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Selected Observing Notes from August 2010 at IHOP
Observed on August 14, 2010

There were a bunch of us at IHOP.  NELM was about 6.5, seeing was average.  I arrived well after dark and proceeded to quickly setup and start observng.  My daighter, Evelyn was with me.  Transparency 3/5 and seeing 3/5

Continuing on my flat galaxy survey based on my guide.  Started off with bright NGC flat galaxies as I was warming up and just to knock those off with “fresh” observations.  I observed most of the NGCs earlier in my observing career.  I didn’t do a count, but sure that I have less than 1500 NGCs left, many are in the far southern hemisphere.  I’m still far behind Steve Gottlieb.

 

Equipment used:
22” f/4 reflector with no tracking
20mm Pentax XW finder eyepiece
12.5, 7mm Baader Genuine Orthoscopics
10 and 6mm Zeiss ZAO-II Orthoscopics
5mm Takahashi LE

 



NGC 5529NGC 5529  (14 15 34.1  +36 13 36   size 6.2x0.8’  mag 12.8b)

(22” – 184, 255, 306 and 328x) – Bright thin glow with well-defined edges.  Dust lane in the middle quarter.  Slightly brighter center.  A mag 14.8 star is just off the east tip.  PA = 120 and 33’ long.




NGC 5965NGC 5965  (15 34 02.2  +56 41 08   size 5.2x0.7’   mag 12.6b)

(22” – 184, 306, 328 and 383x) – Very bright thin streak with well-defined edges.  Dust lane on the south edge running across the middle third.  Faint stellar core.  PA = 45 and 3.7’ long.  A 10.4 mag star lies 3.5 east from the tip.  Unlabeled galaxy lies 1.3’ west from the center appears as a considerably faint round glow with a much brighter center.  0.2’ across.



NGC 5981NGC 5981  (15 37 53.3  +59 23 29   size 3.1x0.6’   mag 13.9b)

(22” –255, 306 and 383x) – Bright think streak with well-defined edges.  Almost stellar core in the middle.  2.1’ long ad PA = 135.  10.7 mag star 2.3’ NW from tip.  Nearby MAC galaxy, MAC 1538+5924B is extremely faint, very small round glow.  It lies 5.0’ due east from the center of NGC 5981.  Part of a nice trio in Draco consisting of NGC 5982 and NGC 5985.


 

UGC 12714UGC 12714  (23 38 13.1  +32 20 08   size 1.6x0.2’   mag 15.4p)

(22” – 184, 328 and 383x) – Faint, thin streak.  Even surface brightness.  Defined edges. No central brightening.  Triangle of mag 13 stars to the south.  PA = 165 and 0.7’ long.  Did not see MAC 2338+3221, which lies 1.8’ NW.



UGC 122UGC 122  (00 13 17.0  +17 01 50   size 2.2x0.3’   mag 14.9)

(22” –255, 328 and 383x) – Extremely faint thin glow.  Low surface brightness.  A 16th mag star lies just off the west tip.  A mag 12.0 star lies 0.9’ west of the center.  PA = 120 and 0.9’ long.



UGC 433UGC 433  (00 41 03.7  +31 43 58   size 1.9x0.4’   mag 14.6p)

(22” –255, 328 and 383x) – Faint, thin glow.  Even surface brightness, no central brightening.  Group of 6 mag 13-15 stars lies 1.5’ west.  PA = 60 and 1.2’ long.



UGC 1178UGC 1178  (01 40 27.9  +34 37 32   size 2.1x0.3’   mag 14.7p)

(22” –255, 328 and 383x) – Very faint thin glow nestled in 4 stars.  Even surface brightness and no central brightening.  A 15.8 mag star lies near the SW tip.  A 12.9 mag star lies just north of the NE tip.  PA = 45 and 1.4’ long


 

UGC 2411UGC 2411  (02 58 47.6  +75 44 47   size 4.1x0.2’   mag 16.2)

(22” –255, 328, 383 and 458x) – Star field located, but no galaxy





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