 4627.
Arp 293: See NGC 6285 and 6286.
Arp 308: See NGC 545 and 547. Member of ACO 194.
Arp 310: Two small galaxies atop one another in Draco. Beside IC 1258 and IC 1260 to make for a very pleasing view. Saw Arp 310 proper to the north. It was the largest of the galaxies in the field, with 2 bright points. The large element is also known as MCG 10-25-37A and PGC 60323; the small element is aka MCG 10-25-37 and PGC 60325. Examined visually on the evening of 1 August 2016.
Arp 311: See IC 1258. aka MCG 10-25-35 and PGC 60320.
Arp 315: See NGC 2830, 2831, 2832. Part of galaxy group ACO 779.
Arp 317: Trio. See Messier 65, aka NGC 3623, MCG 2-29-18, and PGC 34612. See Messier 66, aka NGC 3627, MCG 2-29-19, and PGC 34695. Also see NGC 3628, aka MCG 2-29-20 and PGC 34697. One of the RASC Finest NGCs.
Arp 319 - Stephan's Quintet: aka Hickson 92. Members are: NGC 7317, 7318A, 7318B, 7319, and 7320.
* Arp 330: In Dra. Near HD 234352. Saw two very faint objects with averted while panning to the south-west. Very challenging. May have viewed too late in evening. Did not see the 4 smaller galaxies. Tried with C14 on 12 Jun '18. Wow. Lots of galaxies visible in a 1 minute exposure. There's a crooked line with 5 or 6 galaxies running north-south. Some call this the "Golden Chain." All are very faint, small, and, star-like. Contains many LEDA and MCG galaxies. Imaged with the SBIG at the BGO on 22 Sep '19.
Arp 331: Amazing. A long string of galaxies. Includes NGC 383, 380, 379, 382, 384, 385, 386, and 388 plus a number of smaller LEDA, MCG, and PGC galaxies. aka Pisces Cloud. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.

LEDA / PGC galaxies

Generally very faint galaxies only revealed in long-exposure photography. The LEDA catalog refers to the Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database of galaxies, created in 1983 at the Lyon Observatory. The Catalogue of Principal Galaxies (PGC), an astronomical formal list published in 1989, appears to use the same numbers for some elements.

This list is not fully cross-referenced. That is, it contains only life list objects viewed that are not in the Messier, NGC, or IC catalogues.

LEDA 73954: Between NCG 541 aka Minkowski's Object and LEDA 1120269. It is a bit larger and brighter than the LEDA. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 84742: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
LEDA 86298: Due east of NGC 541 (Minkowski's Object). A tiny oval. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 91222: The little short streak, a tiny needle! Looks like an edge-on spiral. Near NGC 4642 in Virgo. Small and faint. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
LEDA 93665: To the north-east of NGC 4559. A tiny fuzzy. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 95565: To the west of MGC 10-24-112. A tiny oval. In Draco. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
LEDA 135772: Very faint stretched blob. Immediately south of the big spiral NGC 3521. In Leo. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 23 Mar 2016.
LEDA 139185: Small oval smudge west of NGC 2832, in Lynx. It is just south-east of the star GSC 02496-1254. Revealed photographically. Part of a galaxy group, ACO 779.
LEDA 139774: Very small fuzzy near the Silver Needle galaxy (NGC 4244) in Canes Venatici. Looks like there's another smaller galaxy near the LEDA! Perhaps it is a face-on spiral with a small interacting companion. Aladin refers to this as 2XMM J121651.9+375437, Seyfert 2 Galaxy. High-zoom images clearly show two spiral galaxies. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 20 Apr 2016.
LEDA 139910: Near M87. Didn't see it at first but there's a tiny sliver below the pair of stars with J123022.1+122822. A distant galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.
LEDA 141041: Far away, due east of Stephan's Quintet, is a small fuzzy oval. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '17.
LEDA 142907: North-west of NGC 7619 in Pegasus. Somewhat close. A very dim round patch. Just below the faint star J231948.8+081639. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 165260: North-north east of the Siamese Twins (NGC 4568) in Virgo, a very small round object. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28 Apr 2016.
LEDA 169241: South of M84. Tiny blotch. Near NGC 4388. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
LEDA 169248: The brighter, smaller concentration. Near NGC 4388. Further west-south-west from PGC 40519. Imaged on 3 Jan '18.
LEDA 169262: To the north-west of NGC 4388. Near star GSC 00880-0593. A faint round smudge. Imaged on 3 Jan '18.
LEDA 169263: To the extreme south of NGC 4388. Soft nearly round galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
LEDA 169283: North-east of NGC 4388, far away. A small oval fuzzy. Imaged on 3 Jan '18.
LEDA 169314: North-west of NGC 4438. A small round fuzzy. Just below star J122716.5+130838. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
LEDA 169575: Near M91. To the north is a tiny fuzz ball. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
LEDA 169578: Near M91. Close to the big island universe, to the south. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
LEDA 169320: South-west of the big galaxy is a faint oval ball of lint. It is in the outskirts of the wisps of NGC 4438. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
LEDA 169592: North-west of NGC 4568 in Virgo. Due south of bright star HD 109628. An oval with bright centre. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28 Apr 2016.
LEDA 169598: Due west of NGC 4568. Very small oval, distant spiral, edge-on in Virgo. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28 Apr 2016.
LEDA 169627: East of NGC 4568 in Virgo, just past 2 bright stars, very small round object. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28 Apr 2016.
LEDA 169778: A very small oblong smudge. Elliptical? West side of group. North-west of NGC 529. Member of Hickson 10 galaxy group. Imaged with BGO on 19 Oct '17.
LEDA 169816: North-east of NGCs 545 and 547. A small oval shape. Near Minkowski's Object. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 170207: Bright, round. South-east of NGC 4699. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 175102: Top-right of a pentagon of fuzzies close to and east of NGC 936 in Cetus. Quite bright. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 183306: East of NGC 4699. Small but bright. North-east of TYC 05535-1227 1. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 197570: North-west of NGC 383. Near. A medium-sized oval fuzzy. aka 2MASX J01071798+3225281. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 197572: Much further from NGC 383 but inline with 386. Very dim. Round. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18. aka 2MASX J01075199+3215217.
LEDA 197669: Nearly due west of NGC 7619. Medium-sized and bright. Nearly perfectly round. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 212884: A bright small oval lint ball west-south-west of NGC 772 in Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 213943: Bright thin almond-shape to the south-west of NGC 4157. In Ursa Major. Imaged with BGO on 24 Apr '17.
LEDA 213975: South-south-west of NGC 4274. A small, faint oval. Imaged on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 213976: North-north-west of NGC 4274. There's a very soft diffuse brightening. Imaged on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 213977: North of NGC 4292, near M61. A small round fuzzy. Imaged with BGO on 26 May '18.
LEDA 213990: A very small oval to the south-east of NGC 4417. Imaged with BGO (when targetted to NGC 4437) on 9 Apr '18.
LEDA 214424: In Serpens Caput. A small edge-on galaxy east of MCG 4-37-35. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
LEDA 214939: Far away from NGC 7619. To the south-west. Long streak. A edge-on spiral perhaps but does not show any brightness at the core. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 838076: South-west of NGC 1232. A small faint fuzzy. Near the star J030917.8-204247. Imaged with BGO on 21 Dec '17.
LEDA 840370: A faint small oval fuzzy. East-south-east of NGC 1232. East of the bright star HD 19764. Imaged with BGO on 21 Dec '17.
LEDA 998398: South-west of NGC 4699. A very faint oval smudge. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 998875: South-south-east of NGC 4699. Very faint. An elongated patch. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 1000221: East-south-east of NGC 4699. A small almond shape. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 1000452: Nearly due west of NGC 4699. Looks like an edge-on spiral. Small. Very faint. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 1000538: East of NGC 4699. It is a dim round ball of lint above GSC 05535-1552. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 1001825: North-west of NGC 4699. Round and small, it is extremely faint. Imaged on 14 May '17.
LEDA 1015119: A tiny round galaxy near NGC 3115. Beside the star J100542.5-073958 and east of GSC 05477-1051. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1015564: Near NGC 3115. North-west of GSC 05477-1051 star. A small round fuzzy. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1016665: Near NGC 3115. Due north of the Spindle Galaxy is this very faint tiny oval smudge. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1119267: Close to NGC 541 (Minkowski's Object). To the south-east. It is very faint. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 1120269: Due west of NGC 541. Quite a distance away. Tiny and round and faint. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 1121627: North-north-west of NGC 541 aka Minkowski's Object. A tiny round lint ball. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 1121628: West of LEDA 1121627. A tiny faint round fuzzy. Near NGC 541. A tiny round lint ball. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
LEDA 1122209: Another long thin smudge, to the south-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1123709: A long thin edge-on special galaxy to the south-west of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1124005: Nearly round medium size fuzz to the east-south-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1124940: Bottom of a pentagon of fuzzies close to and east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1125075: Bottom-left of a pentagon of fuzzies close to and east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1125124: Bottom-right of a pentagon of fuzzies close to and east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1125471: Top-left of a pentagon of fuzzies close to and east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Somewhat bright. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1126032: Round fuzzy to the east-north-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1126331: A small amorphous fuzz ball to the north-west of NGC 936 . In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1126510: Canted galaxy to the north-north-west of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1126571: A bright but small lint ball to the north-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1127342: A very faint diffuse object to the north-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1127666: An elongated wisp to the north-west of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1127784: A very faint large object beyond LEDA 1126510 from NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1127834: Round fuzzy to the north-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1128467: A small faint oval to the north-west of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1128676: Very faint oval to the north-north-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1126906: Medium size faint round fuzzy to the north-north-east of NGC 936. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1135883: Very small, very faint cotton ball south-east of star TYC 04949-0852 1 which is south-east NGC 4642 in Virgo. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
LEDA 1139207: A small very faint fuzz ball south-east of NGC 4653 in Virgo. Twice the distance away as 1139283. SkyTools says magnitude 16.80 B. And a redshift of 0.03 with light time 0.4 Gyr. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
LEDA 1139283: A tiny thin faint streak south of NGC 4653 in Virgo. Perhaps a distant edge-on spiral or a small distorted galaxy interacting with the big spiral. ST3P says magnitude 17.50 B. Redshift: 0.13; Light Time: 1.6 Gyr. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
LEDA 1148913: Tiny bright oval. South of the big spiral NGC 3521. In Leo. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 23 Mar 2016.
LEDA 1151710: Very faint round smudge. South-east of the big spiral NGC 3521. Due west of the bright star HD 96363. In Leo. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 23 Mar 2016.
LEDA 1214810: Small, oblong fuzzy, north-east of NGC 5746. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 1266560: South-west of M61. A dim horizontally stretched lint ball. Imaged with BGO on 26 May '18.
LEDA 1332022: Tiny round. Just visible. North-east of NGC 4526. Imaged with BGO on 2 Apr '18.
LEDA 1333286: South-west of M49. Somewhat far. A very faint galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.
LEDA 1336640: Very small thin fuzzy, perhaps an edge-on spiral. South-south-west of NGC 4535. Far away. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1340665: Round fuzz ball south-west of but close to NGC 4535. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1342675: Tiny little streak between LEDA 1343342 and NGC 4535, slightly further to the west. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1342835: North-east of NGC 4535. Due east from the star GSC 00874-0721. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1342934: Near to LEDA 142907, to the south-south-west. North-west of NGC 7619 in Pegasus. A small almond shape. Dim. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 1343342: Bright oval north of NGC 4535, slightly west. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1344674: Far north of NGC 7619. Round fuzzy. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 1344694: North-west, well away, from NGC 7619. A little bit north-east of the bright pair of stars. Looks like a distant canted spiral galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 1369041: Dim fuzzy. North-east of PGC 40815. Near NGC 4417. Imaged with BGO (when targetted to NGC 4437) on 9 Apr '18.
LEDA 1389947: East of NGC 4762. There seem to be two small round objects here. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1391072: Tiny round fuzzy west of NGC 4762. Between 4762 and 4754. Imaged on 13 May '17.
LEDA 1391211: West of NGC 4568 in Virgo. Two round fuzzies, in fact. ST3 only notes the inner one - LEDA 1391211. SIMBAD tagged both. Inner - SDSS J123557.64+111619.8; outer - [WLH2009] J188.98801+11.2744. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28 Apr 2016.
LEDA 1394064: South-south-east of M60. Oriented east-west. Large than 1397198. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
LEDA 1397198: Due north of Messier 60 proper. A tiny oval, oriented east-west. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
LEDA 1397945: Near M58. To the south-east, a good distance away, is the tiny fuzzy oval. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
LEDA 1398085: Near M59. To the north-west is an elongated patch, oriented north-south. I believe this is LEDA 1398085. ST3 also shows PGC 42679 here but it is opposed, oriented east-west. I don't see another galaxy. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
LEDA 1398556: Near M59. To the north, and slightly west, a good distance away is a very faint round lint ball. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
LEDA 1400836: Near M58. Near the gaggle of stars to the north-east, on the eastern edge, is a very small fuzzy oblong shape. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
LEDA 1410090: In Leo. Due south of NGC 3384, forming a diamond with 3 stars including J104823.3+122802. Small, slightly oval. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1410190: In Leo. Near NGC 3384. North-west of J104823.3+122802. Round, brighter than 1410090. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1410257: In Leo. South-west of NGC 3384, well away. Near a triangle of stars including J104900.6+122920. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1410893: In Leo. Near NGC 3384. To the east. Faint, small, nearly round. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1412396: In Leo. Near NGC 3384. A faint oval east of star GSC 00852-0787. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1414181: In Leo. A faint amorphous fuzzy, west-north-west of NGC 3384, between stars J104802.7+124015 and GSC 00852-0810. Imaged with BGO on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 1419741: South-east of NGC 4206, near NGC 4216. A round fuzzy. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1419993: South-east of the NGC 4216. A small round lint ball to the east of star GSC 00879-0604. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1420615: Almond-shaped. North-east of LEDA 1419993. Near NGC 4216 in Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1422933: A small fuzzy oval. Near NGC 4216. Due south of IC 771. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1425156: South-west from PGC 39247. A little streak of light. Near NGC 4216. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1425624: Tiny round faint fuzz ball. Just beyond the grand spiral disc, north of NGC 4216's bright core. Immediately west of PGC 39247. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1425739: North-east of NGC 4216. Tiny, round. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
LEDA 1467279: Near M98. Just north of MCG 3-31-76. A tiny dim oval. Imaged with the BGO robotic system on 14 Jan '19.
LEDA 1541356: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19. Appears to have an IC but I cannot determine it.
LEDA 1544918: South-east of NGC 3607 in Leo. Faint and very small, near a pair of stars, almost perfectly inline. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 10 Apr 2016.
LEDA 1552800: North-east of NGC 3608 in Leo. Two non-stellar objects. Very small. The brighter, larger one is LEDA 1552800. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 10 Apr 2016.
LEDA 1573401: A canted small spiral galaxy well beyond 770 from NGC 772. In Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1575861: A very small oval just south-west of PCG 7509. In Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1577099: Small oval fuzz ball slightly south of due west. Close to NGC 772 in Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1577343: A small oval fuzzy west of NGC 772 in Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1577957: A very faint oval fuzz east of NGC 772. In Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1582319: A small faint oval fuzzy north-east of NGC 772. In Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
LEDA 1647510: A small, faint oval fuzzy. South-west of NGC 2903. In Leo. Imaged with BGO on 29 Jan '17. Near the bottom edge of the image.
LEDA 1648681: A bright but very small and round fuzzy. Due south of NGC 2903. In Leo. Imaged with BGO on 29 Jan '17.
LEDA 1656651: South of MCG 4-37-38 is a small medium-bright oval. In Serpens (Caput). Imaged on 3 July 2016.
LEDA 1659475: Due east of PGC 56094. Fair distance away. Bright edge-on disc. In Serpens (Caput). Imaged on 3 July 2016.
LEDA 1659534: North-east of LEDA 214424 is the very small but bright almond shape. In Serpens (Caput). Imaged on 3 July 2016.
LEDA 1689654: A largish thin oval south of MCG 4-44-10. In Hercules. Imaged on 1 July 2016.
LEDA 1690678: South-east of the Turtle Nebula. Due south of star HD 151202. A long thin oval. Faint. Very faint. In Hercules. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 19 Jun 2016.
LEDA 1695920: North-east of the Turtle Nebula. South of LEDA 1696456. Faint. Small. It looks a bit deformed. Rectangular? Perhaps a misshapen galaxy? In Hercules. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 19 Jun 2016.
LEDA 1696456: North-east of the Turtle Nebula. North of LEDA 1695920. A small faint oval. Bright centre. In Hercules. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 19 Jun 2016.
LEDA 1717186: To the south-south-east of NGC 3344. East of the star GSC 01977-0705. A tiny canted almond shape. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1718221: South-east of NGC 3344. Due south of GSC 01977-0730. Nearly perfectly round. Very small again. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1718826: North-east of the bright star, between it and the galaxy NGC 3344. Beside LEDA 1718896. 1718826 is further away from the spiral, closest to the star, and is very small. The size of nearby stars but with a soft appearance. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1718878: A bright round lint ball to the west-south-west of NGC 3344, up and right of the bright star SAO 81487. An elliptical galaxy perhaps. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1718896: Beside LEDA 1718826. North-east of the bright star, between it and the galaxy NGC 3344. Closer to the spiral. Slight oval shape. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1719450: Tiny round. Due east of NGC 3344. Just beyond GSC 01977-0846. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1721382: A small round fuzz. East-north-east of NGC 3344. Just west of GSC 01977-0899. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1723912: North-west of NGC 3344. A small oval fuzzy. Just east of the star J104244.5+250255. Imaged with BGO on 27 Mar '17.
LEDA 1732526: Far to the south of NGC 4725. In a line of three points of light, almost equidistant. Dimmest of the three. Imaged with BGO on 27 Feb '18.
LEDA 1734926: Small dim fuzzy south-south-west of NGC 4725. Imaged with BGO on 27 Feb '18.
LEDA 1735228: South of NGC 4725. Slightly larger than LEDA 1734926. Imaged with BGO on 27 Feb '18.
LEDA 1743969: North-north-east of NGC 4725. Is it very small but bright. Imaged with BGO on 27 Feb '18.
LEDA 1825270: North of LEDA 93665. Near NGC 4559. A small lint ball. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 1833246: Ha. Wasn't sure as I examined the image closely. South of NGC 5466. In an L-shape with the stars GSC 02012-0595 and GSC 02012-0176. In Boötes. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11 May 2016.
LEDA 1835025: A faint small fuzzy south-east of NGC 5466, near a pair of faint stars, J140545.3+282514 and J140544.3+282506. Identified by ST3. In Boötes. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11 May 2016.
LEDA 1840778: Didn't see at first but is pretty obvious. North of PGC 50187. A smaller fainter oval patch. North-west of NGC 5466. In Boötes. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11 May 2016.
LEDA 1981071: East of the big galaxy NGC 4656. In CVn. A tiny, bright spot, with fuzzy edges. Somewhat ovalish. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 9 May 2016.
LEDA 1983264: West of NGC 4656. In CVn. A small spot, with a dim centre. It is not a well-formed oval. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 9 May 2016.
LEDA 1992085: Further away, further south-west from UGC 679. Similar size to LEDA 1993906. Oval. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 1992625: Further out, south-south-west of NGC 383. A soft blob. West of the right-angle triangle of stars. aka 2MASX J01071026+3220485. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 1993906: A small non-round blotch south-west of UGC 679. Near NGC 383. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 1995971: Nearly due west of the NGC 383, well away, south of a tight triangle of stars. A stretched smudge. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 1998992: Due north of NGC 383 and due east of NGC 380. Tiny, nearly-round galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 1999066: Between NGC 380 and LEDA 1998992. A small smudge. Dimmer than 1998992 but about the same size. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 1999738: North of NGC 390. It looks a clone of 390 but smaller and dimmer. Further away (in distance)? Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18. aka 2MASX J01081590+3229567.
LEDA 2003331: Near NGC 379. West of a flattened triangle of bright stars. A very dim shape, small. aka 2MASX J01065374+3234434. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 2003479: Near NGC 379. North of a flattened triangle of bright stars. An elongated smudge. aka 2MFGC 815. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
LEDA 2027348: To the south-west of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2028167: To the south-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2029405: Very faint oval. South-east of NGC 3003. In Leo Minor. Imaged with BGO on 3 Feb '17.
LEDA 2030257: To the west of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2030408: To the south, close to, NGC 2683. In Lynx. Another spiral? Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2032276: Very small round fuzz ball. East of NGC 3003. In Leo Minor. Imaged with BGO on 3 Feb '17.
LEDA 2032797: To the north-west of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2033338: Small faint oval. North of NGC 3003. In Leo Minor. Imaged with BGO on 3 Feb '17.
LEDA 2033968: Very small round fuzzy. North-west of NGC 3003. West of LEDA 2034047. In Leo Minor. Imaged with BGO on 3 Feb '17.
LEDA 2034047: Small round faint fuzzy. North-west of NGC 3003. East of LEDA 2033968. In Leo Minor. Imaged with BGO on 3 Feb '17.
LEDA 2034078: To the north-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2034115: To the north-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2034409: To the north-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2034818: To the north-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2034864: To the north-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2034935: To the north-east of NGC 2683. In Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
LEDA 2036350: Small round smudge south of and more distant from NGC 2832. Revealed photographically. Part of a galaxy group, ACO 779. In Lynx.
LEDA 2037597: Very faint small round fuzzy south of and close to NGC 2832. Revealed photographically. Part of a galaxy group, ACO 779. In Lynx.
LEDA 2081544: Near J105245.4+362846. South-east of NGC 3432. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2081645: Faint oval smudge, just north of J105154.4+362902. South-west of NGC 3432. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2083781: West of NGC 3432. Very bright but compact ball near the star J105145.0+363633. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2089756: Obvious. South of NGC 5005. While large, it is very faint. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2091749: Very small dim fuzzy. Just west of the big galaxy NGC 5005. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2093249: A small oval. To the north-west of galaxy NGC 3941, near GSC 02526-0160. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2094391: A small, faint, and round. North of galaxy NGC 3941. Near star TYC 02526-0109 1. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2095155: North of NGC 5005. Above and left of the star J131056.4+371034. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2095424: Tiny faint almond. North of NGC 5005. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
LEDA 2139080: Bright, compact. South-east of NGC 1023. In Perseus. Imaged on 28 Aug '16.
LEDA 2140117: A faint galaxy. To the south-west of NGC 1023. In Perseus. Imaged on 28 Aug '16.
LEDA 2140229: A long oval. To the south-west of NGC 1023. In Perseus. Imaged on 28 Aug '16.
LEDA 2181848: A small oval fuzzy north-east of the spiral galaxy NGC 3184. Imaged with SMU robotic 'scope on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 2183464: A fuzzy oval above the stars GSC 03004-0525 and TYC 03004-0823 1. Near NGC 3184. Imaged with SMU robotic 'scope on 3 Apr '17.
LEDA 2185016: Due east of the Cocoon (NGC 4490). A small round ball of lint. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 2185391: Lower. Near LEDA 2185640. Appears to be a satellite dwarf galaxy just west of NGC 4485. Not round; diffuse. Dimmer. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 2185640: Upper. Near LEDA 2185391. Satellite dwarf galaxies in the group, just west of 4485. Both are not round and diffuse. 2185640 is the brighter. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 2186780: North-east of the Cocoon. Between GSC 03020-0480 and GSC 03020-1834. Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 2187250: An oval fuzzy. North-east of the Cocoon (NGC 4490). Imaged with BGO on 17 Dec '17.
LEDA 2194478: In Andromeda. Due south of NGC 891. A small round lint ball. Imaged with BGO on 19 Aug '16.
LEDA 2197897: A small faint fuzzy thing. South-south-west of NGC 7662. In Andromeda. Imaged on 17 Jul '16.
LEDA 2198265: A dim oval. South-south-west of NGC 7662. In Andromeda. Imaged on 17 Jul '16.
LEDA 2200608: Immediately west of NGC 7662 is a dim small lint ball. In Andromeda. Imaged on 17 Jul '16.
LEDA 2200851: Due east of NGC 7662, south-east of the bright star. In Andromeda. Imaged on 17 Jul '16.
LEDA 2203327: A large canted oval galaxy. North-east of NGC 7662. In Andromeda. Imaged on 17 Jul '16.
LEDA 2203587: A small non-round fuzz ball. North-north west NGC 7662. In Andromeda. Imaged on 17 Jul '16.
LEDA 2210517: A tiny oval. Immediately below NGC 4109. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2210701: To the east of NGC 4109, further than LEDA 2210517, is a brighter oval. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2212301: Small faint oval. A companion? Due east of the core of NGC 4111. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2214631: Small round fuzzy with three other faint small round fuzzies. North of NGC 4111. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2214632: Small round fuzzy with three other faint small round fuzzies. North of NGC 4111. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2214969: Small round fuzzy with three other faint small round fuzzies. North of NGC 4111. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2215310: Small round fuzzy with three other faint small round fuzzies. North of NGC 4111. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
LEDA 2233323: South-east, well away, from NGC 4449. Two tiny faint fuzzies. Markarian 1475 is to the east while LEDA 2233323 is to the west. Looks like an edge-on spiral. Possibly longer than 1475. Imaged with BGO on 15 Dec '17.
LEDA 2271984: Spotted in Nicole's images. Near IC 2149 in Auriga. Revealed photographically.
LEDA 2300172: South-east of LEDA 2300369. Smaller than 369. In Ursa Major. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 20 Apr 2016.
LEDA 2300369: East of NGC 3877. Very small. In Ursa Major. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 20 Apr 2016.
LEDA 2304152: Just below the arc of stars with GSC 03451-0620. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 7 Oct '16.
LEDA 2305554: A small round fuzzy. To the east, beside 2305602. Just above an arc of stars with GSC 03451-0620. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 7 Oct '16.
LEDA 2305602: A small slightly oval fuzzy. To the west, beside 2305554. Just above an arc of stars with GSC 03451-0620. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 7 Oct '16.
LEDA 2306379: Between the arc of stars and two bright in-line stars (with GSC 03451-0116). A stretched mottled fuzz patch. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 7 Oct '16.
LEDA 2307244: Between 2306379 and the two bright in-line stars is a bright but small fuzzy. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 7 Oct '16.
LEDA 2308346: South of star GSC 03451-0260. A faint fuzzy streak. It appears to be angled east-west. It's a random faint galaxy found in a comet shot. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 7 Oct '16.
LEDA 2315395: Due east of NGC 185, above the two equally bright stars. A round fuzzy ball. In Cassiopeia. Imaged with BGO on 3 Aug 2016.
LEDA 2317235: Opposite SAO 36556 from 2319065 is a very small round fuzzy ball. Near NGC 185. In Cassiopeia. Imaged with BGO on 3 Aug 2016.
LEDA 2318158: Due north of NGC 185, right beside the bright group of stars, is a bright oval. In Cassiopeia. Imaged with BGO on 3 Aug 2016.
LEDA 2319065: Above and slightly left of SAO 36556. Opposite 2317235. A small slightly oval fuzzy. Near NGC 185. In Cassiopeia. Imaged with BGO on 3 Aug 2016.
LEDA 2371976: A small bright oval. South-east on NGC 4088. In Ursa Major. Imaged with BGO on 5 Feb '17.


LEDA 2372650: South-east on NGC 4088, near star J120605.0+502706. In Ursa Major. Imaged with BGO on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2377854: North-east of NGC 4157. A dim oval. In Canes Venatici. Imaged with BGO on 24 Apr '17.
LEDA 2385722: A tiny round blob. Near NGC 2841. South of 2387030, near the pair of stars. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 29 Jan '17.
LEDA 2387030: An oval fuzz patch. West of NGC 2841. Slightly larger than 2389105. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 29 Jan '17.
LEDA 2387317: A bit north of the large galaxy NGC 2841 is a tiny round fuzz ball. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 29 Jan '17.
LEDA 2389105: A very faint oval. North-north east of NGC 2841. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 29 Jan '17.
LEDA 2440298: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
LEDA 2440308: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
LEDA 2442680: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
LEDA 2444311: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
LEDA 2437977: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
LEDA 2439198: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
LEDA 2505260: South-west of M108. Far away. A large round ball of lint. Imaged with BGO on 25 Jan '18.
LEDA 2506141: Easily missed. Just above LEDA 2505260. A tiny faint almond canted. Near M108. Imaged with BGO on 25 Jan '18.
LEDA 2507703: Small galaxy. East of LEDA 2507972. South-south-west of M108. Short distance away. Imaged with BGO on 25 Jan '18.
LEDA 2507972: Small galaxy. West of LEDA 2507703 and south-west of M108. A short distance away. Imaged with BGO on 25 Jan '18.
LEDA 2509962: West of M108, near a bright star. A very tiny oval smudge. Imaged with BGO on 25 Jan '18.
LEDA 2513272: North-east of M108. A nearly round small but bright fuzzy. Imaged with BGO on 25 Jan '18.
LEDA 2515510: Just south of 2515812. An oval, fainter. Near NGC 3079. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2515671: A small, round, but bright fuzzy. North of NGC 3079, near the star GSC 03817-1087. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2515812: A faint small oval. North-west of the big galaxy NGC 3079. In the triad of stars with GSC 03817-0962. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2516041: A very small, dim patch. North-east of 2515671. Near NGC 3079. In Ursa Major. Imaged on 5 Feb '17.
LEDA 2562784: West of LEDA 95565. A very small round smudge. In Draco. Near NGC 6338. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
LEDA 2566627: Near GSC 03895-1370, just east of the star. In Draco. Near NGC 6338. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
LEDA 2566799: North of NGC 6338. A tiny fuzzy. In Draco. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
LEDA 2567181: North of LEDA 2566799. Tiny. In Draco. Near NGC 6338. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
LEDA 2568088: North-west of NGC 6338. A very faint oval. In Draco. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
LEDA 2588841: A small oval east of NGC 5985. In Draco.
LEDA 2590275: A small oval north of NGC 5985. In Draco.
LEDA 2689421: A very small oval fuzzy. Due west of Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543). In Draco. Imaged in HaRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 26 Apr 2016.
LEDA 2690715: A tiny round object, between stars J175657.6+664410 and GSC 04212-1313. Not star like. A distant galaxy? North-west of Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543). In Draco. Imaged in HaRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 26 Apr 2016.
LEDA 2714451: Small round fuzzy galaxy. South-west of NGC 6621/2. South-east of an equilateral triangle of stars. Imaged with BGO on 21 Sep '17.
LEDA 2733888: A very small round fuzzy south of the big canted galaxy NGC 6503. SkyTools IDs that as LEDA 2733888. In Draco. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11 May 2016.
LEDA 2775547: A round lint ball near NGC 2655. South-south-east of the very bright star HD 75544, beyond the three or four little faint stars. In Camelopardalis. Imaged with BGO on 7 Oct '13.
LEDA 2775614: South-east of NGC 2655. Slightly west of the four stars, including GSC 04544-2059, is a very faint round fuzz. In Camelopardalis. Imaged with BGO on 7 Oct '13.
LEDA 2775979: West-west-north of NGC 2655. In Camelopardalis. Imaged with BGO on 7 Oct '13.
LEDA 2790096: Far west of NGC 2276. Tiny. Looks like a spiral. Imaged with BGO on 21 Oct '17.
LEDA 2780572: Faint, small, oval. North-east of Palomar 1. In Cepheus. Imaged with BGO on 28 Jan '17.
LEDA 2812073: An oddly shaped galaxy neat beside MCG 4-44-10 in Hercules. Strange perdendicular orientation. Spotted it in my image from 1 July 2016. Identified by Aladin/SIMBAD.
LEDA 3097931: Tiny. A bit north of NGC 7626 and east-north-east of NGC 7619 in Pegasus. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
LEDA 3111069 / PGC 3111069: Small fuzzy north of NGC 4653. In Virgo. Not noted in ST3P--it shows two stars. In the SA 104 region. Aladin/SIMBAD refers to this as 2MASX J12434505-0021266. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
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PGC 1614: In Hickson 1. Medium-size. On the west side. Round. With a bright core. West of the star Tycho 1734 01060 1. Imaged with BGO on 23 Nov '17.
PGC 1618: In Hickson 1. Very tiny faint round fuzzy in the middle of the galaxy group. Between Tycho 1734 01060 1 and Tycho 1734 00524 1. Imaged with BGO on 23 Nov '17.
PGC 1625: Smaller of two interacting galaxies. In Hickson 1. See UGC 248.
PGC 1628: South-east of galaxy cluster Hickson 1 proper. A bright but small almond. Imaged with BGO on 23 Nov '17.
PGC 5306: South-east of UGC 1003. A round fuzzy. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
PGC 7509: A medium bright round fuzzy south-west of NGC 772. In Aries. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
PGC 9042: South-south-east of NGC 891 in Andromeda. A distant oval galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 19 Aug '16.
PGC 10133: Smudge. Near NGC 1023 in Perseus. South of LEDA 2140229. Imaged on 28 Aug '16.
PGC 13826: See IC 342. aka Caldwell 5 and MCG 11-5-3.
PGC 14508: See IC 356. aka Arp 213 and MCG 12-4-11.
PGC 24945: To the east of NGC 2683 in Lynx. Imaged with BGO on 31 Jan '17.
PGC 33536: Irregular shape. Something interesting going on. South of the big spiral NGC 3521. In Leo. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 23 Mar 2016.
PGC 34407: aka MCG+03-29-018. In Leo. West of NGC 3607 and 3608. Very faint, edge-on galaxy. Looks like a distant spiral. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 10 Apr 2016.
PGC 37297: A soft oval with a bright centre. To the north-east of NGC 3941 in Ursa Major. Near the top-left corner of the image from 5 Feb '17.
PGC 39176: See IC 771. aka MCG 2-31-67.
PGC 39247: Round. Just beyond the grand spiral disc, due north of NGC 4216's bright core. LEDA 1425624 is immediately west. Imaged on 20 May '17.
PGC 40063: A stretched fuzzy. South-east of M61. Imaged with BGO on 26 May '18.
PGC 40485: See IC 3303. aka MCG 2-32-35.
PGC 40214: Near Messier 100. North of NGC 4328. Tiny. Imaged with BGO on 6 Feb '19.
PGC 40519: Somewhat large but very faint oval. West-south-west of NGC 4388. Imaged on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 40577: In a triangle of small and very faint fuzzies north of NGC 4388. PGC 40577 to the west. Imaged on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 40611: In a triangle of small and very faint fuzzies north of NGC 4388. PGC 40611 to the east. Imaged on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 40641: Medium-sized but diffuse oval with a tiny but bright core. Near NGC 4438. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
PGC 40672: Far away from NGC 4388. To the south-east. Small, round, and very faint. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
PGC 40707: Bright round ball due north of NGC 4413. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
PGC 40722: A very low contrast but soft smudge. It is apparent while panning. South-west of NGC 4417 and north-east of and near the star GSC 874-423. Imaged with BGO (when targetted to NGC 4437) on 9 Apr '18.
PGC 40815: Round star-like object. It almost looks like a globular cluster. North-east of NGC 4417 and well away. Imaged with BGO (when targetted to NGC 4437) on 9 Apr '18.
PGC 40844: Small round faint fuzzy in Coma Berenices. South of 40848. Imaged with BGO on 18 May '18. Incidental observation: had sent robotic 'scope to region of suspected comet.
PGC 40848: Small round faint fuzzy in Coma Berenices. South-south-west of Tycho 880-810. Imaged with BGO on 18 May '18. Incidental observation: had sent robotic 'scope to region of suspected comet.
PGC 40890: South-south-west of NGC 4438. It is faint and small and does not look completely round. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 40915: A small almond shaped fuzzy south of a pair of stars with J122743.1+125233. Near NGC 4438. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 40958: Nestled in the bright stars south-east of NGC 4438. Somewhat large elongated smudge. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 40981: North-east of NGC 4438, well away. A small oval lint thing. Imaged with BGO on 3 Jan '18.
PGC 41018: See IC 3388.
PCG 41180: Between M49 and NGC 4464. A perfectly round fuzz ball. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.
PCG 41185: South-west of M49. About the same distance from the core as NGC 4467, but fainter. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.
PCG 41264: North-east of M49. A somewhat large round fuzzy with a bright core. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19.
PGC 41858: Near M91. Far away to the west-north-west. A tiny round fuzzy point. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
PGC 41978: Near M91. Lies to the south-east. Almond-shaped. The canted galaxy is quite large and bright. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
PGC 42561: aka MCG 10-18-76. A bright but small oval. North-east of NGC 4605 in Ursa Major. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 30 Apr 2016.
PGC 42634: Near M59. Due north of IC 809. A faint oblong but large fuzzy. Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 1 Feb '19.
PGC 42758: Barely visible. North-west of M60, far away. Very faint smudge. Just north of star J124301.1+114028. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
PGC 42767: The oval fuzzy north of NGC 4642 in Virgo. Either it has a bright centre or there is a foreground star. ST3P says it is a lenticular galaxy. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12 Mar 2016.
PGC 50187: aka MCG 5-33-43. There's an oval fuzzy, west of NGC 5466 in Boötes. A distant canted spiral? Identified by SkyTools 3 Professional. An SBb spiral with a light time of 0.5 Gyr. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11 May 2016.
PGC 52633: Faint, small fuzzy galaxy north-west of NGC 5746. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
PGC 53422: aka MCG 11-18-17. Found a tiny edge-on galaxy in my comet photo from mid-July. SkyTools says magnitude 15.30 B. Wow. It's the little smudge directly below RR UMi, about half the separation of the comet from the star. Zoom in!
PGC 54419: A bright but small, mottled oval to the north-west of the Splinter Galaxy (NGC 5907). In Draco. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11 May 2016.
PGC 56094: aka MCG 4-37-34. A small edge-on galaxy in Serpens Caput. From the Astronomical League's thin galaxy list. It is in a gaggle of other galaxies as well as the Hickson 77. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
PGC 56117: South of Hickson 77, a large canted galaxy. In Serpens Caput. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
PGC 57131: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
PGG 57432: South of multi-star element STT 305 C. Fascinating to see a dim oval galaxy in a 4 second exposure. Must be bright. Imaged with BGO on 17 Oct '17.
PGC 59962: See IC 1252. aka MCG 10-24-120.
PGC 60320: See IC 1258. aka Arp 311 or MCG 10-25-35.
PGC 60323: See Arp 310. aka MCG 10-25-37A.
PGC 60324: See IC 1260. aka MCG 10-25-40.
PGC 60325: See Arp 310. aka MCG 10-25-37.
PGC 62236: North-west of MCG 4-44-10. A somewhat large oval. In Hercules. Imaged on 1 July 2016.
PGC 63573: In Cygnus. West of the Blinking Planetary. North of star GSC 03565-0243. A small round fuzzy. Possibly an elliptical galaxy. Or a compact spiral. Imaged on 24 June 2016.
PGC 67017: See IC 1392. aka MCG 6-47-3.
PGC 71085: See UGC 12510. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.

Hickson galaxy groups

A collection of galaxy clusters, also known as the Hickson Compact Group (HCG). Paul Hickson published his catalogue of 100 groupings in 1982.

Hickson 1: Documented members in UGC 248 (or MCG 4-2-18), PGC 1625, PGC 1614, and PGC 1618. 248 is large member to north-east. Touching 1625 to the south-west. Both look like spiral galaxies interacting. There's a bridge between them. 1614 is west. Round. With a bright core. 1618 is very tiny faint round fuzzy between the others. Between Tycho 1734 01060 1 and Tycho 1734 00524 1. Imaged with BGO on 23 Nov '17.
Hickson 10: Lovely grouping of 4 big galaxies (NGC 536, 529, 531, 542) plus a number of smaller companions, in Andromeda. Very near star HR 410. There are maybe dozens of tiny members. Suggested from SkyTools. Imaged with BGO on 19 Oct '17.
Hickson 68: Galaxy group in Canes Venatici. Neat. Saw three little galaxies beside a pair of bright stars. The two on the south were brighter. They were touching each other. The north galaxy was bigger. From south to north, NGC 5353 and 5354, touching, then 5350 (aka Markarian 1485). Did not see 5355 or 5358. Viewed on 11 Jun '18.
Hickson 77: Near PGC 56094 in Serpens Caput. Includes 4 galaxies. From north to south. A large, somewhat dim oval. Then a small oval which is the same brightness as the previous. Then there is a very bright oval. And finally a slightly larger very bright oval. Very neat! All four elements go by MCG 4-37-37. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
* Hickson 84: Near NGC 6217, in UMi. Spotted a triangle of stars to the north-east. Averted imagination? Did I see some fuzzies. ST3 showed a couple of large members and a tiny one touching. Tried several times to coax out fuzzies but could not see a single member. Tried on 26 Sep '16.
Hickson 92 - Stephan's Quintet: In Pegasus. Viewed in 20" Dob at CAO in dark skies. Clearly saw NGC 7320, 7319, and 7317. Spotted the overlapping pair 7318 but couldn't clearly delineate the A and B galaxies. aka Arp 319. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '17 so to identify 7318 A and B.
Hickson 93: Viewed some of the members on Oct 2013. In Peg. Saw NGC 7547, NGC 7549, and NGC 7550 but not 53 or 58... Imaged on 29 Aug '17. and 30 Aug '17 with BGO. All members identified.

Morphological Galaxy Catalog

The "Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies" is a compilation of information for approximately 34 000 galaxies found and examined on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS).

The catalog is structured according to the POSS zones and is numbered from +15 (corresponding to +90 deg) to +01 (+06 deg zone) and +00 (equatorial zone) to -05 (-30 deg zone).

This list is not fully cross-referenced. That is, it contains only life list objects viewed that are not in the Messier, NGC, or IC catalogues.

MCG 14-4-26: West of NGC 2276 and south of MCG 14-4-21. It looks elliptical; ST3 says it is a spiral. aka PGC 20677. Imaged with BGO on 21 Oct '17.
MCG 14-4-24: West of NGC 2276. A small edge-on spiral. aka PGC 20655. Imaged with BGO on 21 Oct '17.
MCG 14-4-21: West of NGC 2276 and south of MCG 14-4-20. A canted spiral. aka PGC 20601. Imaged with BGO on 21 Oct '17.
MCG 14-4-20: Far west of NGC 2276. A large elliptical. A smooth oval with a bright core. aka PGC 20491. Imaged with BGO on 21 Oct '17.
MCG 12-4-11: See IC 356. aka Arp 213 and PGC 14508.
MCG 11-5-3: See IC 342. aka Caldwell 5 and PGC 13826.
MCG 10-25-40: See IC 1260. aka PGC 60324.
MCG 10-25-37: See Arp 310. In Draco. SkyTools shows the small element as 10-25-37 proper and the large as A. aka PGC 60325 and PGC 60323.
MCG 10-25-35: See IC 1258. aka PGC 60320 and Arp 311.
MCG 10-24-120: See IC 1252. aka PGC 59962.
MCG 10-24-117: Small oval. Just north of NGC 6338. aka PGC 59943. In Draco. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
MCG 10-24-112: South-west of 6346. A small bright oval. In Draco. aka PGC 59929. Imaged on 30 June 2016.
MCG 10-24-82: Very small dim oval. aka PGC 59348. Part of a galaxy group with NGC 6285, NGC 6286, and MCG 10-24-79, from the Arp Galaxy List. Near TYC 03898-0989 1. In Draco. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 9-27-100: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19. aka PGC 59089
MCG 9-27-99: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19. aka UGC 10583
MCG 9-27-96: Part of Arp 330 proper. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
MCG 9-27-95: In Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
MCG 9-27-94: Part of Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
MCG 9-27-93: Near or in Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19. aka PGC 59056
MCG 9-27-92: Part of Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.
MCG 9-27-91: In Arp 330. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '19.

MCG 9-20-92: A soft round fuzzy. South-east of galaxy NGC 4088. Imaged with BGO on 5 Feb '17. In Ursa Major.
MCG 9-20-48: East of M109. A medium-sized oval. aka PGC 37700. Imaged on 5 Jul '17.
MCG 9-20-45: A small fuzzy comma. South of M109. aka PGC 37621. Imaged on 5 Jul '17.
MCG 9-17-9: A large bright oval shape. Due west of NGC 3079. Imaged on 5 Feb '17. aka PGC 28990. In Ursa Major.
MCG 9-16-8: South-east of NGC 2841. Imaged on 29 Jan '17. But cut-off, at the edge of the frame. aka PGC 26572. In Ursa Major.
MCG 8-40-2: Galaxy in Lacerta. Fuzzy spotted during panning. Small at low power. A small faint oval. South of SAO 51681. Oriented toward bright star to the north-east, HD 210404. aka PGC 68121. Viewed on 24 Sep '16.
MCG 8-2-8: In Cassiopeia. A long needle-thin galaxy south-west of NGC 185. aka PGC 2270. Imaged with BGO on 3 Aug 2016.
MCG 7-25-25: In Canes Venatici. Further still, east of LEDA 2210701, barely detectable, is a larger smudge. aka PGC 38439. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
MCG 7-25-22: In Ursa Major. Faint oval. South-west of NGC 4111. aka PGC 38375. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
MCG 7-25-20: In Ursa Major. A large, very faint, and disturbed galaxy. To the west NGC 4111. aka PGC 38356. Imaged with BGO on 10 Jan '17.
MCG 6-47-3: See IC 1392. aka PGC 67017.
MCG 6-24-27: Soft diffuse glow the south-west NGC 3432. Is it disturbing the big galaxy? aka PGC 32617. Imaged with BGO on 19 Apr '17.
* MGC 5-45-3: Could not see edge-on galaxy in Lyra with NexStar 11. Should have been beside TYC 02130-2085 1. Tried on 24 Sep '16.
MCG 5-3-49: A small silver sliver. West of NGC 383 but a bit south. aka UGC 679 and PGC 3950. Imaged with BGO on 15 Oct '18.
MCG 4-44-10: aka PGC 62231. A small thin galaxy in Hercules. Imaged on 1 July 2016. With Aladin, identified the strange neighbour LEDA 2812073.
MCG 4-37-38: In Serpens Caput. aka PGC 56101. South-west of Hickson 77 is a faint edge-on galaxy, near two stars.. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 4-37-37 (D): In Serpens Caput. aka PGC 56123. Member of Hickson 77. North-to-south arrangement. South end. A slightly larger very bright oval. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 4-37-37 (C): In Serpens Caput. aka PGC 56122. Member of Hickson 77. North-to-south arrangement. Third from north. A very bright oval. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 4-37-37 (B): In Serpens Caput. aka PGC 56125. Member of Hickson 77. North-to-south arrangement. Second from the north. A small oval which is the same brightness "A." Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 4-37-37 (A): In Serpens Caput. aka PGC 56121. Member of Hickson 77. North-to-south arrangement. A large, somewhat dim oval. North end. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 4-37-35: aka PGC 56100. A pale round fuzzy immediately east of galaxy PGC 56094. In Serpens Caput. Imaged on 3 July 2016.
MCG 4-37-34: See PGC 56094.
MCG 4-2-18: Larger of two Interacting galaxies in Hickson 1. aka UGC 248 and PGC 1627. Imaged with BGO on 23 Nov '17.
MCG 3-41-112: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
MCG 3-41-99: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
MCG 3-41-80: Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151. Imaged with SLO on 31 Jul '19.
MCG 3-31-76: To the south-west of M98. Well away. A round dim patch. Imaged with the BGO robot on 14 Jan '19.
MCG 2-32-45: South-east of NGC 4388. A large, round, but very dim ball. Imaged on 3 Jan '18. aka PGC 40636.
MCG 2-32-35: See IC 3303. aka PGC 40485.
MCG 2-31-76: Further along, to the east, in a line with LEDA 1420615 and LEDA 1419993. Large, diffuse, nearly round. Near NGC 4216. aka PGC 39331. In Virgo. Imaged on 20 May '17.
MCG 2-31-67: See IC 771. aka PGC 39176.
MCG 1-59-54: Due south of NGC 7619 in Pegasus. Barely visible in photo. A large but dim face-on spiral. aka PGC 71120. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
MCG 1-32-98: Far away, south-west of NGC 4535. A large patch of light, not round. Imaged on 13 May '17. aka PGC 41752.
MCG 1-32-97: Ghostly. North-west of NGC 4526. A long north-south smudge. Imaged with BGO on 2 Apr '18.
MCG 1-32-84: Big, round, uniform, but extremely faint. South-east of M49. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19. aka PGC 41258.
MCG 1-32-76: Quite far from M49. South-west. A large spiral, just at the edge of the frame, at the bottom-right. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19. aka PGC 41107.
MCG 0-7-20: A very large galaxy to the south-east of NGC 936. A curious shape. Cut-off on the edge of the image. aka PCG 9394. In Cetus. Imaged on 5 Sep '16.
MCG 0-4-140: North-east of NGC 541 (Minkowski's Object). Beside the pair of stars. Very tiny. aka PGC 5314. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17. A small elongated fuzzy with a bright centre. Imaged again on 20 Nov '17.
MCG 0-4-139: Close to NGC 541. To the north-north-east. Very dim. aka PGC 5313. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17.
MCG 0-4-137: See Minkowski's Object. aka NGC 541, Arp 133, and PGC 5305. Member of ACO 194.
MCG 0-4-129: South-west of NGC 541 (Minkowski's Object). Beyond two unknown fuzzies. A non-round piece of lint. aka PGC 5258. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17. Larger than NGC 535 and MCG 0-4-121. Imaged again on 20 Nov '17.
MCG 0-4-121: Far from Minkowski's Object, to the south-west. Looks identical to NGC 535 except rotated 90 degrees. aka UGC 974 or PGC 5228. Imaged with BGO on 20 Nov '17.
MCG -2-50-2: North-west of Barnard's Galaxy. The outer elongated blob. aka PGC 63596. In Sagittarius.
MCG -2-50-3: North-west of Barnard's Galaxy. An elongated blob. The inner one. Almost looks like a ring. aka PGC 63600. In Sagittarius.
MCG -3-31-14: See NGC 4038. aka Caldwell 60, Arp 244, and, PGC 37967. Member of the Antenna Galaxies.

Palomar globulars

Palomar 1: A small, faint globular cluster in Cepheus. Just south of a little dipper of stars. Very challenging. Imaged with BGO on 28 Jan '17. Imaged with rapid exposure on 12 Nov '18. Not sure why but Imaged again on 7 Dec '18.
Pal 2: A dim globular cluster in Auriga. Fairly compact in a medium intensity star field. Imaged with BGO robot on 13 Jan '17.
Pal 10: A very faint smattering of widely dispersed stars. A relatively small globular cluster. Located in Sagitta. Imaged with BGO on 13 Sep '16.
Pal 11: A faint, loose globular cluster in Aquila. South-east of star SAO 143755. Imaged on 7 Oct '17.

ACO galaxy groups

The Abell catalogue of rich clusters. There are over 4000 galaxy clusters. Many have nominal redshift values. They are of interest to amateur astronomers as challenge objects.

ACO 194: In Cetus. Contains NGC 541 in the centre (aka MCG 0-4-137, PGC 5305, and Arp 133), NGC 535 (MCG 0-4-133 and PGC 5282), NGC 538 (MCG 0-4-130 aka PGC 5275), MCG 0-4-129, UGC 996, UGC 1003 (PGC 5307), NGC 547 (Arp 308, MCG 0-4-143, and PGC 5324), NGC 545 (Arp 308, MCG 0-4-142, and PGC 5323), MCG 0-4-139, MCG 0-4-140, and NGC 543 (MCG 0-4-138 and PGC 5311). Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17.
ACO 779: Viewed and imaged April 2014. Was going for SN 2014ai in NGC 2832. In Lyn. Saw many other members including NGC 2831, NGC 2830, NGC 2834, LEDA 139185, NGC 2825, LEDA 2037597, LEDA 2036350, and NGC 2828.
ACO 1656: Contains NGC 4874 (MCG 5-31-70 and PGC 44628) and NGC 4884 (MCG 5-31-77 and PGC 44715 and Caldwell 35). In Coma Berenices. Viewed on 15 Jun '18.
ACO 2151: Targeted with Sue-Lora Observatory from CAO. Hercules cluster. Contains many faint and small NGC, IC, and Arp galaxies, plus a couple of quasars. Imaged with RC-8 and DSLR on 31 Jul '19.
ACO 2594: Spotted two objects. In Pegasus. Viewed on 30 Aug '08. ACO or Abell 2594? WIth NGC 7619 and NGC 7626. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17. SkyTools shows galaxy group Pegasus I.

LDN nebulae

An updated catalogue of dark objects. Based on the original version of the Lynds's Catalog of Dark Nebulae first published in 1962.

LDN 66: While trying to spot the Snake Nebula, we noted a large dark void. North of θ Oph. Viewed at the Merritt Reservoir with Wheelband's 20" at 122x on 18 Aug '17.
LDN 1174: Dark regions surrounding the Iris nebula are thick. Few stars on the east can pierce the darkness. Imaged with BGO on 22 Sep '17.
LDN 1616: A dark nebula to the south-west of NGC 1788 in Orion. Along with the lumpy dark material within the reflection nebula. Like brooding thunderclouds. Imaged on 8 Oct '16.

Markarian objects

Markarian objects viewed. They are a class of galaxies that have nuclei with excessive amounts of ultraviolet emissions.

Markarian 131: See NGC 3073. aka MCG 9-17-7 and PGC 28974.
Markarian 297: See NGC 6052. aka Arp 209, MCG 4-38-22, and PGC 57039.
Markarian 1134: See NGC 7752. aka Arp 86, MCG 5-56-4, and PGC 72382.
Markarian 1475: South-east, well away, from NGC 4449. Two tiny faint fuzzies. Markarian 1475 is to the east while LEDA 2233323 is to the west. An oval with a bright centre. Smaller than 1475. Imaged with BGO on 15 Dec '17.

moving stars

Everything's moving... Stars relatively close to us reveal their rapid motion. I'm interested in seeing this high proper motion. I intend to image a few local stars over the course of a few years...

Wolf 359: In Leo. Best viewed in February and March. Approx. 8 light-years distant. Moving 4.7 arcseconds per year. Imaged with BGO on 22 May 2019.
Barnard's Star: In Ophiuchus. Best viewed in June and July. Approx. 6 light-years away. Moves 10.3 seconds of arc annually, generally north. Imaged with BGO on 23 May 2019.

miscellaneous

* planetary nebula He 2-126: In Libra. Near SAO 183407. It was very small. Not star like. But not very satisfying either. Viewed mid-June 2013.
* PN G013.3+32.7: A planetary in Serpens... aka PK 013+32.1 or Sn 1. Near SAO 121529 aka HD 147370. Near a little tiny arc of three stars, which included mag 11.5 star GSC 05034-0041. Small, 6 arc seconds. Did not make good notes so should probably revisit. Best in mid-July.
2MASX J12440773+3215100: A small galaxy. North of the hook of the main galaxy NGC 4656. In Canes Venatici. There's a very tiny oval shape. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 9 May 2016.
NGP9 F268-2024645: A small galaxy. West of the galaxy NGC 4656. In CVn. North-west of the bright double stars, I see a small oblong fuzzy patch. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 9 May 2016.
SDSS J164456.12+234621.6: East of the Turtle Nebula in Hercules. An extremely faint face-on object. Motled. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 19 Jun 2016.
GALEX J164504.3+234221: A very faint but large-ish canted galaxy in Hercules. Right beside the bright star HD 151202, to the south-east. Near Turtle Nebula. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 19 Jun 2016.
GALEX J164420.2+233641: A very small faint canted galaxy. South of the Turtle Nebula. In Her. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 19 Jun 2016.
Deer Lick Group: The main galaxy is NGC 7331. Members include NGC 7326, 7335, 7336, 7337, and 7340. In Pegasus. Near Stephan's Quintet. Imaged on 4 July 2016.
2MASX J00393691+4826140: Just below the very bright stars (including SAO 36556) to the north-east is a round lint ball. Near NGC 185 in Cassiopeia. Imaged with BGO on 3 Aug 2016.
* Heart Nebula: aka Sh 2-190. Wispy stuff. Should be viewed in a wide field telescope around 50 power. Try an O-III and large aperture filter to draw out the nebula. In it's centre is open cluster IC 1805. Nearby is open cluster NGC 1027. In Cassiopeia. Viewed on 28 Aug '16.
Campbell's Hydrogen Star: In fact, it is a planetary nebula in Cygnus. aka He 2-428 and PK 064+5.1. I have tried to view this on many occasions. Imaged on 29 Aug '16. Large, round, reddish object. Not quite circular.
Minkowski's Footprint: Other elusive planetary nebula. aka M 1-92, in Cygnus. Often suggested by the SkyTools automatic routine. Imaged with DSLR on 29 Aug '16. A funny shape. It was not round. A blob. No colour. Just white. Small. Very small. Imaged with BGO on 12 Sep '16. Processed in colour on 26 Jan '18. Looks pink!
Parsamian 28: Very faint nebulosity to the south-west of NGC 1931 in Auriga. Imaged with BGO on 9 Nov '16.
UGC 5086: Distant galaxy. A round lint ball to the east of NGC 2903 in Leo. Imaged with BGO on 29 Jan '17. aka PGC 27115.
Herschel H47-5: See NGC 3079. aka MCG 9-17-10 and PGC 29050.
Minkowski's Object: Interesting region in Cetus. aka NGC 541, Arp 133. MCG 0-4-137, and PGC 5305. It appears a small round fuzzy object. One member in a large galaxy group called ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17. Reimaged on 14 Oct '17. Imaged again (not sure why) on 20 Nov '17.
UGC 996: South-west of NGC 541. Near star GSC 04682-1494. A bright but small oval. aka PGC 5289. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17.
UGC 1003: aka PGC 5307. Due south of NGC 541. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30 Aug '17.
UGC 12510: West of LEDA 142907 and LEDA 1342934 in Pegasus. North-west of NGC 7619. Rather large but faint galaxy. aka PGC 71085. No spiral arm structure; perhaps it is an elliptical. Imaged with BGO on 11 Nov '17.
UGC 248: Appears to refer to both MCG 4-2-18 (larger) and PGC 1625 (smaller), two Interacting galaxies. Official member in Hickson 1. Imaged with BGO on 23 Nov '17.
UGC 974: See MCG 0-4-121. aka PGC 5228.
2MASX J12203217+2938184: Nearly due east of NGC 4274. A bright but small round fuzzy. A "GiC" or a "Galaxy in Cluster of Galaxies" according to SIMBAD. Imaged on 17 Dec '17.
2MASX J12314455+2547098: Challenging. Due east of the centre of NGC 4494. Not identified in SkyTools. Data from Aladin, a galaxy. Imaged with BGO on 2 Apr '18.
SDSS J122554.50+124349.2: Obvious galaxy north-north-east of the NGC 4438. Small but bright. Not noted in SkyTools; identified with Aladin and NED catalogue. Beside the star J122553.2+124320. Imaged with BGO on 14 May '18.
Turner 4: Open cluster near M24. A small grouping of bright stars. Imaged with BGO on 20 Jun '18.
Turner 2: A large grouping of stars, some of which are arranged in a scraggly vertical line. Open cluster. Imaged with BGO on 20 Jun '18.
Turner 3: Open cluster, with what looks like a little Cassiopeia W-shape of stars, east of Turner 2. Partly cut off. Imaged with BGO on 20 Jun '18.
Ced 19h: Wispy tenuous clouds surrounding Asterope in the Pleiades. Reflection nebula. Photographed on 9 Sep '18.
vdb 23: Wispy tenuous clouds surrounding Alcyone in the Pleiades. Diffuse reflection nebula. aka Ced 19l. Photographed on 9 Sep '18.
Ced 19o: Diffuse reflection nebula. Dim wispy tenuous clouds surrounding Atlas and Pleione stars in the Pleiades. Photographed on 9 Sep '18.
B 168: Dark nebula near IC 5146. Viewed on 10 Aug '18.
UGC 7652 (north): To the south-west of M87. Very near the core of grand island universe. Actually there are two nearly equal faint oval fuzzies. ST3 shows the same designation for both. Imaged with BGO on 14 Jan '19. aka LEDA 139919.
UGC 7652 (south): See above. aka PGC 41342.
B 85: Dark nebula inside within the Trifid. Spotted on many occasions. Clearly visible in BGO image on 20 Jun '18.
Frolov 1: A conglomeration of stars in Cassiopeia. About 10 somewhat bright stars. Big. North of NGC 7788. Three in the view (with NGC 7790 and 7788) at low power. Least interesting of all. Viewed with C8 on 31 Aug '19.

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