Evening started with clouds, but cleared within an hour after sunset as expected, but the transparency was off a bit as expected.

NELM 6.2  Transparency 5/10  Seeing 2/5

Continuing on my flat galaxy survey based on my guide.  And notes are pretty much straight out of my notebook, just like the other ORs.

UGC 9422  (14 37 13.6  +43 41 45   size 1.8x0.2’   mag 15.3p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Faint thin glow, even surface brightness, no central brightening.  Well defined edges.  PA = 150 and 1.2’ long. A very faint mag 16.6 star lies just west of the north tip.  A 9.7 mag star lies 1.8’ NW from center.

NGC 5714  (14 38 11.4  +46 38 19   size 4.4x0.5’   mag 14.1p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Considerably faint thin glow, even surface brightness, defined edges, no central brightening.  PA = 75 and 1.9’ long.  A mag 11.2 star lies 1’ NNE from the center.  A bunch of NGC’s lies nearby.  I peeked at NGC 5717 (bright 2:1 elongated glow with a brighter center.  Diffuse edges.  PA = 45 and 0.4’ long), NGC 5722 (considerably bright round glow with a brighter center.  0.2’ across) and NGC 5721 (considerably faint, very small round glow.  Much brighter center.  0.1’ across)

UGC 9780  (15 14 01.0  +44 35 29   size 2.0x0.2’   mag 15.3p)

(22” at 184 and230x) – Faint thin glow, even surface brightness, defined edges.  Slightly brighter elongated center.  PA = 135 and 1.5’ long.

 UGC 9856  (15 26 29.1  +41 17 26   size 2.2x0.3’   mag 15.3p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Faint thin glow with defined edges.  No central brightening, even surface brightness.  PA = 150 and 1.0’ long.  A 15.2 mag star is 15” east of center.  Diamond of 12-14^th mag stars 3.5’ south 

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Considerably bright thin glow with well-defined edges.  Brighter elongated center, even surface brightness halo.  Curved asterism of 4 stars west of tip.  PA = 60 and 1.5’ long

UGC 9977  (15 41 59.5  +00 42 47   size 3.8x0.4’   mag 13.9p)

(22” at 184 and 230x) – Very faint, thin glow.  No central brightening.  Diffuse edges.  Even surface brightness.  PA = 75 and 3.4’ long.  A bright 10.1 mag star lies 4.8’ SE. 

IC 1197  (16 08 17.3  +07 32 20   size 2.9x0.4’   mag 14.1p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Faint thin glow, even surface brightness, no central brightening, rich star field  PA = 60 and 1.8’ long

UGC 10288  (16 14 25.2  -00 12 24   size 4.8x0.5’   mag 14.2b)

(22” at 184x) – Faint long thin streak.  Even surface brightness.  Fainter than expected.  Somewhat defined edges.  PA = 90 and 3.1’ long.  A 9.4 mag star lies 4.9’ NNW of center.  A 8.7 mag star lies 8.3’ ESE from center.

UGC 10738  (17 11 05.7  +05 51 06   size 1.7x0.2’   mag 15.1p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Very faint thin glow, no central brightening.  Well defined edges.  PA = 45 and 1.5’ long.  A very faint star lies just south of the center.  A blazing 9.5 mag star lies 2.5’ due north.

UGC 11093  (18 01 51.7  +06 58 00   size 3.1x0.5’   mag 13.7p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) –   Faint thin streak, even surface brightness.  Defined edges.  No central brightness.  A 12.2 star lies 1/3 from the center to north tip.  Rich field of stars.  PA = 0 and 2.7’ long.  A 10.0 and 11.4 star lies about 2.3’ due east and west respectively.

UGC 11893  (22 04 06.9  +35 56 18   size 2.2x0.3’   mag 15.2)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Faint thin glow.  No central brightening, even surface brightness, defined edges.  A very faint star detected at the SE tip.  PA = 120 and 1.4’ long.   A 13.9 mag star lies 0.8’ due west of WNW tip.   Nearby galaxy, UGC 11892, is bright round glow with a brighter center.  0.3’ across.

UGC 11994  (22 20 52.9  +33 17 42   size 2.2x0.3’   mag 14.9)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Considerably bright thin glow, well defined edges, brighter slightly elongated center.  A 14.4 mag star on SE tip.  PA = 120 and 1.0’ long.  A 9.5 mag star lies 1.9’ NE from the center.

UGC 11964  (22 15 29.0  +19 13 14   size 1.9x0.1’   mag 14.5)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) –  Very faint thin glow, diffuse edges, even surface brightness, no central brightening.  PA = 45 and 1.0’ long.  A pair of faint 15.8 and 15.9 stars lies on each side of the NE tip.  Nearby galaxy, NGC 7241, is blazing!

UGC 12281  (22 59 12.7  +13 36 23   size 3.4x0.2’   mag 14.8p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Faint long thin glow, defined edges, slightly brighter center.  PA = 30 and 2.4’ long.  A 15.7 mag star lies just off the west edge near the center.  A blazing 8.8 mag star lies 6.4’ NE from the center.  A 13.7 mag star lies 0.6’ SW from center and a mag 12.9 star lies 1.2’ due west of center . 

UGC 12506  (23 19 30.5  +16 04 31   size 2.9x0.2’  mag 15.2p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Very faint thin glow, even surface brightness.  A very faint and very small round companion that is just south from the center.  PA = 90 and 1.5’ long.

UGC 12430  (23 13 43.4  +29 00 29  size 2.2x0.2’  mag 14.8p)

(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Faint thin glow with defined edges.  Even surface brightness and no central brightening.  PA = 165 and 1.4’ long.  A mag 10.0 star lies just 3.6’ north.