SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
New General Catalogue objects
Of course, there are many excellent and interesting objects visible
in dark skies. Initially, I tackled the Messier list. Now, I regularly
view other deep sky objects. This page contains a log of NGC objects
viewed.
The New General Cataogue (NGC) of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars was
compiled by Dreyer in 1888. It contains 7840 objects. It is supplemented
by two IC catalogues.
See the other deep sky list for red stars,
supernovae, LEDA galaxies, etc. observed! Also note the "other"
page contains the cross-reference lists for Collinder, Arp, etc.
This is helpful as I view the RASC "Finest NGCs" and consider
the daunting Herschel 400 list...
Symbols legend:
* - asterisk, denotes an object I wish to revisit
ƒ - latin f with hook, for RASC Finest NGC objects
⁴ - superscript 4, items on the Herschel 400 observing list
© - copyright, Caldwell targets
Quick index: 0 | 1000
| 2000 | 3000 | 4000
| 5000 | 6000 | 7000
- NGC 40 - Bow-Tie Nebula ƒ ⁴ ©
- Cool object. Viewed at high power, +300x. Looked good. Almost
perfectly round planetary nebula. Darker region around the star,
then brighter. ST3 says central star is mag 11. Nice. Nice field
too. Lots going on. In Cepheus. Viewed on 3
Jul '13. aka Caldwell 2.
Imaged with BGO on 8
Aug '16. Collected more data on 14
Sep '17.
- NGC 129 ⁴
- A small cluster in Cas. Nice. Central area dominated by a U-shape
of stars. Bright star HR 113 nearby. Lots of faint blue stars in
field. aka Cr 2 or OCL 294.
- NGC 147 ©
- Star hopped to it. Super-faint. East of the star HD 2804. A bow-tie
of stars nearby, to the north. Could easily see the centre of the
galaxy. Obvious while panning. Really large, even in the low-power
eyepiece. Challenging. In Cassiopeia. Caldwell 17. aka MCG 8-2-5
or PGC 2004. Viewed on 2
Sep '16. Imaged (or tried) on 4
Sep '16. Processed RCOS image data on 25
Sep '16. NGC 147 is noted in the dwarf galaxies David Dunlap
Observatory Catalogue as entry #3 (DDO 3).
- NGC 185 ƒ ⁴ ©
- A large elliptical. Smooth appearance in the C14 with the 55mm.
In Cassiopeia. aka Caldwell 18. Viewed on 6
Jul '14. Quite big. Are there some big dust clouds near the
core? Imaged with BGO on 3
Aug '16. Captured again with better results on 18
Oct '17.
- NGC 188 ©
- A big, faint open cluster in Cepheus. aka Caldwell 1, Cr 6, Mel
2, Raab 1, and OCL 309. Imaged with BGO on 4
Nov '17.
- NGC 205 ⁴
- See Messier 110.
- NGC 221
- See Messier 32. aka Arp 168.
- NGC 224 - Andromeda Galaxy
- See Messier 31.
- NGC 225 - Sailboat Cluster ⁴
- aka Collinder 7, OCL 305. In Cas. All equally bright stars. I
wondered how it got its name. Was it the arc of stars in the east?
Was that the hull or sail? Viewed on 13
Sep '15.
- NGC 246 - Skull Nebula ƒ ⁴ ©
- A large but very faint planetary nebula in Cetus. Not perfectly
round. Amorphous and mottled. There are a number of bright stars
superimposed. Is one of them the central white dwarf? Imaged on
25
Aug '16. aka Caldwell 56. Gathered LRGB plus O-III and H-alpha
data on 27
Oct '17. Imaged with BGO again on 17 Sep '18, R, G, and B only—OK.
Tried again on 18 Sep '18, for L, H, and O—only received L.
- NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy ƒ ⁴ ©
- In Sculptor. Canted galaxy. Dust lanes. Very large in 36mm eyepiece.
Edge to edge in the field of view. Viewed through SCT 14" at
CAO on 1
Sep '08. Huge. Wonderful rich spiral galaxy, dusty and lumpy.
Core is very compact. There is no galactic bulge; the disc is remarkably
flat. Imaged (late last) with ARO on 10
Dec '18 thanks to Dave Lane. aka Caldwell 65.
- NGC 281 - PacMan Nebula and cluster ƒ
- aka Pac-Man or Pac Man. A large faint nebula that surrounds an
open cluster. The bright star at the centre is HD 5005, a multi-star
system. Spotted the A, C, D, and H components. STI1454 is to the
south-west of 5005, a separate double star, with faint A and B components.
A faint mag 10.7 star is much further to the north. A UHC filter
makes the nebula apparent although still dim. Large at 57x. Is the
dark region in the south west considered the mouth? Viewed on 15
Jul '13. The cluster is aka IC 1590, Cr 8, and OCL 313; the
nebula is aka IC 11. In Cassiopeia. Imaged with BGO on 8
Aug '16. Again 12
days later. Also captured Hα
and O-III data. Returned on 4
Nov '18 to collect more luminance data.
- NGC 373
- West of NGC 375. A round small elliptical. Imaged with BGO on
15
Oct '18. Or PGC 3946. Part of the Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 375
- Near NGC 383. West of LEDA 1992625. A bright fuzzy, round, but
quite small. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka PGC 3953. Part of the Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 379
- North of NGC 380. Looks like a canted spiral galaxy. Or maybe
a lenticular. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, MCG 5-3-50, and PGC 3966. Part of the
Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 380
- A bright elliptical galaxy north-north-west of NGC 383. Imaged
with BGO on 15
Oct '18. Also known as Arp 331, MCG 5-3-51, and PGC 3969. Part
of the Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 382
- A round small but bright galaxy near NGC 383 to the south-south-west.
Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, MCG 5-3-52, and PGC 3981. Part of the
Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 383 - Pisces Cloud
- Bright diffuse galaxy in the middle of a chain of galaxies. Wow.
Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, NGC 383, MCG 5-3-53, and PGC 3982.
- NGC 384
- Nearly due south of NGC 383 are two ellipticals, the same size,
slightly different angles. To the south. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, MCG 5-3-55, and PGC 3983. Part of the
Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 385
- Nearly due south of NGC 383 are two ellipticals, the same size,
slightly different angles. To the north. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, MCG 5-3-56, and PGC 3984. Part of the
Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 386
- About half the distance of NGC 385 but slightly east. Smaller
and dimmer. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, MCG 5-3-57, and PGC 3989. Part of the
Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 387
- To the south-east of NGC 383. Dimmer than 386. Smaller. Core is
slightly dimmer. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. SkyTools calls this PGC 3987. Aladin notes this as
2MASX J01073307+3223282. Part of the Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 388
- Looks like a spiral galaxy, canted at an angle. Due east of NGC
385 and 384. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '18. aka Arp 331, MCG 5-3-59, and PGC 4005. Part of the
Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 390
- East-north-east of NGC 383. Galaxy with disc tilted. Imaged with
BGO on 15
Oct '18. SkyTools called this PGC 4021. Part of the Pisces Cloud.
- NGC 436 ⁴
- In Cas. Mostly pale blue stars, many fine faint stars. Lots actually.
Three brighter stars running east-west nearly equally spaced. Fairly
large at low power. Noted a yellow star to the west, HD 7284, in
an arc. aka Collinder 11, Melotte 6, Raab 2, and OCL 320. Viewed
on 13
Sep '15.
- NGC 457 - Owl Cluster or ET Cluster or Dragonfly ƒ
⁴ ©
- Small collection of pale blue-white stars in Cassiopeia. Beside
(behind?) double star φ (phi) Cas. aka Caldwell 13 or Cr 12
or Mel 7 or Raab 3. Viewed on 24
Aug '09. Imaged on 20
Aug '16. Viewed on 8
Oct '16. Processed in colour on 22
Aug '20.
- NGC 529
- West side of group. Large elliptical galaxy. Bright core. Oriented
roughly north-south. Member of Hickson
10 galaxy group. In Andromeda. aka MCG 6-4-19 and PGC 5299. Imaged
with BGO on 19
Oct '17.
- NGC 531
- North of 536 is a curious shape, almost rectangular. It is a canted
spiral perhaps with a bright core. SkyTools says it is a barred
lenticular. aka MCG 6-4-20 and PGC 5340. Member of Hickson
10 galaxy group. In Andromeda. Imaged with BGO on 19
Oct '17.
- NGC 535
- South-west of NGC 541 (Minkowski's Object) in Cetus. A dim fuzzy
patch. aka MCG 0-4-133 and PGC 5282. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with
BGO on 30
Aug '17. An edge-on galaxy. Doesn't look like a classic spiral.
ST3 says it's lenticular. Imaged again on 20
Nov '17.
- NGC 536
- East side of group, east of 529. A canted spiral. It has huge
sweeping spiral arms fanning out into space, perhaps extended by
gravity. Fantastic. Member of Hickson
10 galaxy group. In Andromeda. aka MCG 6-4-21 and PGC 5344. Imaged
with BGO on 30
Aug '17.
- NGC 538
- South-west of NGC 541. South of star TYC 04682-1766 1. A medium-bright
fuzzy. aka MCG 0-4-130 aka PGC 5275. Member of ACO 194 in Cetus.
Imaged with BGO on 30
Aug '17. Spiral. Imaged again on 20
Nov '17.
- NGC 541
- See Minkowski's Object. aka Arp
133, MCG 0-4-137, and PGC 5305. Member of ACO 194 in Cetus.
- NGC 542
- South-east of 536. Looks like an edge-on spiral. Very nice beside
the big galaxy. Member of Hickson
10 galaxy group. In Andromeda. aka MCG 6-4-22 and PGC 5360. Imaged
with BGO on 30
Aug '17.
- NGC 543
- Near NGC 541, to the north. Above the stellar pair. aka MCG 0-4-138
and PGC 5311. Member of ACO 194. In Cetus. Imaged with BGO on 30
Aug '17. A bright round ball of light. Imaged again on 20
Nov '17.
- NGC 545
- With 547, a bright pair of diffuse balls. North-east of 541 (Minkowski's
Object). To the north-west. aka Arp 308, MCG 0-4-142, and PGC 5323.
Member of ACO 194. In Cetus. Imaged with BGO on 30
Aug '17. Large. Looks like a classic elliptical galaxy. Bright!
Imaged again on 20
Nov '17.
- NGC 547
- With 545, a bright pair of diffuse balls in Cetus. North-east
of 541 (Minkowski's Object). To the south-east. aka Arp 308, MCG
0-4-143, and PGC 5324. Member of ACO 194. Imaged with BGO on 30
Aug '17. Large. Looks like a classic elliptical galaxy. Bright!
Imaged again on 20
Nov '17.
- NGC 559 ⁴ ©
- Viewed from city with a quarter Moon, 5
Oct '11. Could only see a few stars. Viewed again on 13
Sep '15. Faint cluster. Fairly small. Streamers or fronds arcing
out. Many double stars within. In Cassiopeia. aka Cr 13 or OCL 322.
aka Caldwell 8. Many faint stars. There is an arc along the south-east
edge. Zig-zag of bright stars, a lightning bolt, in the west. Is
this a large cluster? Or a small one in a busy part of the Milky
Way? Imaged with BGO on 27
Feb '18.
- NGC 581
- See Messier 103. aka Cr 14 or Mel 8 or
Raab 4 or OCL 326.
- NGC 598 - Triangulum Galaxy or Pinwheel Galaxy ⁴
- See Messier 33.
- NGC 604
- Star-forming region inside M33, in Tri. Viewed on 11
Sep '10 in Adam's 18" Dobsonian.
- NGC 628 - Phantom Galaxy
- See Messier 74.
- NGC 637 ⁴
- aka Cr 17 or OCL 329. A very small T-shape of stars in Cas, not
far from Segin. There are two orange K stars in field nearby, to
the south.
- NGC 650 - Little Dumbbell
- See Messier 76.
- NGC 654 ⁴
- Neat cluster in Cas! The host of many double
stars! aka Collinder 18, Melotte 9, Raab 5, and OCL 330. Viewed
on 13
Sep '15.
- NGC 659 ⁴
- Looked like it was made up of about a dozen or fifteen stars.
Something of a heart shape. In Cassiopeia. Near NGC 663 and M103.
aka Collinder 19, Melotte 10, Raab 6, and OCL 332. Viewed on 2
Sep '16.
- NGC 663 ƒ ⁴ ©
- Open cluster in Cassiopeia. Very compact in Tele Vue 101mm. In
the SCT C14, a dense object with many double stars. Viewed on 4
Jul '11. Viewed again on 15
Aug '15. Imaged on 20
Aug '16. aka Caldwell 10. aka Cr 20 or Mel 11 or Raab 7.
- NGC 676
- In Pisces. An edge-on galaxy. Could not clearly detect it from
Bradford backyard. Verified in correct area. Freakin' faint. Small,
too. Not satisfying for the conditions. aka MCG 1-5-34 or PGC 6656.
Tried on 8
Oct '16. Has an intense bright core but the disc is very faint.
Imaged on 30
Aug '17.
- NGC 752 ⁴ ©
- Open cluster between Tri and And. Viewed through 12.5" f4.83
DOB at CAO. First viewed 31
Aug '08. Viewed again Aug '10 with 8" SCT at CAO. Since
seen many times with Mark I eyeball. aka Caldwell 28 or Cr 23 or
Mel 12 or Raab 8. Visible naked eye in a dark site.
- NGC 770
- Small. Very bright. Elliptical, it looks like. Right beside the
big galaxy. South-south-west of 772. In Ari. Viewed on 28
Aug '16. aka MCG 3-6-10, and PGC 7517. Imaged on 5
Sep '16.
- NGC 772 ƒ ⁴
- In Aries. Huh. Faint. Wow. 770 is nearby! 772 was an oval shape,
extremely faint. Very diffuse disc and arms. Noted 3 stars to the
north. Surrounded by many small, faint LEDA and PGC galaxies. aka
Arp 78, MCG 3-6-11, and PGC 7525. Quickly viewed on 30
Oct '08. Viewed on 28
Aug '16. Imaged with BGO on 5
Sep '16. Again on 12
Sep '16. Assembled LRGB data on 19
Sep '16. Gathered more data on 27
Oct '17.
- NGC 869 - h Persei ƒ ⁴ ©
- Part of the Double Cluster (which is aka Caldwell 14). See the
clusters list entry. aka Cr
24, Mel 13, OCL 350, or Raab 9. With χ Per. Viewed double cluster
in Perseus through Phil's NP101 Apo 'scope with a TV Panoptic eyepiece
that offered a 3° field at 23x. Beautiful, delicate collections
of small, fine stars. A mixture of colours. Seen on 20 Mar 07 from
Toronto city limits. Viewed Aug 08 through 12.5" f4.83 dob
at CAO. Imaged (alone) with SMU BGO on 21
Aug '16. Processed in colour on 31
Jan '22.
- NGC 884 - χ (chi) Persei ƒ ⁴ ©
- Part of the Double Cluster (which is aka Caldwell 14). See the
clusters list entry. aka Cr
25, Mel 14, OCL 353, or Raab 10. With h Per. With 869, a RASC Finest
NGC target (i.e. combination object). Imaged (alone) with the SMU
robotic telescope on 25
Aug '16. Processed in colour on 31
Jan '22.
- NGC 891 ƒ ⁴ ©
- Suggested by Adam. Viewed at Mew Lake on 11
Sep '10 with a SP-C8. The best views were in the 36mm, 26mm,
and 20mm. Nearly edge-on spiral forms a long elongated shape. Just
barely discernable dust lane in the foreground. aka Caldwell 23.
With 884, in Andromeda, a RASC Finest NGC target (i.e. combination
object). Imaged with BGO on 20
Aug '16. Tried again on 3
Sep '16. Received good data from BGO on 12
Sep '16. Processed LRGB in colour on 10
Aug '20.
- NGC 936 ƒ ⁴
- A peculiar galaxy in Cetus. Obvious barred centre. A very large
non-informed halo. Whoa, there are a lot of little galaxies in the
area... And a quasar! aka MCG 0-7-17 and PGC 9359. Imaged on 5
Sep '16 but did not receive all the data requested. Again on
12
Sep '16 to get missing data. Tried imaging again on 17
Dec '17 but tagged a satellite.
- NGC 956
- Viewed at very low power in the Tele Vue 101. Near M34 in Andromeda.
Not very exciting. Loose open cluster. aka Cr 27 or OCL 377.
- NGC 1023 ƒ ⁴
- Viewed with Tony d.S. We saw a little tiny fuzz. With averted
vision. A canted galaxy in Perseus. aka Arp 135, MCG 6-6-73, or
PGC 10123. Imaged on 28
Aug '16. Angled galaxy with a very bright core. The east edge
of the galaxy appears large and extended. SkyTools shows another
galaxy, 1023A, to the east. ST3 refers to this specifically as PGC
10139.
- NGC 1027 ⁴
- A simple, small open cluster. Not very exciting, by itself. Beside
the Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia. East of open cluster IC 1805. Viewed
on 28
Aug '16.
- NGC 1039 - Spiral Cluster
- See Messier 34. aka Cr 31 or Mel 17 or
Raab 13 or OCL 382.
- NGC 1055 ⁴
- Faint oval near M77. A galaxy in Cetus.
- NGC 1068
- See Messier 77. aka Arp 37.
- NGC 1232 ƒ
- A faint face-on galaxy low in Eridanus. Is this what our home
galaxy looks like? The spiral arms seem somewhat disturbed or bent,
due to the companion galaxy 1232A. The large arm opposite 1232A
has a definite kink. The east arms are being pulled toward the small
attractor. aka Arp 41, MCG -4-8-32, PGC 11819. Imaged with BGO on
21
Dec '17. Tried again on 2
Jan '18. Imaged yet again on 21 Sep '18.
- NGC 1232A
- Companion satellite galaxy to 1232. East-south-east. A round circle.
aka PGC 11834. Imaged with BGO on 21
Dec '17. Tried again on 2
Jan '18. Imaged yet again on 21 Sep '18.
- NGC 1432 - Pleiades or the Subaru
- See Messier 45. aka Cr 42 or Mel 22 or
OCL 421. NGC 1432 also seems to refer to the reflection nebula surrounding
20 Tauri aka Maia. It is also known as vdB 21 and LBN 772 and the
Maia Nebula. Wispy tenuous clouds, the most pronounced of all. Photographed
on 9
Sep '18.
- NGC 1435 - Merope Nebula
- Large wispy tenuous clouds surrounding 23 Tauri in the Pleiades.
U shape. Reflection nebula. aka vdB 22 and Ced 19i. Photographed
on 9
Sep '18.
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- NGC 1491 ƒ
- A diffuse emission nebula in Perseus. Structure visible. A curious
shape, a V-shape, conical? Hints of things far from the central
object. Imaged with BGO on 10
Sep '16.
- NGC 1501 ƒ ⁴
- Nearly round, perhaps walnut-shaped, planetary nebula in Camelopardalis.
Medium size. Fibrous structure visible within the shell. Bright,
obvious central star. Imaged on 24
Aug '16. Tried again on 4
Sep '16. With BGO, nailed it on 12
Sep '16. Assembled in full
colour.
- NGC 1502 ⁴
- Open cluster in Camelopardalis with a bright pair in the middle.
Rhonda was impressed. A whole bunch of doubles within. In fact,
it's one of these OCs that is also a multi-star
system. HR 1260 aka ES 2603 with members up to N and O so 14
or so elements. Pretty neat. Viewed on evening of 17
Mar '18 with the C8. aka Collinder 45. Imaged with BGO on 5
Apr '18.
- NGC 1514 - Crystal Ball Nebula ƒ
- Large faint planetary nebula in Taurus. Amorphous shells around
a bright star. Somewhat round. There are a couple of other stars
near the centre one. Intriguing. Responds well to O-III filter.
Imaged on 12
Sep '16 with BGO. Gathered more data plus hydrogen-alpha with
BGO on 7
Oct '17. Collected more O-III and H-alpha data with BGO on 29
Oct '17. Processed in LRGB full colour on 5
Mar '21.
- NGC 1528 ⁴
- Tried to view open cluster in Perseus on 27
Aug '16 but was immediately clouded out and stars dimmed. Imaged
with BGO on 11
Sep '17. Luminance frames are bad; RGB frames OK. Large cluster
with many bright stars. There seem to be streams of stars, at least
4 distinct streams. aka Collinder 47, Melotte 23, and OCL 397. Imaged
again with BGO, with much better results, on 12
Nov '17.
- NGC 1535 - Cleopatra's Eye ƒ ⁴
- Inspired to view after Stu's planetary nebula theme night at the
DDO. In Eridanus. Quite large at 55x. Very large at 222x. Not quite
circular. There are some mag 11 and 12 stars nearby. Viewed on 15
Jan '12. Imaged with BGO on 8
Oct '16.
- NGC 1662
- Lovely open cluster beyond the shield or pelt region of Orion.
Colourful stars. aka Cr 55 or OCL 470.
- NGC 1778
- aka Collinder 58 or OCL 429. A small open cluster. Very dim stars.
Relatively compact. Might have 50 to 100 stars. Looked like it harboured
a number of doubles... West of triple star HR 1669. South of a loose
grouping of stars. In the constellation of Auriga. Viewed briefly
on evening of 19
Mar '18 with the C8.
- NGC 1788 ƒ ⁴
- A small reflection nebula in Orion. There are a half-dozen bright
stars in the core. There is a dark patch in the foreground, along
the south edge, cradling the bright stars within. Near LDN 1616.
Imaged on 8
Oct '16. Processed in colour on 6
Feb '22.
- NGC 1904
- See Messier 79. aka Mel 34.
- NGC 1907 ⁴
- Spotted this little smudge near Messier 38, in Auriga, at the
edge of the field in a Tele Vue refractor at medium power.
Viewed on 17
Mar '13. Imaged on 24
Sep '16 but there were artefacts. Imaged again on 20
Dec '16. aka Herschel H39-7, Collinder 66, Melotte 35, Raab
25, and OCL 434.
- NGC 1912 - Starfish Cluster
- See Messier 38. aka Cr 67 or Mel 36 or
Raab 26 or OCL 433.
- NGC 1931 ƒ ⁴
- A small compact open cluster surrounded by bright nebula. Contains
the multi-star system HJ 367. Hints of
faint nebula nearby to the south, Parsamian
28. Located in Auriga. aka Collinder 68, Stock 9, and OCL 441.
Imaged with BGO on 9
Nov '16. And again on 21
Dec '16.
- NGC 1952 - Crab Nebula
- See Messier 1.
- NGC 1960 - Pinwheel Cluster
- See Messier 36. aka Cr 71 or Mel 37 or
Raab 27 or OCL 445.
- NGC 1973 ƒ
- A very small nebula, to the north, in the Running Man complex,
in the Orion constellation. Small but fairly bright. A RASC Finest
NGC target (actually a combination target, with 1975 and 1977).
Imaged Feb '11 with SLOOH.
Imaged with BGO on 13
Oct '16.
- NGC 1975 ƒ
- A small faint nebula on the north edge of the Running Man complex
(with 1973 and 1977). In its centre is a triple star system. Imaged
Feb '11 with SLOOH.
Imaged with BGO on 6
Dec '16.
- NGC 1976 - Great Orion Nebula
- See Messier 42.
- NGC 1977 ƒ
- The loose open cluster with nebula within the Running Man complex
in Orion (with 1973 and 1975). aka OCL 525.1. Just a handful of
stars. Large wispy nebula. Imaged Feb '11 with the help of SLOOH
and a loaner
StellaCam. Imaged with BGO on 15
Oct '16.
- NGC 1980 ⁴
- The loose open cluster centred on the multi-star system iota Orionis.
aka OCL 529 or Collinder 72. Just a handful of stars. Imaged Feb
'11 with a loaner
StellaCam. Captured a portion on 30
Jan '21 with C8, 2x, and 40D.
- NGC 1981
- The loose medium-sized open cluster north of the Running Man.
In Orion. aka OCL 525. Looks like a water fountain or a palm tree.
North of 42-45 Orionis. Easily spotted in image from 9
Feb '20.
- NGC 1982 - De Mairan's Nebula
- See Messier 43.
- NGC 1999 ⁴
- Looks like a fuzzy star in the image. Actually, it's a multi-star
system. A small diffuse reflection nebula. Also known as vdB 46,
LBN 979, and Bernes 122. In Orion, near iota. Imaged on 30
Jan '21 with C8, 2x, and 40D.
- NGC 2022 ƒ ⁴
- Tried to find on 12
Oct '13. A planetary nebula in Orion. Slight oval shape. Some
structure visible. Hint of an outer ring or donut with a bright,
soft centre. Empty field, er, no other DSOs! Imaged in LRGB with
the SMU BGO robotic system on 11
Mar '16. Imaged again on 13
Jan '17.
- NGC 2024 - Flame Nebula ƒ ⁴
- Barely detectable emission nebula just beside Alnitak or Orion.
Large. Filled the field of the 27mm in the RASC C14. Dark lanes
like branches in a tree. O-III filter did not seem to improve the
view. Viewed 17
Feb '12. Imaged with BGO on 8
Nov '16.
- NGC 2068 - Casper
- See Messier 78.
- NGC 2099 - Auriga Salt and Pepper Cluster
- See Messier 37. aka Cr 75 or Mel 38 or
Raab 28 or OCL 451.
- NGC 2129 ⁴
- A very small cluster in Gem, near the Gemini-Taurus border. A
couple dozen stars? Hosts a triple, HD 250289, and double, POU 845.
Crazy faint. Nice. Viewed on 8
Oct '16.
- NGC 2168 - Shoe Buckle Cluster
- See Messier 35. aka Cr 82 or Mel 41 or
Raab 31 or OCL 466.
- NGC 2169 - 37 Cluster ⁴
- Near ξ (xi) and ν (nu) Orionis, a very small and compact
cluster. Looks better at low power. Two distinct V-shapes, right
angles to each other. Supposed to look like the digits 3 and 7 (assuming
you don't have a mirror-inverted view). Fine blue-white stars. Pretty.
Contains multi-star system HD 41943.
aka Cr 83 or OCL 481. Viewed on 26
Mar '11 and 12
Oct '13. Imaged with BGO on 13
Nov '16.
- NGC 2174 - Monkey Head
- Diffuse nebula in the club region of Orion. Very nice in Tele
Vue 101. The Lumicon O-III filter improved the view. Made it easy.
- NGC 2194 ƒ ⁴
- A large open cluster of relative faint stars in Orion. Imaged
with BGO on 9
Nov '16.
- NGC 2237 - Rosette Nebula ƒ ©
- Wonderful to finally see. Large. Tenuous. Responded to the O-III
filter. With open cluster 2244, a RASC Finest NGC target (i.e. combination
object). In Monoceros. Viewed on 20
Feb '12. Imaged wide field on 17
Oct '09. aka Caldwell 49. Imaged in hydrogen-alpha on 7 Nov
'18. Experimental shots to test horizontal offsetting (RA) with
the SBIG at BGO. Imaged on 19
Jan '21. Experimental shots to sort vertical offsetting and
assess hydrogen-alpha and ionised-oxygen imagery. Captured with
SBIG at BGO on 20
Jan '21.
- NGC 2244 ƒ ⁴ ©
- The small open cluster of stars in the middle of the Rosette Nebula
(which is in Monoceros). There are 5 or 6 brighter stars that form
a rough trapezoid shape. Didn't make good notes. With 2237, a RASC
Finest NGC target (i.e. combination object). Imaged with BGO on
17
Jan '17. aka Cr 99 or Mel 47 or OCL 515. aka Caldwell
50. Contains multi-star system GAN 3. Reshot faster, to split some
doubles, on 11
Nov '17.
- NGC 2252
- While working on the multiple panels for the Rosette in Monoceros,
I bumped into the open cluster. Tons of stars! The right or western
edge of the cluster features a funny backwards question mark. Imaged
with the BGO on 30
Jan '21. Star TYC 00154-0595 1 seems unusually bright in the
image... aka Collinder 102, OCL 514.
- NGC 2261 - Hubble's Variable Nebula ƒ ©
- In Monoceros. Very interesting. At low power in C14, a V-shape.
A bright star (!) at the tip. Like the nebula was trailing away.
Like a comet. Nice. Pleasing in 27mm. Cool shape. Neat object. Diffuse
cone shape or fan shape. Viewed on 6
Apr '14. aka Caldwell 46. Imaged with BGO on 7
Dec '16.
- NGC 2264 - Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula ⁴
- In C14 'scope it was cut off. Viewed with 55mm in TV101. Nice.
Put 18mm in TV, better still. Lovely. The open cluster aka Cr 112
or Mel 49 or OCL 495. The main star, in "the trunk" of
the tree, 15 Mon, is a 21-element double star
system! The Cone proper is faintly visible at the peak of the tree.
Imaged with MRO on 24
Dec '20. Cone Neb aka Sharpless 2-273, LBN 911, and Bernes 97.
Cone contains dark nebula globules including W 75. Also, the Fox
Fur Nebula is here...
- NGC 2264-1
- Cone contains this dark nebula globule. Imaged with MRO on 24
Dec '20.
- NGC 2264-3
- West of 15 Mon. A globule. Imaged with MRO on 24
Dec '20.
- NGC 2266 ⁴
- Star hopped west from Mebsuta in Gemini Verified in the correct
area. Nothing obvious. At 48x, saw a big box, a big square shape,
almost like a dipper, with a handle. The bright star at the end
of the handle was HD 47836. The open cluster, according to ST3,
was at the south-west corner of the pot. Faint star in the middle
of the box, Tycho 01901-1425 1 at mag 10.2. Also spotted faintly
Tycho 01901-0627 1 at mag 10.6. Tried to increase power but lost
it! Attempted with ETX 90 on 5
Apr '20. Medium-sized open cluster with faint stars which are
the same intensity as the field stars. About 3 stars are quite bright,
south of centre. There's a tight equal double south-east of centre.
Overall shape reminds me of a starfish. Imaged with BGO on 27
Dec '20. Also known as Collinder 113, Melotte 50, Raab 38, and
OCL 471.
- NGC 2276
- From the Astronomical League list "two in the view." A soft amorphous
fuzzy. It almost looked like a reflection nebula. There was a bright
star HD 51141. Beside NGC 2300. Located in Cepheus. aka Arp 25,
MCG 14-4-28, and PGC 21039. Viewed on the evening of 2
Jul '16. Fan shaped. Viewed on 21
Aug '17. Imaged with BGO on 21
Oct '17.
- NGC 2287 - Little Beehive
- See Messier 41. aka Cr 118 or Mel 52 or
Raab 40 or OCL 597.
- NGC 2300
- From the Astronomical League list "two in the view." An oval canted
spiral east of 2276. aka Arp 114, MCG 14-4-31, and PGC 21231. Within
Cepheus. Viewed on the evening of 2
Jul '16. Diffuse. Viewed on 21
Aug '17.
- NGC 2323 - Heart-Shaped Cluster, Coil Cluster
- See Messier 50. aka Cr 124 or Mel 58 or
Raab 45 or OCL 559.
- NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet ƒ
- Extremely faint! An emission nebula in Canis Major. A large object
with a central spherical shape and two large wings, on the north
and south sides, opposite one another. BGO imaged on 7
Dec '16. Imaged again on 28
Jan '17. Also acquired O-III data.
- NGC 2362 ⁴ ©
- A beautiful little open cluster near 29 Canis Majoris and centred
on the pale yellow star τ (tau). Fine blue white stars in roughly
a triangle shape. The main star appears to have 2 faint companions,
in a straight line. Pleasing at low power (55x). aka Cr 136 or Mel
65 or Raab 52 or the Tau Canis Majoris Cluster. aka Caldwell 64.
Viewed on 26
Mar '11.
- NGC 2371/2372 - Gemini Nebula ƒ ⁴
- Viewed at 145x in Apr '14. Not far from Castor and Pollux. Reminded
me of the Helix planetary nebula. Not round. Seemed to have two
lobes. Found some photos that matched what I was seeing. Very neat
object, very pleasing at 217x. Not regular. Gives the impression
of spinning, swooping, things trailing off. Like a kids toy windmill.
Double vanes. And I noted now the bright point or fuzziness in the
middle. There's a wide double above, with mag 12 and 13 stars, the
brightest being GSC 01922-1629. This pair is aligned like the lobes,
parallel to the direction of the poles. Meaning the lobes are oriented
north-east through south-west. Imaged with SMU BGO on 27
Apr '16. Shot again on 1
Nov '17. Imaged again on 22
Mar '20, collecting more lum, OIII, and HA.
- NGC 2372 ⁴
- See NGC 2371.
- NGC 2392 - Clown Face Nebula ƒ ⁴ ©
- Viewed the planetary nebula in C14 with Radian 10mm eyepiece.
Interesting. Could see a circular or spherical shape, not perfect,
but close. Hints of a ring upon a ring. A bright centre. A bright
star nearby. In Gemini. Viewed on 29
Jan '11. And again on 8
Apr '12. Very bright cental star, bright inner ring, not round,
fainter outer ring, nearly perfectly round, mottled, with dark lobes
or thin dark spokes. Imaged with BGO on 3
Dec '16. Viewed in C8 with Rhonda, low and high power, with
and without O-III filter on evening of 16
Mar '18. Central star disappears in oxygen. aka Caldwell 39.
- NGC 2403 ƒ ⁴ ©
- A big spiral galaxy in The Giraffe. Over 10 million light-years
away. aka Caldwell 7. aka MCG 11-10-7 or PGC 21396. Imaged Feb '11
with SLOOH.
Imaged with BGO on 18
Jan '17. Assembled in colour on 20
Jan '17. Captured again on 3
Feb '17 with better results.
- NGC 2404
- An interesting feature within NGC 2403! A very large nebula in
Camelopardalis. To us, it appears just east of the core. SkyTools
says this is an HII Region. Imaged on 18
Jan '17. Assembled in colour on 20
Jan '17. Captured again on 3
Feb '17 with better results.
- NGC 2419 - Intergalactic Wanderer ©
- A globular cluster in Lynx. Bright, round, but compact. There
seems to be a ring of centres in its centre. In a busy star field
with a couple of really bright stars. It is a member of the Caldwell
catalogue: number 25. Imaged with BGO on 17
Dec '17.
- NGC 2422 ⁴
- See Messier 47. aka Cr 152 or Mel 68 or
Raab 55 or OCL 596.
- NGC 2437
- See Messier 46. aka Cr 159 or Mel 75 or
Raab 62 or OCL 601.
- NGC 2438 ⁴
- Large planetary nebula within Messier 46. Or rather, in front
of it. Very obvious. Nearly perfectly round. In Puppis.
- NGC 2440 ƒ ⁴
- Curiously-shaped planetary nebula in Puppis. Not round or smooth.
Barely symmetrical. Bright core looks like an hourglass, running
north-west to south-east. Then an almost rectangular shell. Bright
points outside the shell. Wispy wings heading north-east and south-west,
opposed 90° to core. Not far from multi-star system HU 709. Attempted
imaging on 15
Dec '16. Tried again with BGO on 20
Dec '16.
- NGC 2447 - Butterfly Cluster
- See Messier 93. aka Cr 160 or Mel 76 or
Raab 63 or OCL 649. In Puppis. Some say it looks like a starfish?!
Contains double
stars.
- NGC 2506 © ⁴
- Big open cluster! Many fine members. Seems almost like there are
two channels moving up and north. In the constellation Monoceros.
Imaged with BGO on 9
Jan '20. Also known as OCL 593 and Melotte 80. Collinder 170
and Raab 67. On the Herschel 400 list. Caldwell 54.
- NGC 2539 ƒ ⁴
- A loose open cluster in Puppis. Multi-star system 19 Pup nearby.
aka Collinder 176, Melotte 83, Raab 70, and OCL 611. Imaged on 15
Dec '16. Imaged again with BGO on 9
Jan '17.
- NGC 2548 ⁴
- See Messier 48. aka Cr 179 or Mel 85 or
Raab 72 or OCL 584.
- NGC 2632 - Praesepe aka Beehive Cluster
- See Messier 44 located in Cancer. aka
Cr 189 or Mel 88 or Raab 75 or OCL 507. Filled with many double
stars.
- NGC 2655 ƒ ⁴
- A galaxy in Camelopardalis. A spiral. Canted. Oriented north-south.
aka Arp 225, MCG 13-7-10, and PGC 25069. Viewed on 3
Jul '13. Imaged on 7
Oct '16. Not a spiral; it's a lenticular. Some dark material
in the foreground. Huge halo. Imaged again on 11 Dec '18.
- NGC 2681 ⁴
- A spiral galaxy, a face-on spiral. Tiny little thing. Not far
from FT UMa.
- NGC 2682 - King Cobra, Golden-Eye Cluster
- See Messier 67. aka Cr 204 or Mel 94 or
Raab 81 or OCL 549.
- NGC 2683 - UFO ƒ ⁴
- A very nice edge-on spiral galaxy in Lynx. Bright core, bright
central disk, mottled dusty lanes in foreground. Dim outer regions.
Is it my imagination or is it gravitationally disturbed? aka MCG
6-20-11 and PGC 24930. Imaged with BGO on 31
Jan '17. Imaged again on 11 Dec '18. Processed in colour on
6
Mar '21.
- NGC 2715
- Another galaxy in Camelopardalis. Near 2655. Extremely faint.
Strange oblong little smudge. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11.
- NGC 2814
- Edge-on in Ursa Major. A hint of a small needle near 2820. Slightly
different angle, more a north-south orientation, than 2820. Half
the length. Averted vision. Extremely faint.
- NGC 2820
- Edge-on in Ursa Major. No problem. Spotted while trying for neighbour
2814. Thin, wispy, oriented north-east to south-west.
- NGC 2825
- West of 2832. Elongated smudge with a bright centre. Revealed
photographically. Part of a galaxy group, ACO 779.
- NGC 2828
- Small oval smudge north of 2832. Revealed photographically. Part
of a galaxy group, ACO 779.
- NGC 2830
- South-west of 2831. In Lynx. Edge-on, long, thin. Revealed photographically.
Part of a galaxy group, ACO 779. aka Arp 315.
- NGC 2831
- Just south-west of 2832. Located in Lynx. Only the galaxy core
is visible. Revealed photographically. Part of a galaxy group, ACO
779. aka Arp 315.
- NGC 2832
- Faint fuzzy galaxy in Lynx, not far from α. Harboured SN
2014ai in Apr '14. Near the centre of the galaxy group, ACO 779.
Imaged the group at 300 seconds and spotted many of the neighbours...
And 2832 become the bright fuzzy! aka Arp 315.
- NGC 2834
- Faint smudge south of the pair of yellow and blue stars TYC 02496-1181
1 and GSC 02496-1354 which are both east of 2832. Revealed photographically.
Part of a galaxy group, ACO 779.
- NGC 2841 ƒ ⁴
- A big spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It has smooth core but dusty
lanes. Lovely, subtle. Imaged with BGO on 29
Jan '17. aka MCG 9-16-5 and PGC 26512.
- NGC 2903 ƒ ⁴
- Near the head of the Lion. Nice big oval. Speckled. Not smooth.
Not a bright centre. Very soft. Looked like an edge-on galaxy. Certainly
canted. Pretty large oval in low power eyepiece. Could not see any
features, like arms. Viewed on 9
May '16. An amazing spiral galaxy. The outer arms extend very
far outwards. Imaged with BGO on 29
Jan '17. It seems that NGC 2905 refers to 2903. A SIMBAD search
of 2903 takes you to 2905. However, there's a Wikipedia page for
2903, and the RASC Observer's Handbook lists 2903. Featured
in Chris Vaughan's Beyond Messier column in SkyNews Mar/Apr
'22.
- NGC 2905
- See NGC 2903.
- NGC 3003 ƒ
- A small, very faint edge-on galaxy in Leo Minor. Mottled appearance.
aka MCG 6-22-13 and PGC 28186. Imaged from Halifax on 3
Feb '17. Imaged again on 18
Apr '17.
- NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy
- See Messier 81.
- NGC 3034 - Cigar Galaxy ⁴
- See Messier 82. aka Arp 337.
- NGC 3073
- Small elliptical galaxy near 3079. West-south-west of the spiral.
Examined visually on 24
Apr '11. Imaged on 5
Feb '17. Bright. aka Markarian 131, MCG 9-17-7, and PGC 28974.
- NGC 3079 - Herschel H47-5 ƒ ⁴
- Big needle-like galaxy. Thin, edge-on. In Ursa Major. Viewed 24
Apr '11. Mottled core and arms. It looks somewhat disturbed.
Imaged on 5
Feb '17. aka MCG 9-17-10 and PGC 29050.
- NGC 3088 A
- Small galaxy in Leo. Freakin' nasty. I knew I was on target with
the medium bright star SAO 81939. Wait... Viewed on 14
Jun '18. Arp 87. aka MCG 4-28-21 and PGC 36227.
- NGC 3088 B
- Got it! Wow. Saw both! B galaxy to the north was dimmer and smaller.
Opposite from the SAO star. Well separated, the two small galaxies.
Surprising to see given April is best. Viewed on 14
Jun '18. Arp 87. aka MCG 4-28-20 and PGC 36228.
- NGC 3115 - Spindle Galaxy ƒ ⁴ ©
- Nice. Nearly edge-on. Bright centre. Fairly large at 145x. In
Sextans. Lovely. Canted spiral. Very bright pin-point center. Progressive
gradient from the centre. A straight line of faint stars parallel
to the plane of the galaxy to the south-east, with the brightest
member being PPM 193074, at mag 10.5. Very faint stars nearby. aka
Caldwell 53, MCG -1-26-18, and PGC 29265. First viewed 8
May '11. Viewed again on 3
Apr '14. Imaged with BGO on 3
Apr '17.
- NGC 3180/3181
- Within one of the spiral arms of galaxy NGC 3184. A bright diffuse
nebula. South-west of centre. In UMa. Imaged with SMU robotic 'scope
on 3
Apr '17. Aladin/SIMBAD does not list 3181. It shows 3180 at
the core of the spiral...
- NGC 3184 ƒ ⁴
- A very faint face-on galaxy in Ursa Major. Medium-size. It appears
a classic spiral. Quite lovely with arms subdividing. aka MCG 7-21-37
and PGC 30087. Imaged with SMU robotic 'scope on 3
Apr '17. Imaged again on 11 Dec '18.
- NGC 3226 ⁴
- Faint fuzzy ovals. Visually seen in C14. Interacting galaxy with
3227. Part of Arp 94. In constellation Leo. Imaged.
- NGC 3227 ⁴
- Faint fuzzy ovals. Visually seen in C14. Interacting galaxy with
3226. Part of Arp 94. Imaged.
- NGC 3242 - Ghost of Jupiter ƒ ⁴ ©
- Big and bright planetary nebula in Hydra. Bright ring in a round
cloud. Not sure where the name might come from... I don't see stripes.
Is it the dark centre region they're talking about? Pairs of stars
nearby. aka PK 261. Viewed 7
May '11. Viewed again Apr '14 with C14: swirling structure within,
viewed at 391x, bright rings inside, diffuse at the outer edge,
nearly round, not a lot of field stars. Imaged with the SMU BGO
robotic telescope on 24
Apr '16. Imaged again on 15
Dec '16. aka Caldwell 59.
- NGC 3344 ƒ ⁴
- A medium-sized face-on galaxy in Leo Minor. Bright core. Lovely
spiral arms. aka MCG 4-25-46 and PGC
31968. Imaged with BGO on 27
Mar '17. Featured in Chris Vaughan's Beyond Messier column in
SkyNews Mar/Apr '22.
- NGC 3351
- See Messier 95.
- NGC 3368
- See Messier 96.
- NGC 3371
- This appears to be an error in the NGC catalogue. SkyTools
refers to this as 3384.
- NGC 3373
- This appears to be an error in the NGC catalogue. SkyTools
refers to this as 3389.
- NGC 3379 ⁴
- See Messier 105.
- NGC 3384 ƒ ⁴
- Near M105 in Leo. To the north-east. Equally bright. Does not
appear to be a spiral. Nor an elliptical (like the classic M105).
It is a lenticular. aka MCG 2-28-12 and PGC 32292. Viewed 19
May '12. Imaged with BGO on 3
Apr '17. Maybe also be referred to as NGC 3371.
- NGC 3389
- Near M105 in Leo. To the east-south-east. Much fainter. Elongated,
thin, smaller. Classic spiral, slightly canted. aka MCG 2-28-13
and PGC 32306. Viewed 19
May '12. Imaged with BGO on 3
Apr '17. Maybe also be referred to as NGC 3373.
- NGC 3432 ƒ ⁴
- Interesting edge-on galaxy in Leo Minor. It looks bent! It is
disturbed by nearby MCG 6-24-27? Imaged
with BGO on 19
Apr '17. aka Arp 206, MCG 6-24-28, and PGC 32643.
- NGC 3486 ⁴
- In "the lions." A large large face-on spiral galaxy
with a very bright galactic centre but faint arms. There appears
to be a bright ring around the compact core. A special photographic
request for Chris Vaughan for his Beyond Messier column in SkyNews,
the Mar/Apr '22 issue. Imaged with the BGO on 27
Dec '21. aka MCG 5-26-32, UGC 6079, and PGC 33166. It is also
Levy 164 from the RASC Deep Sky Gems.
- NGC 3521 ƒ ⁴
- Huge spiral galaxy in Leo, canted to us. Complex structure visible
in the spiral arms. Bright compact core. Imaged in LRGB with the
SMU BGO robotic system on 23
Mar '16. Tried again on 3
Jan '18. Imaged again, with a better result, on 26
Feb '18. Featured in Chris Vaughan's Beyond Messier column in
SkyNews Mar/Apr '22.
- NGC 3556 - Surfboard Galaxy ⁴
- See Messier 108.
- NGC 3587 - Owl Nebula
- See Messier 97.
- NGC 3605
- A small oval shape to the south-west of 3607. Quite close to
the big companion. Looks like an elliptical galaxy. Imaged in LRGB
with the SMU BGO robotic system on 10
Apr '16.
- NGC 3607 ƒ ⁴
- A big, bright galaxy in the rump of Leo. Looks like a large elliptical
galaxy. Very neat, it has many interesting neighbours, including
3605, 3608, and MCG+03-29-018. Imaged
in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 10
Apr '16.
-
- NGC 3608 ⁴
- A fairly big and bright galaxy north of 3607. Looks like an elliptical
galaxy. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 10
Apr '16.
-
- NGC 3623
- See Messier 65. aka Arp 317. Part of the
Leo Triplet.
- NGC 3627
- See Messier 66. aka Arp 317. Part of the
Leo Triplet.
- NGC 3628 ƒ ⁴
- Edge-on galaxy near M65 and M66. Part of the Leo Triplet. Larger
than the Messiers but fainter. Dark dusty lane in foreground visible.
Viewed on 11
Jun '11. Seems the outer edges of the spiral arms are disturbed.
They fan out. Those dark clouds are amazing. Imaged on 24
Apr '17. Viewed in GSO 16 on 17
Jun '18. Part of Arp 317. aka MCG 2-29-20 and PGC 34697. Viewed
in GSO16 on 5
May '19. Imaged again on 22
Mar '20 with possibly a better result. Imaged with wide field
MRO telescope on 24
Apr '20. That imaged was featured in the DDO Up In The Sky event
for 27 Mar '21.
- NGC 3877 ƒ ⁴
- Found it near bright star χ UMa. Which is part of a large
square C or U of stars. A faint oval. Fairly large. Neat but challenging.
Viewed on 13
Jul '13 with N11. Best viewed in spring. Imaged in LRGB with
the SMU BGO robotic system on 20
Apr '16.
- NGC 3941 ƒ ⁴
- A galaxy in Ursa Major. First impression: an elliptical. But that's
not the case. Possibly a barred spiral? Imaged with Burke-Gaffney
robot on 5
Feb '17. aka MCG 6-26-51 and PGC 37235.
- NGC 3992 ⁴
- See Messier 109.
- NGC 4026 ƒ ⁴
- Faint. A bit smaller then 3877. With a bright centre. Not an oval
shape. In Ursa Major. SkyTools says it is a lenticular. Viewed on
13
Jul '13. Looks like an edge-on spiral. Viewed again on 2
Jun '16. The core of the galaxy is bright. The disc of the galaxy
is soft and diffuse. No apparent structure. Similar to the Spindle
Galaxy (NGC 3115). Imaged with BGO on 8
May '17. Best viewed in spring. aka MCG 9-20-52 and PGC 37760.
- NGC 4038/4039 - Antenna Galaxies ƒ ⁴ ©
- Spectacular interacting galaxies which have created very long
but very faint arcs, the antennae of this strange-headed beast.
In Corvus. The deformed spiral galaxies proper are surprisingly
bright with star-forming activity. Together called The Antennae
or Arp 244. 4038 is the northern member, aka MCG -3-31-14, ESO 572
47, PGC 37967, and Caldwell 60. 4039 is to the south, MCG -3-31-15,
ESO 572 48, PGC 37969, and Caldwell 61. On the Herschel 400 list.
Imaged with BGO on 22
Dec '17. Tried to image again on 27
Jan '18 but very soft. Imaged again on 27
Feb '18. Captured more data on 22
Apr '18.
- NGC 4085 ⁴
- Wow. Very small. Nestled in the notch of a triangle of stars.
South of 4088 in Ursa Major. Good with averted vision. Wow. Very
neat these two contrasting galaxies in the same field. Viewed on
14
Jul '13. Imaged with BGO on 5
Feb '17. Streaky bright small galaxy. Viewed with GSO 16 on
17
Jun '18. aka MCG 9-20-86 and PGC 38283.
- NGC 4088 ƒ ⁴
- Very faint. Smaller than 4244 - Silver Needle. Not symmetrical.
It was angle north-east to south-west. 4085 is in the same field
at 78x. Viewed on 14
Jul '13. Imaged with BGO on 5
Feb '17. A mottled galaxy. Canted. Bright star nearby. Viewed
with GSO 16 on 17
Jun '18. aka Arp 18, MCG 9-20-89, and PGC 38302. In Ursa Major.
- NGC 4109
- Small oval with a bright centre. Close to NGC 4111. South-west.
aka MCG 7-25-24 or PGC 38427. Due south of star GSC 03019-1520.
Imaged with BGO on 10
Jan '17.
- NGC 4111 ƒ ⁴
- A lovely, bright, edge-on galaxy in Canes Venatici. Near the
triple star HD 105288! aka MCG 7-25-26
or PGC 38440. Imaged with BGO on 10
Jan '17.
- NGC 4117
- Large, bright. Near NGC 4118. East of HD 105288 which is east
of NGC 4111. aka MCG 7-25-27 or PGC 38503. Lies in Canes Venatici.
Imaged with BGO on 10
Jan '17.
- NGC 4118
- Small, faint. Near NGC 4117. East of HD 105288 which is east of
NGC 4111. aka MCG 7-25-28 or PGC 38507. Imaged with BGO on 10
Jan '17.
- NGC 4157 ƒ
- A very nice edge-on spiral galaxy. Nestled in a L-shape of stars.
Right on the CVn and UMa border. Bright centre. Very elongated.
Nice find. Viewed on 4
Jul '14. Dark dust in front of a compact core. Does not seem
symmetrical. Imaged with BGO on 24
Apr '17. aka MCG 9-20-106 and PGC 38795. Lovely. The foreground
dark lanes are north of the nucleus. Imaged again on 22
Dec '17.
- NGC 4186
- South-south-east of M98. A nearly face-on spiral, small, with
a large bright core. Imaged with the BGO robotic system on 14
Jan '19.
- NGC 4192
- See Messier 98.
- NGC 4206
- A big edge-on spiral south-west of NGC 4216. Structure is clearly
visible. aka MCG 2-31-66 and PGC 39183. In Virgo. Three big canted
spirals in the view, NGC 4206, 4216, and 4222! Imaged on 20
May '17.
- NGC 4212
- Face-on spiral just north of 4216. Less than 1 degree away. Small-ish
at low power. Some structure visible.
- NGC 4214
- See NGC 4228.
- NGC 4216 ƒ ⁴
- Edge-on spiral galaxy in the Virgo cluster area. Stumbled across
while trying to find Messiers. Viewed at low power in a C14. Bright
core. Bright region near centre. Large. Viewed 18
Feb '13. The photograph is tantalising with the halo around
the core and lumpy dark lanes in the tightly wound disc. Three big
canted spirals in the view, NGC 4206, 4216, and 4222! Imaged on
20
May '17. Captured more data with BGO on 22
Apr '18. aka MCG 2-31-72 and PGC 39246.
- NGC 4217
- A fuzzy cloud near the mag 9 star SAO 44095. Very near a big bright
arrow of stars. Like a reflection nebula around stars. It did not
look oval shaped. Near Messier 106 in CVn.
- NGC 4222
- A long streak. North-east of NGC 4216. Three big canted spirals
in the view, NGC 4206, 4216, and 4222! In Coma Berenices on the
Virgo border. Imaged on 20
May '17. aka MCG 2-31-75 and PGC 39308.
- NGC 4228 - Starburst Galaxy ƒ ⁴
- Viewed at 140x in poor transparency on 3
Jun '16. Not uniform. An oval in CVn. Large. Faint overall.
Not satisfying. Huh. Imaged with BGO on 6
Jul '17. A disturbed system, amorphous and mottled. Imaged again
on 11
Apr '18 with a much improved result. aka MCG 6-27-42 and PGC
39225. It seems that NGC 4228 refers also to NGC 4214. A SIMBAD
search of 4214 will land at 4228. The RASC Observer's Handbook
uses 4214 and there's a Wikipedia page for 4214.
- NGC 4236 ©
- Looked like an edge-on galaxy. Quite large in the C14 but extremely
faint. Oriented north-to-south. Noted two bright stars north-east.
At lower power, a better view. Barely visible. Something interesting
going on in the centre, like the Cigar. Noted a third star, HD 106925,
to the NE. In Draco. Caldwell 3. ST3 said magnitude 10.1. Diffuse.
Viewed on 11
Jun '18. aka MCG 12-12-4 and PGC 39346.
- NGC 4244 - Silver Needle ƒ ©
- Wow. Very faint, long and thin. Extremely large at 78x in the
N11. Looked similar in the 12½" Newtonian. In CVn. aka
Caldwell 26. Viewed on 14
Jul '13. Mucky. Viewed again on 15
Jul '13. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 20
Apr '16.
- NGC 4254 - St. Katherine's Wheel
- See Messier 99. aka Coma Pinwheel or Virgo
Cluster Pinwheel.
- NGC 4256
- An edge-on galaxy in Draco. Thin, needle-like, similar to M82.
Was it mottled or dark in the middle? Was there a dark edge, like
the Sombrero? It was faint but a good size at 217x.
- NGC 4258 ⁴
- See Messier 106.
- NGC 4274 ƒ ⁴
- A canted galaxy in Coma Berenices. Interesting. There was a wide
pair to the east and a tighter double south. MCG 5-29-60 and PGC
39724. Viewed on 3
Jul '16. It features a bright condensed core with some nearby
dark elements. It is surrounded by bright ring. And then there's
a very large diffuse disc beyond. Very interesting. Imaged on 17
Dec '17. Imaged with BGO again on 12
May '18.
- NGC 4284
- Very faint nebula near M40 and NGC 4290. Smaller galaxy than 4290.
Very challenging to see in C14 at CAO. At the edge of visibility
and averted vision. Need good transparency for it. aka MCG 10-18-26
and PGC 39775. Viewed on 10
Jul '10. Very faint in BGO image from 18
Mar '17.
- NGC 4290
- Small faint nebula (mag 12) near M40 and NGC 4284. Oval shape
(it's a barred spiral). It forms a triangle with a bright star nearby
(70 Ursae Majoris). aka MCG 10-18-29 and PGC 39859. Viewed on 10
Jul '10. Very faint in BGO image from 18
Mar '17.
- NGC 4291
- Pretty obvious. In an L of stars. Opposite of the apex of the
L. A large fuzzy. In Draco. Near NGC 4319. Brighter and bigger than
4319. West of Markarian 205. Viewed on 10
Jul '16.
- NGC 4292
- A canted spiral near M61 to the north-west near the bright star
PPM 158756. The galaxy looks like a barred spiral; SkyTools says
it is a lenticular. aka MCG 1-32-16 and PGC 39922. Within Virgo.
Imaged with BGO on 26
May '18.
- NGC 4298
- South of M100. About 1½ degrees away. Edge-on. Close to
4302. In Coma Berenices. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4301
- Beside M61. In Virgo. A bit to the north-east of the large galaxy.
A small faint (magnitude 13.4) round smudge. Due east of a 13 mag
star (GSC 00285-0805). Viewed on 4
May '13. A face-on spiral galaxy. Has a diffuse faint core but
attractive encircling arms with some bright nodules. aka MCG 1-32-27
and PGC 40087. Imaged with BGO on 26
May '18.
- NGC 4302
- South of M100. About 1½ degrees away. Canted. Close to
4298. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4303 - Swelling Spiral Galaxy ⁴
- See Messier 61. aka MCG 1-32-22 and PGC
40001.
- NGC 4312
- Edge-on galaxy in Com. Noted a very bright star (mag 6.5) to the
west: HD 107415. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4319
- A small oval in Dra. Beside Markarian 205. Viewed in passing on
the evening of 29
Jun '16. Viewed directly on 10
Jul '16. Between a triangle of faint stars to the right of an
L, including GSC 04550-1745, and a flag shape of stars including
TYC 04550-0859 1.
- NGC 4321
- See Messier 100.
- NGC 4322
- Near M100. North-north-east of the big spiral. A dim oval patch.
Imaged with BGO on 6
Feb '19.
- NGC 4328
- Near M100. Due east. A large somewhat oval fuzzy. Imaged with
BGO on 6
Feb '19.
- NGC 4340
- A little galaxy in Coma Berenices. Near 4350. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4350 ⁴
- A little galaxy. Near 4340. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4361 - The Lawn Sprinkler ƒ ⁴
- A medium-sized planetary nebula in Corvus. Looks like a propeller
screw! Super bright star in the centre. Imaged on 24
Apr '16.
- NGC 4374
- See Messier 84. Member of Markarian's
Chain.
- NGC 4382
- See Messier 85.
- NGC 4387
- A very small fuzzy near M84 and M86 in Vir. Near Markarian's Chain.
Viewed on 4
May '13. Bright but small oval elliptical. North of 4388. Imaged
on 3
Jan '18. aka MCG 2-32-39 and PGC 40562. Small, bright. Mag:
13. Size: 1.6' x 0.9'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged with MRO
on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4388 ƒ
- A little needle-like galaxy, below M84 and M86, south. Near Markarian's
Chain. Viewed on 4
May '13. Located in Virgo, this spiral has some interesting
structure near the core. Large diaphanous disk. Imaged on 3
Jan '18. aka MCG 2-32-41 and PGC 40581. Imaged again on 23
Mar '20 with little improvement. Mag: 11.9. Size: 5.4' x 1.3'.
Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4394 ⁴
- Very near Messier 85. In constellation Coma Berenices. Wonderful.
- NGC 4402
- Edge-on galaxy, due north of M86. In Virgo. Near Markarian's Chain.
Viewed on 4
May '13. aka MCG 2-32-44, PGC 40644. Mag: 13. Size: 3.5' x 1.0'.
Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4406
- See Messier 86. Member of Markarian's
Chain.
- NGC 4413
- A small oval. Just below stars TYC 00880-0904 1 and TYC 00880-777 1.
And due south of M86. Near Markarian's Chain. Viewed on 4
May '13. Lovely barred spiral galaxy. East-south-east of NGC
4438. Graces photo. Imaged with BGO on 14
May '18. In Virgo. aka MCG 2-32-49, PGC 40705. Mag: 12.9. Size:
2.1' x 1.5'. Imaged wide-field with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4414 ƒ ⁴
- Faint oval galaxy in Com. Tiny spiral with a bright centre. Harboured
a supernova in Jul
'13. However, did not see SN 2013df. Viewed again May
'15. Imaged on 14
Apr '16. Re-imaged with slightly better results on 18
Dec '17.
- NGC 4417
- Virgo galaxy. Appears to be a lenticular with no discernible
structure in the canted disc. The core is very bright. Two in the
view with NGC 4424 to the south. Imaged with BGO (when targetted
to NGC 4437) on 9
Apr '18. aka PGC 40756 and MCG 2-32-53.
- NGC 4424
- Very large distorted galaxy. Outer limits appear fan shaped. There
are hints of structure near the muted core. South-east of NGC 4417.
aka PGC 40809 and MCG 2-32-58. Astrometry.net also identified it
as IC 3366. Imaged with BGO on 9
Apr '18.
- NGC 4425
- A thin galaxy near the star HD 108450. South east of M86. Near
Markarian's Chain. Viewed on 4
May '13. In Virgo. aka MCG 2-32-59, PGC 40816. Mag: 13. Size:
3.1' x 1.3'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with
MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4435 - The Eyes ⁴
- With 4438. Oval galaxy in Virgo. East of M86. Seems to be the
same size as 4438. SkyTools shows that they are very different,
4438 being 3 or 4 times larger. Bright centre. There is a nice gaggle
stars to the east, including bright SAO 100120. aka Arp 120, MCG
2-32-64, and PGC 40898. Member of Markarian's Chain. Viewed on 4
May '13. Imaged with BGO on 3
Jan '18. Improved on first result, imaging again on 13
May '18. Mag: 11.5. Size: 3.0' x 2.1'. Identified with SkyTools
4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4437
- See NGC 4517.
- NGC 4438 - The Eyes ƒ ⁴
- A fantastic galaxy in Virgo, it shows a huge halo greatly distorted.
East of M86. Seems to be the same size as 4435. Bright centre. aka
Arp 120, MCG 2-32-65, and PGC 40914. Member of Markarian's Chain.
Viewed on 4
May '13. The central region shows dust and mottling. Really
interesting. Imaged with BGO on 3
Jan '18. Improved on first result, imaging again on 13
May '18. Mag: 10.9. Size: 9.1' x 4.0'. Identified with SkyTools
4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4449 ƒ ⁴ ©
- Unclear log notes. Unclear if it was observed. ST3 log entry for
Wed 23 Mar '11 at Long Sault—there was an intense winter storm
that cancelled our meeting night... aka Caldwell 21, MCG 7-26-9,
and PGC 40973. In CVn. Big, quite large at 145x. Impressive. Irregular.
Not a smooth oval shape. Kinda wiggly. Quite bright too. Neat object.
Viewed again on 2
Jun '16. An irregular galaxy. Very cool. Bright elements to
the north are almost separated from the body. Does it have two bright
cores? Or am I seeing stars? Imaged with BGO on 15
Dec '17.
- NGC 4458
- North east of 4435. Member of Markarian's Chain. Viewed on 4
May '13. In Virgo. aka MCG 2-32-82, PGC 41095. Mag: 12.9. Size:
1.6' x 1.5'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with
MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4459 ⁴
- North of 4473 and 4477. In Coma Berenices. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4461
- Near 4458. Member of Markarian's Chain. Viewed on 4
May '13. In Virgo. aka MCG 2-32-84, PGC 41111. Mag: 11.9. Size:
3.6' x 1.2'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with
MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4464
- Near M49. I missed it given the star-like appearance but was tipped
to it by software. North-west of the big galaxy. It is a compact
almond-shape with a bright core, oriented north-south. aka MGC 1-32-78
and PGC 41148. Imaged with BGO on 14
Jan '19.
- NGC 4465
- Near M49. To the west-north-west. There appears to be a double
galaxy, two faint tight objects, with a dimmer one to the north.
ST3 marks the lower object: NGC 4465. aka PGC 41157. Imaged with
BGO on 14
Jan '19.
- NGC 4467
- Due west of M49. A medium-bright round galaxy. It is just east
of a star making for a good comparison of faint fuzzy and blotted
star. aka MCG 1-32-80 and PGC 41169. Imaged with BGO on 14
Jan '19.
- NGC 4468
- To the north east of 4459. Very small, very faint (mag 13.9) fuzzy.
Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4470
- Small galaxy to the south of M49. In Virgo. Viewed on 4
May '13. Curious. Nearly south. An amorphous mottled blob. It
looks like a spiral that's been smashed. Imaged with BGO on 14
Jan '19. aka MCG 1-32-82 and PGC 41189.
- NGC 4472
- See Messier 49. aka Arp 134.
- NGC 4473 ⁴
- Large galaxy. Near 4477. Member of Markarian's Chain. Viewed
on 4
May '13. Diffuse with extremely bright core. In Coma Berenices.
aka MCG 2-32-93, PGC 41228. Mag: 11.1. Size: 4.3' x 2.5'. Identified
with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4474
- Near 4438. In Com. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4476
- Near M87 and NGC 4478 in Vir. A little fuzzy. Viewed on 4
May '13. aka MCG 2-32-96, PGC 41255. Mag: 13.2. Size: 1.7' x
1.1'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on
6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4477 ⁴
- Large galaxy. Near 4473 and 4479. Member of Markarian's Chain.
Viewed on 4
May '13. In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 2-32-97, PGC 41260. Mag:
11.3. Size: 3.7' x 3.2'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field
with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4478 ⁴
- Near M87 and NGC 4476. A little fuzzy. In Virgo constellation.
Viewed on 4
May '13. Bright. West-south-west of M87. Bright core with a
diffuse cloud surrounding it. Is it an elliptical as well? There's
also a bright point just above, to the north, very close. Another
galaxy? Or a star? Imaged with BGO on 14
Jan '19. aka MCG 2-32-99, PGC 41297. Mag: 12.2. Size: 1.7' x
1.4'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field with MRO on
6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4479
- At a right angle to 4473 and 4477. SE of 4477. Viewed on 4
May '13. Near Markarian's Chain. Small oval oriented roughly
north-south. In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 2-32-100, PGC 41302. Mag:
13.5. Size: 1.5' x 1.3'. Identified with SkyTools 4. Imaged wide-field
with MRO on 6
Mar '21.
- NGC 4485 ƒ ⁴
- Small companion to the Cocoon in Canes Venatici. NGC 4485 is clearly
tugging at the big spiral of 4490, warping and bending it. aka Arp
269, MCG 7-26-13, and PGC 41326. First viewed on viewed
and sketched
on 5 May '13. Imaged with BGO on 17
Dec '17. Processed in colour on 4
Mar '21.
- NGC 4486
- See Messier 87. aka Arp 152.
- NGC 4486A
- South-south-west of M87. An oval fuzzy with intense bright core.
Imaged with BGO on 14
Jan '19. aka MCG 2-32-110 and PGC 41377.
- NGC 4486B
- North-west of M87. A very compact, small, round galaxy, almost
star-like. Imaged with BGO on 14
Jan '19. aka NGC 2-32-101 and PGC 41327.
- NGC 4488
- Thin oval. In Virgo, to the north east of M49. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4490 - Cocoon Galaxy ƒ ⁴
- Morphed spiral galaxy. Small companion to the north is NGC 4485.
Two interacting spiral galaxies, 40 to 50 million light-years away,
in Canes Venatici. A grand pair. Very interesting. aka Arp 269,
MCG 7-26-14, and PGC 41333. First viewed on viewed
and sketched
on 5 May '13. Imaged with BGO on 17
Dec '17. Just fantastic. Imaged again on 11
May '18. Processed in colour on 4
Mar '21.
- NGC 4492
- North east of M49. There was a super bright star. In Virgo. Viewed
on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4494 ƒ ⁴
- In Coma Berenices. Near Collinder 256. Small. Round, perfectly
round, face on spiral galaxy. Medium bright centre. Very diffuse
and smooth. Viewed on evening of 8
May '16. Nearly round, oriented north-south. Very bright compact
centre. Imaged with BGO on 2
Apr '18.
- NGC 4501
- See Messier 88.
- NGC 4516
- Very tiny. To the north east of M88. In Com. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4517 ƒ
- In Virgo. Whoa! A crazy thin needle! Super thin. Neat. Big. Seemed
brighter to the west side. Bright star in the foreground, right
over top the galaxy, TYC 00289-1220 1 at mag 10.9. Saw the star
to the south. GSC 00289-0774. Faint mag 13 stars in the area. aka
MCG 0-32-20 and PGC 41618. Viewed on 7
May '16. The edge-on spiral galaxy appears dappled with dark
material. Very interesting. The west edge appears stretched or elongated.
Reminds me a bit of The Whale. Imaged with BGO on 12
Apr '18. It seems NGC 4517 also refers to NGC 4437. The RASC
Observer's Handbook says that 4517 is "often mislabelled"
4437.
- NGC 4519
- Faint small fuzzy. West of stars HD 109360 and 109440, and inline.
Located in Virgo. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4526 ƒ ⁴
- A big, bright galaxy in Vir! Canted fuzzy. Exactly between two
bright stars, HD 109285 and 109417. South of 4519. Viewed on 4
May '13. Very canted. The dark lanes near the core are just
barely visible, an arc along the north. Imaged with BGO on 2
Apr '18.
- NGC 4531
- West of M89 and M90. In constellation Virgo. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4535 - Lost Galaxy ƒ ⁴
- Really cool. Could see distinct stars within it, er, ahead of
it. Averted vision helped. Viewed on evening of 4
May '13. Fantastic face-on spiral in Virgo. The central part
of the spiral is amazing. It looks like there are lots of star forming
regions along the arms. Imaged with BGO on 13
May '17. In Virgo. aka MCG 1-32-104 and PGC 41812.
- NGC 4548 ⁴
- See Messier 91.
- NGC 4552
- See Messier 89.
- NGC 4559 ƒ ⁴ ©
- A large canted galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. Not
uniform or symmetrical. Tidally disturbed? The outer spiral arms
to the west are extended or stretched. Curious as there are no other
big galaxies near by. Amazing! Contains a handful of diffuse nebulae
identified in the IC catalogue.
Also known as Caldwell 36, MCG 5-30-30, and PGC 42002. Imaged with
BGO on 17
Dec '17. Tried to get a better image on 1
Feb '20.
- NGC 4562
- Very near NGC 4565. South-west of the big galaxy. Another canted
spiral. Unclear if I saw it earlier. Imaged with BGO on 27
Jan '18. aka MCG 4-30-4 and PGC 41955.
- NGC 4565 - Needle Galaxy ƒ ⁴ ©
- Spotted this faint fuzzy in CrB near Mel 111. Easy to visualise
with amateur astrophotographers images coming to mind. Large. An
edge-on spiral galaxy. Requires averted vision to sense the true
size and to discern some structure in the foreground. Could see
the bright core and centre region. Viewed with C14 with 55mm and
27mm eyepieces in 8
Jul '10. Did I see another fuzzy nearby? aka Caldwell 38. Imaged
with BGO on 27
Jan '18. aka MCG 4-30-6 and PGC 42038.
- NGC 4567/4568 - Siamese Twins ƒ
- SkyTools shows the slightly larger galaxy to the south as 4568
proper; the smaller northerly one is 4567. Surrounded by many small
faint LEDA galaxies and dozens of uncategorised
ones. To the north is 4564; to the south is IC 3578. In Virgo. Imaged
in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 28
Apr '16.
- NGC 4568
- See NGC 4567.
- NGC 4569
- See Messier 90. aka Arp 76.
- NGC 4570 ⁴
- Very thin galaxy in Virgo. East of 4526. And south. Viewed on
4
May '13.
- NGC 4571
- South east of M91. In Coma Berenices. Mottled. Viewed on 4
May '13.
- NGC 4579
- See Messier 58.
- NGC 4590
- See Messier 68. aka Mel 113.
- NGC 4594 - Sombrero Galaxy ⁴
- See Messier 104.
- NGC 4605 ƒ
- Galaxy in UMa. Best viewed in spring? About the same size as 6503.
I.e. fairly large at 78x. Large and bright... elongated... less
than a perfect oval. It's north-west edge seemed dark. Dust? Indeed,
looks like there's a foreground dust lane. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11. Viewed again on 13
Jul '13 with N11. Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system
on 30
Apr '16.
- NGC 4621
- See Messier 59.
- NGC 4627 ©
- Companion to the Whale. Little. A dwarf elliptical galaxy. Near
the bright star HD 110464. Viewed 5
May '13, 17
May '15, and again 23
May '15. aka Caldwell 32,
Arp 281, MCG 6-28-19, and PGC 42620. Smooth and diffuse. Canted
at about a 45° angle to the partner. Imaged with BGO on 15
Dec '17. Imaged with Hockey Stick using MRO on 19
Jun '20. Imaged wide-field again with MRO on 7
Mar '21.
- NGC 4631 - Whale Galaxy ƒ ⁴ ©
- Edge-on spiral galaxy in the Canes Venatici. Has a small companion,
4627. Near the Hockey Stick! Viewed 5
May '13, 17
May '15, and again 23
May '15. aka Caldwell 32,
Arp 281, MCG 6-28-20, and PGC 42637. A peculiar galaxy with a very
gentle arc bending to the south. It's like there's a little fin
on the east edge. A fantastic sight with the bright regions and
dust lanes. Imaged with BGO on 15
Dec '17. Imaged with Hockey Stick using MRO on 19
Jun '20. Imaged wide-field again with MRO on 7
Mar '21.
- * NGC 4637
- Spiral. Oriented east-west. Medium-size. South-west of M60 in
Virgo. Caught in an image by BGO taken on on 14
May '18. But cut off.
- NGC 4642
- Edge-on galaxy near 4653 in Virgo, to the south-west. Hints of
spiral arms. Oriented north-east to south-west. In the SA 104 region.
Imaged in LRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12
Mar '16.
- NGC 4647
- Located in Virgo. The very faint spiral galaxy near to elliptical
M60. Chance alignment. They do not interact. Viewed in July
2010. Very nice. Nearby. Rather large. North-west. Spiral, nearly
face-on, with mottled arms. The centre looks slightly askew. The
far arm is dragging behind. Is it being tugged on my M60? Imaged
with BGO on 14
May '18.
- NGC 4649
- See Messier 60. aka Arp 116.
- NGC 4653
- Face-on galaxy near 4642 in Virgo, to the north-east. Large but
faint. Hints of spiral arms. In the SA 104 region. Imaged in LRGB
with the SMU BGO robotic system on 12
Mar '16.
- NGC 4656 - Hockey Stick / Crowbar ƒ ⁴
- Looks like a hockey stick! Has a "hook" at the north-east
end. That's another NGC galaxy, 4657! Near the Whale. In Canes Venatici.
Many H II regions... With 4657, a RASC Finest NGC target (i.e. combination
object). Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 9
May '16. Imaged again with BGO on 12
May '18. Imaged with Whale using MRO on 19
Jun '20. Imaged wide-field again with MRO on 7
Mar '21.
- NGC 4657 ƒ
- Small galaxy at the north-east end of 4656 which forms "the
hook." Tip of the hook... A small canted spiral. With 4656,
a RASC Finest NGC target (i.e. combination object). Imaged with
CDK24-Apogee on 9
May '16.
- NGC 4699 ƒ ⁴
- Fuzzy. Kinda round. Face on. Bright centre. Kind of in a diamond
with 3 stars. Viewed on 6
May '16. Zoomed out, the first impression is an elliptical;
zoomed in, there are hints of spiral arms. BGO robot imaged on 14
May '17. In Virgo. aka MCG -1-33-13 and PGC 43321.
- NGC 4710
- Tiny, edge-on galaxy in Com. SkyTools says it is a lenticular.
- NGC 4725 ƒ ⁴
- Not a good view during first attempt. Viewed on 1
Jul '13 with N11. Something big... But diffuse. A galaxy in
Coma. Slightly canted. North-east to south-west orientation. Light
and dark regions. Some dark lanes. Dark on the west edge. Interesting
star field. Quiet big. Not a really bright centre. Faint. Neat.
Viewed on 9
May '16. Very interesting shape. It's like there's an arrowhead
at the north-east. Imaged with BGO on 27
Feb '18. aka MCG 4-30-22 and PGC 43451.
-
- NGC 4736
- See Messier 94.
- NGC 4742
- Core of galaxy dimmly visible in image of double star STF 1682
captured on 18
Mar '19.
- NGC 4754 ⁴
- In Virgo. Round-ish. Faint. Perfectly inline and equidistant from
the two stars. Beside 4762. About half or a third the size of its
neighbour. Viewed on 9
May '16. Very bright core. Diffuse oval oriented same way as
NGC 4762. Imaged with BGO on 13
May '17. aka MCG 2-33-30 and PGC 43656.
- NGC 4762 ƒ ⁴
- In Virgo. A sliver. Wow. Edge-on spiral. Medium bright centre.
A bit brighter on the southern edge. Lots in the field! Three stars
nestled in the foreground in a gentle angle. Made for an very interesting
view. Right beside 4754. Viewed on 9
May '16. There are no dust lanes. Wisps are very evident along
the other edges. Imaged with BGO on 13
May '17. aka MCG 2-33-33 and PGC 43733. Imaged again on 23
Mar '20 with a better result.
- NGC 4826 - Black Eye Galaxy
- See Messier 64.
- NGC 4858
- aka MCG 5-31-51, PGC 44535. Part of ACO 1656. In Coma Berenices.
Caught in BGO image on 7
Apr '20.
- NGC 4860
- aka MCG 5-31-54, PGC 44539. Part of ACO 1656. In Coma Berenices.
Caught in BGO image on 7
Apr '20.
- NGC 4864
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-58, PGC 44566. Small, round, medium
bright. A twin? Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4865
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-64, UGC 8100, PGC 44578. Member
of ACO 1656. Canted spiral or elliptical? I can't tell. Small, bright
core. Thin oval. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4867
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-62, PGC 44568. Round, small, medium
bright. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4869
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-65, PGC 44587. Nearly round with
a bright large core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4871
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-66, PGC 44606. Elliptical? Spiral?
Very hard to tell. Small core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO
on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4872
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-68, PGC 44624. Nearly round. Compact.
Bright. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4873
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-69, PGC 44621. Small, smooth,
round. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4874
- In Coma Berenices. A big galaxy. Fainter than 4884. SkyTools says
it is a lenticular. 2.5' by 2.1'. Viewed on 14
Jun '18. Two in the view with NGC 4884 (to the east). Inside
ACO 1656. aka MCG 5-31-70 and PGC 44628. Accidentally imaged on
7
Apr '20. aka UGC 8103. Large elliptical. Large bright core.
Round. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4875
- In Coma Berenices. aka PGC 44640. Slightly smaller than 6. Slightly
different angle. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4876
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-73, PGC 44658. Elliptical. Medium
size. Smooth core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4882
- In Coma Berenices. One of two faint small fuzzies near NGC 4884.
The little galaxy was north. Viewed on 14
Jun '18. aka MCG 5-31-76 and PGC 44698. Round elliptical, medium
bright core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4883
- In Coma Berenices. aka PGC 44682. Large smooth core, diffuse outer
edges, medium size. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4884 ©
- Wow. Interesting galaxy. Lot of stuff going on. Looked like a
spiral with a bright centre; ST3 said elliptical. Big. In Coma Berenices.
A Caldwell target, number 35. Noted a bright star, HD 112887, to
the north-west. Viewed on 14
Jun '18. Two in the view with NGC 4874 (to the west). Inside
ACO 1656. aka MCG 5-31-77 and PGC 44715. Accidentally imaged on
7
Apr '20. aka UGC 8110. Large elliptical, bright core. Imaged
with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4894
- In Coma Berenices. aka PGC 44732. Small dim edge on with a medium
bright core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4898
- In Coma Berenices. One of two faint small fuzzies near NGC 4884.
To the south-east. Nuts! Viewed on 14
Jun '18. aka MCG 5-31-82 and PGC 44736. Assuming it is the brighter
of the two round fuzzy balls. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO
on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4906
- In Coma Berenices. aka PGC 44799. Small round but bright elliptical.
Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4908
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-92, PGC 44828. An elliptical.
Bright core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 4911
- In Coma Berenices. aka MCG 5-31-93, UGC 8128, PGC 44840. Medium
large face on spiral, medium bright core. Member of ACO 1656. Imaged
with BGO on 18
Apr '20.
- NGC 5005 ƒ ⁴ ©
- Big. Not as canted as 4157. Bright centre. Could I see dust lanes?
There were not a lot of stars nearby. Another nice one. Quite bright.
In Canes Venatici. aka Caldwell 29, MCG 6-29-52, and PGC 45749.
Viewed on 4
Jul '14. Lovely spiral. Imaged with BGO on 19
Apr '17.
- NGC 5024
- See Messier 53. aka Mel 117.
- NGC 5033 ƒ ⁴
- In Canes Venatici. Definitely in the faint fuzzy category. Bright
centre, canted, mottled. Reminiscent of the Black Eye. Viewed on
night of 31
May '14. Wow. A fantastic large galaxy. Magnificent arms! Imaged
with BGO on 19
Apr '17. aka MCG 6-29-62 and PGC 45948.
- NGC 5055 - Sunflower
- See Messier 63.
- NGC 5194 - Whirlpool Galaxy
- Fantastic face-on spiral galaxy. Large. With companion... In Canes
Venatici. See Messier 51.
- NGC 5195 ⁴
- Companion galaxy to M51. aka Arp 85.
- NGC 5236
- See Messier 83.
- NGC 5272
- See Messier 3. aka Mel 119.
- NGC 5322 ⁴
- Viewed at 145x. A small oval, canted spiral. Somewhat plain field.
A dim galaxy. Angled east-to-west. In Canes Venatici. From the Herschel
400 list. aka MCG 10-20-35 and PGC 49044. Viewed on the evening
of 2
Jul '16.
- NGC 5350
- North-most member in three little galaxies beside a pair of bright
stars. Bigger of the three. Part of Hickson
68 in Canes Venatici. Viewed on 11
Jun '18. aka Markarian 1485.
- NGC 5353
- Brighter than 5350. South-most member in three little galaxies
beside a pair of bright stars. Touching 5354. Part of Hickson
68 in Canes Venatici. Viewed on 11
Jun '18.
- NGC 5354
- Brighter than 5350. Middle member in three little galaxies beside
a pair of bright stars. Touching 5353. Part of Hickson
68 in Canes Venatici. Viewed on 11
Jun '18.
- NGC 5371
- Spotted with TV Plössl 55mm. Well away. Near two bright stars.
Large. Obvious. Oval. East of Hickson 68 group. Viewed on 11
Jun '18.
- NGC 5457 - Pinwheel Galaxy
- See Messier 101. aka Arp 26.
- NGC 5461
- Small fuzzy. H II region. South-east of M101. Spotted in a triangle
with GSC 03852-1001. In UMa. Viewed on the evening of 29
Jun '16.
- NGC 5462
- Small fuzzy. H II region. North of 5461. Viewed on the evening
of 29
Jun '16.
- NGC 5466 ƒ ⁴
- A globular cluster in Boo near the CVn border. Viewed on 9
May '16. Crazy freakin' faint. What was it?! A globular?! Big.
Quiet large. Loose. Examined it for a long time. Interesting. Imaged
with CDK24-Apogee on 11
May '16. Big! It has the initial appearance of an open cluster!
A loose globular? Noticeable glow from within... ST3 said the distance
was 52 000 light years. Where Is M13? shows that this is reasonable
far...
- NGC 5471
- Small fuzzy. H II region. To the north-east of M101. North of
3 stars, including GSC 03852-0070. aka MCG 9-23- 30. Viewed on the
evening of 29
Jun '16.
- NGC 5490
- Crazy faint. Very small. Viewed with C14 SCT at 145x. Near IC
982 and 983. In Boötes. Viewed again on 9
May '16.
- NGC 5613
- Near 5615. Saw the galaxy with averted vision. aka Arp 178.
- NGC 5615
- Very faint, face-on, spiral galaxy in Boötes. Viewed with
C14 at 145x. Could see down to magnitude 14.9 stars.
- NGC 5740
- A small, faint galaxy to the south of 5746. Cool. Viewed on 13
Jul '13 with N11.
- NGC 5746 ƒ ⁴
- Neat, very thin, possibly mottled. An extreme edge-on galaxy.
Beside the bright star, 109 Virginis. Seemed big at 78x. Viewed
with N11 on 13
Jul '13. Imaged with BGO on 19
Apr '17. Intriguing. Dark lane in foreground. Bright core. aka
MCG 0-38-5 and PGC 52665.
- NGC 5838
- Viewed the small, very faint galaxy near star 110 in Virgo. Rendered
at the THO in the 8" SCT as a oval smudge.
- NGC 5866 - Spindle Galaxy ⁴
- See Messier 102.
- NGC 5904 - Rose Cluster
- See Messier 5. aka Mel 133.
- NGC 5907 - Splinter Galaxy ƒ ⁴
- Small, thin edge-on galaxy. In Draco. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO on 1
Sep '08. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11
May '16. Appears to also be referred to as NGC 5906.
- NGC 5981
- Very thin, edge on galaxy. Just barely visible in 12½"
Newtonian at CAO. Beside 5982 and 5985 which are easily spotted.
Near ι (iota) Draco. aka MCG 10-22-27 and PGC 55647. Imaged
on 27
Jun '16.
- NGC 5982 ⁴
- Beside 5985. Oval smudge. Slightly smaller. Found by Katrina with
Ian's 12½" Newtonian at CAO. Near ι Dra. aka MCG
10-22-29 and PGC 55674. Imaged on 27
Jun '16.
- NGC 5985
- Beside 5982. Oval smudge. Slightly larger. Found by Katrina with
Ian's 12½" Newtonian at CAO. Near ι Dra. aka MCG
10-22-30 and PGC 55725. Imaged on 27
Jun '16.
- NGC 6039 or NGC 6042
- Faint. SkyTools refers to object as 6039; whereas, 6042 is used
in Aladin. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6041
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6043
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6044
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6045
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19. aka Arp 71.
- NGC 6047
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6050
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19. Arp 272.
- NGC 6052
- Either a star over the centre, or the centre was very bright.
It was small at 78x. Very small. Near the pinched diamond of stars.
Located in Hercules.
- NGC 6054
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19. aka IC 1183.
- NGC 6055
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6056
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6057
- Faint. In Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151.
Imaged with SLO on 31
Jul '19.
- NGC 6068
- Faint. There was something else. A faint diffuse oval patch.
A little cluster of stars beside the galaxy. Confirmed! Two in the
view. Saw two galaxies. NGC 6068 proper was fairly large oval. Bright
star to the east. In Ursa Minor. Viewed on 10
Aug '18. Not a full on Arp. aka MCG 13-11-19 and PGC 56388.
- NGC 6068 A
- A smaller, dimmer fuzzy to the west. Nice! Viewed on 10
Aug '18. aka MCG 13-11-17 and PGC 56363.
- NGC 6093
- See Messier 80. aka Mel 142.
- NGC 6121 - Cat's Eye, Crab GC, Spider GC
- See globular cluster Messier 4 (in Scorpius).
Not to be confused with the Cat's Eye planetary nebula (in Draco).
aka Mel 144.
- NGC 6144 ⁴
- A faint, loose, open object. Thought it was a galaxy at first.
Some structure, tendrils?, visible at low power in the SP-C8 with
36mm. In Sco. This globular cluster is quite low for Canadians...
- NGC 6171 - Crucifix Cluster ⁴
- See Messier 107. aka Mel 148.
- NGC 6205 - Hercules Cluster
- See Messier 13. aka Mel 150.
- NGC 6210 - Turtle Nebula ƒ
- Small, oval blue planetary in Hercules. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO. Viewed again on 2
Jun '16. A fuzzy blob. Looked somewhat rectangular. Imaged with
CDK24-Apogee on 19
Jun '16. And again on 20
Jun '16. Shot super fast luminance on 24
Jun '16.
- NGC 6217 ⁴
- A faint galaxy in UMi. Reasonable large. Popped with averted.
Between a wide pair of stars, including Tycho 04571-0972 1, and
a gaggle of faint stars to the south-east, including GSC 04571-0704.
Oriented south-east to north-west. Overall, dim. Uniform. Brightening
in the centre. Or perhaps it was a foreground star. The brightness
of the centre was similar to the south-east stars which were in
the magnitude 14 range. Some wide stars to the north-west were pointing
directly to the galaxy, a good sign post. Extended viewing showed
faint points within. aka Arp 185, MCG 13-12-8, and PGC 58477. Viewed
on 26
Sep '16.
- NGC 6218 - Gumball Globular
- See Messier 12. aka Mel 151.
- NGC 6254
- See Messier 10. aka Mel 157.
- NGC 6266 - Flickering Globular
- See Messier 62. aka Mel 159.
- NGC 6273
- See Messier 19. aka Mel 160.
- NGC 6285
- Small dim oval in Draco. aka Arp 293, MCG 10-24-81, and PGC 59344.
Part of a galaxy group with NGC 6286, MCG 10-24-79, MCG 10-24-82,
from the Arp Galaxy List. Near TYC 03898-0989 1. Imaged on 3
Jul '16.
- NGC 6286
- Edge-on spiral. Dim. Located in Draco. aka Arp 293, MCG 10-24-84,
PGC 59352. Part of a galaxy group with NGC 6285, MCG 10-24-79, MCG
10-24-82, from the Arp Galaxy List. Near TYC 03898-0989 1. Imaged
on 3
Jul '16.
- NGC 6333
- See Messier 9. aka Mel 167.
- NGC 6338
- A small galaxy in Draco. Canted with a bright centre. Part of
a galaxy group. aka MCG 10-24-116, PGC 59947. Imaged 30
Jun '16. And again on 1
Sep '17.
- NGC 6341
- See Messier 92. aka Mel 168.
- NGC 6346
- South of NGC 6338, a small oval smudge. Part of a galaxy group.
aka MCG 10-24-114 and PGC 59946. Imaged 30
Jun '16.
- NGC 6369 - Little Ghost ƒ ⁴
- Very faint, even in C14. Ring-shaped planetary nebula. Viewed
while surprisingly low. Easy to miss. In Ophiuchus. Took in on 26
Aug '11. Very nice. A lovely little donut. In a rich field of
fine stars. The ring is brighter along the north edge. The central
star is easily spotted. Slightly off centre. I believe I see hints
of a shell beyond the main ring, particular to the north-east and
south-west sides. Imaged with BGO on 9
Apr '18. The ring is very bright in hydrogen-alpha. Imaged again
on 14
May '18, this time with SBIG on BGO.
- NGC 6402
- See Messier 14. aka Mel 175.
- NGC 6405 - Butterfly Cluster
- See Messier 6. aka Cr 341 or Mel 178 or
Raab 122 or OCL 1030.
- NGC 6445 ƒ ⁴
- One of the RASC Finest NGCs. A planetary nebula. This time in
Sagittarius. A fascinating shape, more rectangular than round. Not
"annular." In a rich field, salted with fine faint stars. No star
in the centre; there's a bright point though at the south-west corner...
Imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory on 9
Apr '18. Photographed again, collecting Hα and O-III data,
on 8
May '18. With oxygen filter. More contrast. Big rings. Something
going on in the centre. Like the Helix. Viewed on 11 Aug '18. Not
round. Hollow in middle. Viewed again on 1
Aug '19.
- NGC 6475 - Ptolemy's Cluster or Scorpion's Tail
- See Messier 7. aka Cr 354 or Mel 183 or
Raab 125 or OCL 1028.
- NGC 6494
- See Messier 23. aka Cr 356 or Mel 184
or Raab 126 or OCL 30.
- NGC 6503 ƒ
- Ooh. Nice. Sliver. Very thin galaxy. Quite large at 78x. Oblong.
Edge on spiral. Near bright star HD 163465 in Draco. Surprisingly
bright galaxy. Angled NW to SE. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 11
May '16. Trying for less gradient, imaged again on 19
Jun '16.
- NGC 6514 - Trifid Nebula ⁴
- See Messier 20. aka Cr 360 or OCL 23.
- NGC 6520 ƒ ⁴
- Panned from Trifid. Bumped into it! A small cluster in the 55mm
in the C14. Orange star. A double (HD 164562). A bit of nebulousity?
Quite small in the Tele Vue refractor. To the north-west, there
was this orangey star. Noted a string of stars. Nice. Blue white
stars in the cluster, aka Collinder 361. Neat alignment of about
three stars, equally bright. Plus really faint points. Streamer
to the south-west. Equal pair to the north-east. Lots of stars in
the field. At low power, a streamer off to the right. Really neat.
Seeing was not great. This marked the final NGC in the RASC Finest
list! Very exciting. Viewed on 11
Jun '18. Learned it was visible from backyard, in a notch in
the trees. Aimed blindly. Compact. A couple of orange stars within,
others are white and blue-white. Outer ring and an inner core. Bright
orange star HD 164562 nearby. Imaged with C8-40D early 16
Jun '20. That means I have imaged all the Finest! Above the
spout of the teapot. Imaged again early 17
Jun '20. See image
with cluster near centre. Captured many frames and darks...
- NGC 6522 ⁴
- A round fuzzy globular. Two in the view. Near NGC 6528. A nice
pair of fuzzies in a lower power field. Near Nash aka γ 2
Sagittarius. Viewed on 21
Aug '17.
- NGC 6523 - open star cluster
- See Messier 8. Within M 8.
- NGC 6526
- See Messier 8. It's a little unclear but
this seems to be another designation for M8 or is a part of M8.
- NGC 6528 ⁴
- A round fuzzy globular. Two in the view. Near NGC 6522. A nice
pair of fuzzies in a lower power field. Near Nash aka γ 2
Sagittarius. Viewed on 21
Aug '17.
- NGC 6530 - Lagoon Nebula
- See Messier 8. Viewed 1
Jul '12 with N11.
- NGC 6531 - Webb's Cross
- See Messier 21. aka Cr 363 or Mel 188
or Raab 128 or OCL 26.
- NGC 6535
- A super-tiny, faint globular cluster. 46 000 light-years away
in Serpens. Interesting. Thought I saw stars in it. First impression
was that it was an open cluster.
- NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye ƒ ⁴ ©
- Popular planetary nebula in Dra. Could see green or aqua colour.
Almond-shaped. Bright centre. Not to be confused with the Cat's
Eye globular cluster Messier 4 or NGC 6121. planetary nebula. Viewed
on 1
Sep '08. Viewed again on 29
Jul '12. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO. Oct
'13 spotted central star. Viewed again on 11
Oct '13. Imaged with C14-DSLR on 7
Jul '14. Imaged with CDK24-Apogee on 26
Apr '16. Viewed on 7
Jul '19 in GSO 16 with Rhonda. Small at low power, almond shaped.
Seemed star-like in the middle. A tiny fuzzy. Rhonda said, "Kind
of a bluey fuzzy? A bit of violet?" At 102x, she thought more "bluey
violet." I thought definitely almond shape. She thought it round.
Looked good. At 226x, it worked but less colourful. Big now! A little
soft. Grainy. Definitely not round. Still a blue fuzzy. Viewed with
C8 on 4
Sep '19. aka PK 96. aka Caldwell 6.
- NGC 6544
- Viewed by accident at CAO, going for 6445. A lovely globular cluster.
Found within Sagittarius. On 11 Aug '18.
- NGC 6552
- A little streak. Bright core. A bit of structure? A barred spiral
perhaps to two prominent arms? Perhaps an edge-on galaxy? East of
Cat's Eye Nebula. Imaged in HaRGB with the SMU BGO robotic system
on 26
Apr '16.
- NGC 6553
- From the TAC Eye Candy list. A massive, big globular in Sgr. Viewed
on 11 Aug '18.
- NGC 6558
- Very faint globular cluster. In Sagittarius. Viewed on 21
Aug '17. West of NGC 6569. Two in the view.
- NGC 6569 ⁴
- Distant, faint globular cluster. In Sagittarius. Viewed again
on 21
Aug '17. Big and bright. East of NGC 6558. Almost looked like
a spiral. Two in the view.
- NGC 6572 - Blue Racquetball ƒ
- A very colourful planetary nebula in Ophiuchus. Viewed with a
34mm in a 8" SCT. An aquamarine colour, perhaps. Small, star-like.
Perhaps, there is some dimension to it. It is a very small disk.
Colour is striking. Intense blue green. However, like other PN,
it changes appearance when you look away. With averted vision, it
goes white! Then you look at it and it dims and goes dark blue green.
Viewed from Toronto on 16
Jul '11. Viewed at 240x on 15
Jul '13. Blueish-green shape. Not perfectly round. Viewed again
on 13
Oct '13. Viewed on 7
Jul '19 in GSO 16 with Rhonda. Imaged on 15
May '16.
- * NGC 6595
- Looked like a double star... What constitutes an open cluster?
Weird. Hybrid object: open cluster (aka Collinder 371 and OCL 31)
and diffuse nebula (aka IC 4700). In Sagittarius. Viewed on 3
Jul '16.
- NGC 6603 - Sagittarius Star Cloud
- See Messier 24. aka Cr 374 or Raab 129
or OCL 36.
- NGC 6611 - Star Queen cluster
- See Messier 16. The cluster with the
Eagle Nebula. aka Cr 375 or Mel 198 or OCL 54.
- NGC 6613 - Black Swan
- See Messier 18. aka Cr 376 or OCL 40.
- NGC 6618 - Omega Nebula (aka Swan)
- See Messier 17. aka Cr 377 or OCL 44.
- NGC 6621
- In Draco. ST3 shows the target as two small interacting galaxies
(with 6622). aka Arp 81, MCG 11-22-30 and PGC 61582. Need to revisit.
Viewed briefly on 21
Aug '17. Large canted spiral with a bright core to the north
with a long swooping arc connecting to the galaxy to the south.
Imaged with BGO on 21
Sep '17.
- NGC 6622
- In Draco. ST3 shows the target as two small interacting galaxies
(with 6621). aka Arp 81, MCG 11-22-31, and PGC 61579. Need to revisit.
Viewed briefly on 21
Aug '17. Small round galaxy with bright core south of 6621,
touching. Imaged with BGO on 21
Sep '17.
- NGC 6624 ⁴
- Small, compact, faint globular cluster with a bright centre. In
constellation Sgr.
- NGC 6626
- See Messier 28. aka Mel 200.
- NGC 6632
- Galaxy in Hercules. "That's all I get?" It's big but
not bright. Faint. Yep. Bright core. Pretty big. Canted. Not too
exciting. Lots of field stars. Viewed on 10
Aug '18.
- NGC 6633 ƒ ⁴
- A lazy S-shape of stars in Oph. 71x is too close; but at 10x too
small. 32x in a Tele Vue 101 is better. Pale blue cluster of stars
with a bright yellow-white star nearby. Were these stars closer
together at one point? Viewed on 8
Jul '10 in GBO. Viewed briefly on 1
Jul '12 with N11. aka Cr 380 or Mel 201 or Raab 130. Imaged
on 15
May '16. Imaged with BGO again on 5
Jun '20. Received good data on 18
Jun '20.
- NGC 6637
- See Messier 69. aka Mel 202.
- NGC 6652
- A very small globular cluster near ε (epsilon) Sagittarius
aka Kaus Australis. Only briefly viewed it. Hard to see any detail.
- NGC 6656 - Sagittarius Cluster
- See Messier 22. aka Mel 208.
- NGC 6681
- See Messier 70. aka Mel 211.
- NGC 6694
- See Messier 26. aka Cr 389 or Mel 212
or Raab 136 or OCL 67.
- NGC 6705 - Wild Duck Cluster, Salt-and-Pepper
- See Messier 11. aka Cr 391 or Mel 213
or OCL 76.
- NGC 6712 ƒ ⁴
- Small faint globular cluster is Scu. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO on 1
Sep '08. Imaged on 4
Jul '16.
- NGC 6715
- See Messier 54. aka Mel 216.
- NGC 6720 - Ring Nebula
- See Messier 57.
- NGC 6723
- Faint globular cluster in Sgr, very near CrA. Very low for Canadian
observing.
- NGC 6765
- Could not see it at first. Very small. Colourless. Almond shaped.
In Lyra. Near a pair of stars including GSC 02640-0790 and a triple
including TYC 02640-0544 1. Not far from a very orange star, HR
7302. Averted vision helped. Like the Blinking... Viewed on 10
Jul '16.
- NGC 6779
- See Messier 56. aka Mel 220.
- NGC 6781 ƒ ⁴
- In Aquila. A large object. A planetary nebula. Looked like a flame!
I thought there was something "going up." A non-circular
shape. Increased power to 107x. Had a good look. Very interesting.
I guesstimated the size of the object. Round on one side; open on
the other. If the open end is up, it gives a strong impression of
a flame in a fire. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11. Imaged on 25
Jun '16. Viewed on 7
Oct '16 with C8.
- NGC 6791
- At first, did not see anything obvious. Beside a T-shape. Open
cluster made up of faint stars in Lyra. Looked very much like the
field stars. Loose and wide. Nuts. aka OCL 142. Not very interesting.
Viewed on 24
Sep '16.
- NGC 6793
- A tiny wedge-shaped cluster with two prominent equal triangles.
One of those triangles has a double star. All stars are white. aka
OCL 115. In Vulpecula, not far from the Coathanger. I count about
30 stars. Imaged with C8-40D on evening of 19
Jun '20.
- NGC 6802 ƒ ⁴
- Open cluster in Vulpecula. Similar dimensions as 6819, 5.0'. A
fuzzy between some equally spaced pairs of stars, HD 350074 and
HD 350073 to the northwest and TYC 01609-0005 1 and HD 350075 to
the northeast. Fainter than 6819, mag 11.7. Harder to see stars.
Even though half the distance. Viewed with Sharmin. Viewed on 1
Jul '13 with N11. aka Cr 400, and OCL 114. Imaged with the SMU
BGO 'scope on 9
Jun '16.
- * NGC 6803
- In Aquila. Tiny planetary. Trouble identifying the field. Space
Invader shape nearby. Tried on 11 Aug '18.
- NGC 6809
- See Messier 55. aka Mel 221.
- NGC 6818 - Little Gem ƒ ⁴
- Planetary nebula in Sagittarius. Lovely small triangle of faint
field stars nearby. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO. Viewed on
30
Aug '08. Imaged on 12
Jul '16.
- NGC 6819 ƒ
- Open cluster in Cygnus. It was very faint. Averted vision helped
pull out stars. 7700 lightyears away. Large at low power. It was
5.0" in size. Magnitude 9.5. Viewed with Sharmin. Viewed on
1
Jul '13 with N11. aka Cr 403, Mel 223, Raab 139, and OCL 155.
Imaged with BGO on 11
Jun '16.
- NGC 6820
- Diffuse nebula in Vulpecula, aka Sh 2-86 or LBN 135, in a busy
star field. Hints of red. Harbours a star cluster. Imaged using
Phil's rig on
9 Sep '18.
- NGC 6822 - Barnard's Galaxy ©
- Irregular. Hard to make out. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
First viewed on 30
Aug '08. Imaged on 5
Jul '16. aka Caldwell 57.
aka IC 4895, MCG -2-50-6, and PGC 63616. In Sagittarius.
- NGC 6823
- Small open cluster inside NGC 6820. Photographed on
9 Sep '18. aka Collinder 405, Raab 140, and OCL 124.
- NGC 6823-1
- Dark lane in NGC 6820. A pillar. North-east of centre. ST3 calls
it a globule. Photographed on
9 Sep '18.
- NGC 6826 - Blinking Planetary ƒ ⁴ ©
- Viewed this nebula on a couple of occasions through SCT 14"
at CAO. Fantastic aqua-green colour. Even the central star looks
green. Fascinating the blinking effect with and without averted
vision. In Cyg. aka PK 83. aka Caldwell 15. First viewed on 30
Aug '08. Viewed on 1
Sep '08 with C14. Viewed on 20
Jun '14. Imaged on 24
Jun '16.
- NGC 6838 - Angelfish Cluster, Arrowhead
- See Messier 71. aka Mel 226 and Cr 409.
- NGC 6853 - Dumbbell Nebula or Apple Core
- See Messier 27.
- NGC 6864
- See Messier 75. aka Mel 228.
- NGC 6871
- Very loose small open cluster. Filled with double and mult-star
system. Near eta Cygni. Viewed with 3.5" Maksutov on 7
Jun '19. Nice stars in here. Contains a number of doubles and
multi-star systems including V1676. Dead centre, neat double, bright
yellow and orange. Nice. Viewed with C8 on 31
Aug '19. aka Collinder 413 and OCL 148.
- NGC 6882 ⁴
- One of the AL "two in the view" targets. Beside 6885
(north of it). Not very exciting. A couple of bright stars. Contains
19 Vul. Viewed on the evening of 2
Jul '16. Imaged with BGO on 20
Sep '16. A note in ST3 says it contains 3 stars! Just north
of AH03 J2011+26.7 which contains about a half-dozen stars.
- NGC 6885 ⁴ ©
- Loose open cluster in Vulpecula. There was a bright triangle
near the bottom-left, i.e. to the west. Most of the stars were blue-white.
Was there dust or a reflection nebula around the bright star? HD
339781, to the east, was orange. Contains 20 Vul. Beside NGC 6882.
Seems to contain Collinder 416. Imaged on 5
Aug '13. Viewed on the evening of 29
Jun '16. Included in image from 20
Sep '16. Large object. Contains doubles.
Visited again on 31
Aug '19. aka Caldwell 37, Collinder 417, and OCL 132.
- NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula or The Brain ƒ
©
- Viewed in Adam's 18" Dob with an OIII filter. Very cool.
Big. I think it looks like the digit 3. In Cygnus. Viewed 14
Sep '12. Imaged on 2
Jul and 4
Jul '16. Stumbled upon in N11 at CAO on 2
Sep '16. aka Caldwell 27.
- NGC 6891
- Fuzzy, small, planetary nebula. Quite bright in the middle. Soft
at the edges. Perhaps blue or green? Between Aquila and Delphinus.
Very obvious object at higher power. Still, very small. Appeared
to have a shell. Perhaps a couple. Mottled in the centre. Viewed
on 24
Sep '16.
- NGC 6894
- Observed planetary nebula in Cygnus with Tom's 8" Dobsonian
at 120x with a Meade Series 4000 narrow band filter. Quite large.
Not perfectly circular.
- NGC 6905 - Blue Flash Nebula ⁴
- Very nice. Planetary nebula. Very spherical. Lovely field stars.
In Delphinus. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO. Viewed on 30
Aug '08.
- NGC 6910 ⁴
- A small Y-shape of medium bright stars in Cygnus. There are 2
bright yellow stars within. And some very faint (mag 12) stars around.
Pretty. Quite distinctive. Somewhat symmetrical cluster. And so
close to Sadr. aka Cr 420 or OCL 181.
- NGC 6913 - Cooling Tower
- See M 29.
- NGC 6934 ⁴ ©
- A nice, small round globular cluster in Delphinus. There was a
neat line of stars below. Viewed on 6
Jul '14. aka Caldwell 47.
- NGC 6939 ƒ ⁴
- Open cluster in
Cygnus (correction: Cepheus, it is very
close to the border.). A large, loose open cluster. About the same
size as nearby galaxy 6946. Maybe slightly larger. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11. aka Cr 423 or Mel 231 or Raab 144 or OCL 217.
Imaged on 5
Jul '14 together with NGC 6946. Imaged with BGO on 20
Jun '16.
- NGC 6940 ƒ ⁴
- A big cluster in Vulpecula. Seemed to be a "tail of stars"
emerging from it. Lots of blue stars. Viewed with Sharmin. Viewed
on 1
Jul '13 with N11. aka Cr 424, Mel 232, OCL 141, Raab 145. Imaged
on 21
May '16 and 19
Jun '16.
- NGC 6946 - Fireworks Galaxy ƒ ⁴ ©
- Big, huge at 78x! aka Arp 29. aka Caldwell 12. Or MCG 10-29-6
or PGC 65001. Oval shape, oblong. Mottled? An irregular galaxy?
A equilateral triangle to the south, mag 10 to 13 stars, and a pair
to the north. It is a spiral, nearly face-on. It wasn't smooth,
amorphous. 11' by 10'. Viewed on 3
Jul '13. Viewed again on 30
Jun '16. Imaged on 5
Jul '14 together with NGC 6939. Imaged with BGO on 3
Jul '16. Considered one of the RASC 40 Brightest galaxies. Right
on the Cepheus and Cygnus border, ST3 says it is in Cyg. Followed
supernova SN2017eaw through 2017.
- NGC 6960 & 6992 - West & East Veil Nebulae
ƒ ©
- Viewed on a number of occasions, typically in big Dobsonians with
filters. In Cygnus. The West is 6960 proper, aka Caldwell 34; the
East is 6992, aka Caldwell 33, and 6995. RASC Finest NGC entry is
for 6960 only. Imaged in the MallinCam Aug '12. Imaged north part
with BGO on 6
Jul '16. Imaged middle portion (and star) on 12
Jul '16. Middle again, 14
Jul '16. Imaged south piece in oxygen on 14
Jul '16. Southern portion on 7
Aug '16. South park on more time on 19
Aug '16. Stitched 3 panels of O-III images for the West Veil
on 14
Jul '16. Imaged with BGO on 6
Sep '20—part of a new mosaic.
- NGC 6981
- See Messier 72. aka Mel 233.
- NGC 6992 - East Veil Nebula ƒ
- See NGC 6960, above. RASC Finest NGC entry combines 6992 and 6995.
- NGC 6994
- See Messier 73. aka Cr 426 or OCL 89.
- NGC 6995 - East Veil Nebula ƒ
- A portion of the Eastern Veil Nebula. RASC Finest NGC entry combines
6992 and 6995. Imaged with BGO on 3
Aug '16. Collected luminance data of the middle portion on 20
Jun '20. Also collected hydrogen and oxygen data on 20
Jun '20. Imaged the southern portion in LUM on 20
Jun '20. Imaged with BGO on 19 and 21 Jul in LUM, Ha, and OIII,
so to make a complete mosaic.
- * NGC 7000 - North American Nebula ƒ ⁴ ©
- aka Caldwell 20. Viewed on a number of occasions with different
instruments and filters. In Cyg. Imaged a portion on 26
Sep '16.
- NGC 7006 ⁴ ©
- In Delphinus. Pleasing in the TV101 and C14. A glob. Rather large
in the SCT. 160 000 light-years away. Viewed on 13
Aug '15. aka Caldwell 42.
- NGC 7008 ⁴
- A planetary nebula in Cygnus. Large in the C14 with the 27mm.
Not round. Looked like a flame. A double star to the south. Another
pair to the south-west. Cool object.
- NGC 7009 - Saturn Nebula ƒ ⁴ ©
- Planetary nebula in Aquarius. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO,
early
Aug '08. It is small but a rich cyan colour. Oblong in shape.
There are no nearby stars. A little treat! Viewed again 30
Aug '08. Viewed in Jul
'10 in Phil's 15" with an UHC filter. Intense blue colour
again. Viewed at Starfest
2014. Viewed again 26
Sep '14. Very neat with averted. Clearly saw lobes. Strong sense
of when ringed planet is tilted. A bright aquamarine. Imaged on
14
Jul '16. Received blue frames on 17
Jul '16. Imaged with BGO again on 1
Aug '18. Processed LRGB data in colour on 19
Aug '20. aka PK 37. aka Caldwell 55.
- NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula ©
- aka Caldwell 4. In Cepheus. Wheelband thought it fairly small,
saw some nebulosity with dusty knots. Almost like a half moon. Vaughan
saw a big halo with few stars in the field. The star looked extincted.
I thought it a fuzzy blue star. View again. Selected by Vaughan
at Merritt Reservoir. Examined in Wheelband's 20" on 18
Aug '17. Big! Nebula extends far from the star. Imaged with
BGO on 22
Sep '17. Steve and I could see the nebulosity in GSO 16. It
seemed to be extended more to the bottom-right. Viewed on the evening
of 6
Jul '19. Harbours a challenging double.
- NGC 7026 - Cheeseburger Nebula
- In Cygnus. Neat! Two rather long needle shapes with a gap between
them. Angled south-north. Lots of stars in the field. Examined visually
on the evening of 1
Aug '16.
- NGC 7027 - Magic Carpet ƒ
- Very blue planetary nebula in Cygnus. Nearby star. Cone-shaped.
Very small. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO, 30
Aug '08. Viewed again on 30
Jul '11 but did not detect any particular shape or pattern.
Viewed again on 1
Jul '13 in N11: very small, oblong, perhaps with a ring or shell.
Green, bluish, or cyan? Viewed again 15
Jul '13, cyan blue. Cool, very interesting at high power. Peanut
shaped? The infinity symbol? Viewed again on 13
Oct '13. Imaged on 5
Jul '16. And again on 17
Jul '16. Imaged with BGO on 30
May '18.
- NGC 7048
- Planetary nebula in Cygnus. Pretty large. Oval. Large and diffuse.
Not perfectly round. Almond shape? Dark in the middle? Neat. Reminded
me of NGC 6781. Viewed on 24
Sep '16.
- NGC 7063
- Small open cluster near 69 Cygni. Sparse. Looked like there were
a dozen bright stars within. aka Collinder 435 and OCL 192. From
auto-generated list in ST3. Ooh. Some doubles within, including
ES 2126. Faint stars. Hard to focus. Viewed with C8 on 5
Aug '21.
- NGC 7078 - Great Pegasus Cluster
- See Messier 15. aka Mel 234.
- NGC 7089
- See Messier 2. aka Mel 235.
- NGC 7092
- See Messier 39. aka Cr 438 or Mel 236
or OCL 211.
- NGC 7099 - Jellyfish Cluster
- See Messier 30. aka Mel 200.
- NGC 7129 ƒ
- A small, tight pattern of stars in Cep. Very compact. Bright stars.
Interesting curved shape. The stars to the south-west are brighter,
slightly. There is a smudge or glow within the stars, like a nebula.
The fuzzy centred within the stars. SkyTools calls the blob the
Small Cluster Nebula. A supernova remnant! Like a mini Pleiades,
with nebula weaving within the stars. Combo object. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11. aka OCL 240. First imaged on 1
Jun '16.
- NGC 7142 ⁴
- A large open cluster in Cepheus. Very faint stars. Near 7129,
to the south-east. Viewed on 3
Jul '13 with N11. aka OCL 241 or Cr 442.
- NGC 7160 ⁴
- A tiny little cluster of stars in Cep. About 10 bright ones and
a bunch of faint ones. Pretty obvious at 55x. aka Cr 443 or OCL
236.
- NGC 7184
- Edge-on galaxy in Aqr. Very faint. Slightly canted. Bright core.
TV Panoptic 27mm (200x). Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO. Viewed
on 30
Aug '08.
- NGC 7209 ⁴
- A Klingon D7 battlecruiser! Flying to the south! I saw a bunch
of doubles, 3 pairs, parallel, forming the wing and engines, then
two sets, perpendicular, forming the neck and head. No, really!
Certainly an interesting small open cluster. In Lacerta. aka Cr
444 or Mel 238 or OCL 215.
- NGC 7217 ⁴
- Small canted galaxy in Pegasus. Noted a little diamond of stars
including TYC 02720-1421 1 to the south-west. Wondered for a moment
if there was a companion... Also from Herschel 400. aka MCG 5-52-1
and PGC 68096. Viewed on the evening of 2
Jul '16.
- NGC 7243 ⁴ ©
- A loose, large open cluster in Lac. Fills much of a 1° degree
field. There is a tight but faint double star near the centre. aka
Cr 448 or Mel 240 or OCL 221. aka Caldwell 16. Viewed on 5
Oct '11.
- NGC 7250
- Spotted with averted vision, with Risa, while locating the supernova
SN 2013dy inside (Aug '13). Has a a little notch out of it. In Lacerta.
- NGC 7253A
- An Arp target in Peg. Two interacting galaxies, A and B. Not sure
I saw them in the C14. Tried averted. The appearence was very soft.
Probably not fully dark adapted. aka Arp 278, MCG 5-52-10, and PGC
68572. Tried on 24
Sep '17. A is to the north, oriented south-east to north-west.
Imaged with BGO on 4
Nov '18. [ed: Original denoted on this list as NGC 7253 but
that was incorrect.]
- NGC 7253B
- Second of two entwined galaxies in Arp 278. B is to the south,
oriented roughly east-west. Imaged with BGO on 4
Nov '18. aka MCG 5-52-11 and PGC 68753.
- NGC 7293 - Helix Nebula ƒ ©
- In Aquarius. Very faint. Viewed with different eyepieces. Still
faint. Viewed the planetary through SCT 14" at CAO. Viewed
in 20" Dob with 31mm and 21mm. With and without UHC and O-III
filters. Big! Very different in the filters. Impressive. Lots of
stuff in the area. Swirly bits. aka PK 36. Viewed on 1
Sep '08 with C14. Viewed on 26
Sep '14. Viewed 5
Sep '16. Imaged with BGO on 1
Aug '18. The hydrogen-alpha is amazing. Big! aka Caldwell 63.
Imaged again, received R, G, and B data on 14 Sep '18. And again,
received L, H, and O data on 15 Sep '18.
- NGC 7305
- West of the quasar CTA 102.
Obvious galaxy in frame. ST3 shows it is a very small object but
it seems quite large, a bright oval oriented north-south. Bright
core. Looks like an elliptical. aka MCG 2-57-3 and PCG 69091. Found
in image captured on 7
Dec '19.
- NGC 7317
- Member of Stephan's Quintet. Small.
To the south-west. In Pegasus. See Arp
319 or Hickson 92. South-west, a round fuzzy very near a star, GSC
02743-1548. Imaged with BGO on 22
Sep '17.
- NGC 7318A
- Member of Stephan's Quintet. Overlapping. In the centre. See Arp
319 or Hickson 92. 7318 A and B are arranged east through west.
A is to the west. Imaged with BGO on 22
Sep '17.
- NGC 7318B
- Member of Stephan's Quintet. Overlapping. In the centre. See Arp
319 or Hickson 92. 7318 A and B are arranged east through west.
B is to the east. B looks like a barred spiral with long curved
arms. Imaged with BGO on 22
Sep '17.
- NGC 7319
- Member of Stephan's Quintet. Large. To the north-east. See Arp
319 or Hickson 92. A canted oval to the north-east. Imaged with
BGO on 22
Sep '17.
- NGC 7320
- Member of Stephan's Quintet. The largest. To the south-east. See
Arp 319 or Hickson 92. A large
spiral lacking a bright core. Imaged with BGO on 22
Sep '17.
- NGC 7320 C
- Near Stephan's Quintet. To the east-north-east. Faint oval with
a somewhat bright core. Imaged with BGO on 22
Sep '17.
- NGC 7325
- Just barely visible in image captured on 4
Jul '16. I only learned of this via SkyTools. It shows 7325
between 7331 and 7326, suggests it is larger than 7326 and quotes
the magnitude as 14.9. There is a bright star there, GSC 02743-2056.
Something is odd about that star, if you zoom in. It looks fuzzy
on its left edge... Tried to see visually. To the north-west of
the big spiral. Noted line of three stars with descender, a J-shape.
But no fuzziness around the middle star... stellar. Too tired to
chase. It was a nice view, overall. Attempted on 5
Oct '19.
- NGC 7326
- Near 7331 in Pegasus. To the north-west. Far away. Small. But
easily spotted. Imaged on 4
Jul '16.
- NGC 7331 ƒ ⁴ ©
- In Pegasus. Lovely spiral, canted. Beautiful bright centre. Viewed
galaxy through SCT 14" at CAO, 30
Aug '08. Near Stephan's Quintet (with NGC 7320). Surrounded
by little galaxies, like NGC 7340, peppered... aka Deer Lick Group.
Imaged on 4
Jul '16. Barely visible in backyard in Bradford on 8
Oct '16. Pretty nice view! Canted big galaxy! Dark lane visible.
Great view in GSO 16 with 27mm. Viewed on 5
Oct '19. aka Caldwell 30.
- NGC 7335
- Near 7331. To the east. Close. Easily spotted. Imaged on 4
Jul '16. A small fuzzy. Between spiral and flattened triangle
of stars to the north-east. Great view in GSO 16 with 27mm. Viewed
on 5
Oct '19.
- NGC 7336
- Near 7331, to the north-east. One of the smallest members of the
group. Not 100% sure I saw it Sep '14. Imaged on 4
Jul '16.
- NGC 7337
- Near 7331. To the south-east. Close. Easily spotted. Imaged on
4
Jul '16.
- NGC 7340
- Near 7331. Due east. Further away. Easily spotted. Imaged on 4
Jul '16.
- NGC 7479 ⁴ ©
- A galaxy in Pegasus. Small. Strong bar and swooping arms on east
and west sides. Like the Deep Space Nine station. Examined at low
and medium power. aka MCG 2-58-60, PGC 70419, and Caldwell 44. Viewed
on 21
Aug '17.
- NGC 7510 ⁴
- A compact open cluster in Cepheus. Neat! Not round or widely dispersed.
I get a strong sensation of motion, that this gaggle of stars is
zipping through space. aka Collinder 454 and OCL 256. Imaged with
BGO on 13
Sep '16.
- NGC 7547
- Canted spiral or elliptical. West of NGC 7550. Part of Hickson
93 galaxy group in Pegasus. Viewed 11
Oct '13. It is a canted spiral galaxy. Not uniform with an enlarged
region to the east. It has a bright central region. aka MCG 3-59-13
and PGC 70819. Imaged with BGO on 29
Aug '17.
- NGC 7549
- Canted spiral or elliptical. North of NGC 7550. Part of Hickson
93 galaxy group in Pegasus. Viewed 11
Oct '13. A fantastic barred spiral with extended arms. aka MCG
3-59-14 and PGC 70832. The north arm is very long arcing away from
7550. The southern arm seems diffuse and flattened. Imaged with
BGO on 29
Aug '17.
- NGC 7550
- Face-on spiral. Part of Hickson 93 galaxy group in Pegasus. Galaxy
cluster aka Arp 99. Near 7549 and 7547. Did not see the fourth and
smallest member, NGC 7553. aka MCG 3-59-15 and PGC 70830. Viewed
11
Oct '13. It appears to be a large elliptical galaxy. It is nearly
round with a bright core. Imaged with BGO on 29
Aug '17.
- NGC 7553
- North-east of 7550 and due east of 7549. An elliptical. aka PGC
70834. Slight oval shape. Slightly brighter than 7558. Part of Hickson
93 galaxy group in Pegasus. Imaged with BGO on 29
Aug '17.
- NGC 7558
- South-east of 7550. More distant. Small round elliptical galaxy.
aka MCG 3-59-16 and PGC 70844. It does not have the Arp 99 designation
according to ST3P. Part of Hickson 93 galaxy group in Pegasus. Imaged
with BGO on 29
Aug '17.
- NGC 7611
- In Pisces. South of LEDA 214939. South-west of NGC 7619. A smooth
large oval with a very bright central region. aka MCG 1-59-49 and
PGC 71083. Imaged with BGO on 11
Nov '17.
- NGC 7617
- Near NGC 7619. To the south-west. Outer edges of this galaxy
are very dim; the core is very intense. Imaged with BGO on 11
Nov '17.
- NGC 7619
- Two objects. Galaxy cluster! In Pegasus. Viewed briefly through
SCT 14" at CAO on 30
Aug '08. Is this part of ACO or Abell 2594? Large galaxy. Bright
core. Diffuse dim halo. West of equally bright and large NGC 7626.
Imaged with BGO on 11
Nov '17.
- NGC 7626
- East of NGC 7619. Almost identical. Elliptical, bright, about
the same size. aka MCG 1-59-57 and PGC 71140. Imaged with BGO on
11
Nov '17.
- NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula ƒ ©
- Diffuse nebula with what appears to be a sphere inside. A soap
bubble. Rich star field. In Cassiopeia. Caldwell 11. Imaged on 2
Jul '16. Tried to coax out details visually. Tried O-III filter.
Saw some haziness around the north and west stars. But no bubble...
Neat star field. Noted a little triplet to the north. M52 nearby!
Viewed with C8 on 26
Aug '19. Processed LRGB data in colour on 17
Aug '20.
- NGC 7640
- In Andromeda. Edge-on galaxy. Averted vision helps. Possibly a
dark edge, like the Sombrero. A dark mottled line through the thin
oval.
- NGC 7654 - The Scorpion, Salt-and-Pepper
- See Messier 52. aka OCL 260, Cr 455, and
Mel 243.
- NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball Nebula ƒ ⁴ ©
- Very nice planetary nebula in Andromeda. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO on 30
Aug '08. On 18 Dec '09 viewed at 300x through DDO 74":
photograph like, structure visible, central star visible. aka Caldwell
22. Imaged with BGO on 17
Jul '16. Photographed again on 4
Aug '16. Processed in colour on 5
Aug '16.
- NGC 7752
- Small oval beside 7753. aka Arp 86, Markarian 1134, MCG 5-56-4,
and PGC 72382. Viewed on 21
Aug '17.
- NGC 7753
- Big galaxy. In Pegasus. Was expecting an edge-on based on ST3.
Nearly face-on. aka Arp 86, MCG 5-56-5, and PGC 72387. I noted the
little oval to the south-west, 7752. Viewed on 21
Aug '17.
- NGC 7788
- Quite large. Loose open cluster. Lots of faint stars. Maybe 100
stars or so. Seemed to have a fuzzy glow in the centre. Three in
the view (with 7790 and Frolov 1) at low power! Wow. Milky Way action!
Viewed with C8 on 31
Aug '19. aka OCL 275.
- NGC 7789 ƒ ⁴
- Wow. Cas. Beautiful rich dense field Open Cluster. Viewed through
SCT 14" at CAO on 1
Sep '08. aka OCL 269. Imaged with BGO on 4
Aug '16.
- NGC 7790 ⁴
- Open cluster. A glow. 4 or 5 bright stars with a peppering of
faint stars. South-east of 7788. Smaller. Three in the view (with
Frolov 1) at low power! aka OCL 276. Viewed with C8 on 31
Aug '19.
- NGC 7814 ⁴ ©
- Another galaxy, another edge-on. In Pegasus. Saw a smudge going
north-west to south-east. Couple of medium-bright stars to the south-west.
A very bright star to the north-west. Saw a couple of faint stars,
including Tycho 01178-0738 1, to the north. Did not look uniform.
Was it curved or bent? Faint. Nuts! Tried on 8
Oct '16. Fantastic view in so-so photo. Easy to see the thin
black lumpy dust lane cutting through the middle of the galaxy.
Super-bright core. Very interesting. Imaged with BGO on 9
Jan '20. aka MCG 3-1-20 or PGC 218. aka UGC 8 and Caldwell 43.
The numbers...
- Total (unique) on list: 504.
- To revisit: 4.
- RASC Finest NGCs: 110 of 110.
- Herschel 400: 163.
- Caldwell: 54.
- Known NGCs with catalogue errors: 2.
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