There were seven of us at IHOP and we enjoyed great skies.  NELM was about 6.9, but seeing was average.  Since the transparency near the horizon was excellent, so I decided to start near the southern horizon fishing out planetaries in Sagittarius.

Gomez Hamburger (18h 09m 13.3s  -32º 10' 48"   0.5" x 0.3"  mag 14.4)
(22” - 255, 328 and 383x) – Faint and nearly stellar in a very rich star field.  Needed high power to distinguish the protoplanetary.  Did not respond much to the Ultrablock nor the O-III filters.

Minkowski 2-25  (18h 02m 46.5s  -32º 09' 28"  size 14.0"  mag 15.0p)
(22” - 255, 328 and 383x) – Faint, round glow with well-defined edges. Even surface brightness with slightly brighter edges at the NW and SE.  Difficult, 75% averted vision without filter, but very easy, 100% direct vision, with O-III filter. About 15” across.

UGC 12304  (23h 01m 08.5s   +05º 39' 14"  size 1.5x0.2'  mag 14.7b)
(22” - 184, 255 and 328x) – Faint, thin even surface brightness glow with well-defined edges.  No central brightness.  A pair of faint 16^th mag stars lies 1.5’ east and a 15th mag star lies 2' SSE.  About 1’ long and PA = 135º.

UGC 12423  (23h 13m 13.1s  +06º 25' 48"  size 3.5x0.3'   Mag 14.5b)
(22” - 184, 255 and 328x) – Faint, thin even surface brightness glow with well-defined edges.   Slightly brighter round center.  The tips are a bit diffuse.  A triangle of 15-16^th mag star lies just off the SE tip.  A mag 10.8 star lies 2.4’ WSW and a mag 12.7 star lies 1.8’ ENE.  About 1.8’ long and PA =150º.

UGC 260  (00h 27m 02.9s  +11º 34' 57"  Size 3.0x0.5'   Mag 13.7p)
(22” - 184, 255 and 328x) – Considerably bright thin even surface brightness glow with defined edges.  A mag 13.7 star lies just off the west edge appearing as a displaced stellar core.  PA = 30º and 1.7’ long.  Nearby galaxy, MCG+2-2-10 is considerably faint 2:1 elongated even surface brightness glow.  PA = 135º and 20” long.

UGC 1281  (01h 49m 32.4s  +32º 35' 32"  size 4.5x 0.5'   mag 12.9p)
(22” – 184, 255 and 328x) – Faint long thin glow with diffuse edges.  A couple faint 15-16^th mag stars on the east tip.  PA = 45º and 2.7’ long.  MAC 0149+3237 lies 1.8’ NE from the NE tip of UGC 1281 is faint, small, round even surface brightness glow.  About 0.2’ across.  CGCG 503-27 lies 0.8’ SE from the center of UGC 1281 is considerably bright 3:2 elongated glow with a much brighter center.  PA = 45º and 0.2’ long.

UGC 1856  (02h 24m 31.5s  +31º 36' 54"   size 2.7x0.4'   mag 14.8p)
(22” – 184, 255, 328, 383 and 458x) – Field easily found, but could not see the dim galaxy.  It sits between a pair of 10.3 and 10.6 mag stars that are only 1.1’ apart.  This is a toughie and need some serious clean glass and very transparent skies to get this one.

UGC 1924  (02h 27m 49.8s  +31º 43' 33"   size 2.2x0.3'  mag 15.2p)
(22” – 255, 328 and 383x) – Extremely faint thin even surface brightness glow.   PA = 0º and 0.7’ long.  A 14.1 mag star lies 1’ due north from the N tip.  A blazing mag 5.5 star lies 6.5’ NW.

NGC 973  (02h 34m 20.2s  +32º 30' 20"   size 3.7x0.6'  mag 13.6p)
(22” – 255, 328 and 383x) – Bright, thin even surface brightness glow.  No dust lane detected.  PA = 45º and 2.5’ long.  Lies in a fairly rich field of galaxies.  IC 1815 trio lies just 4.5’ south.  IC 1815 was considerably bright 3:2 elongated glow with a brighter center.  PA = 135º and 0.3’ long.  MAC 0234+3225 lies 1.4’ east of IC 1815 is considerably faint small round even surface brightness glow.  MAC 0234+3224 lies 1.9’ SE of IC 1815 is a very faint, very small round even surface brightness glow.  MAC 0234+3233 lies 3.7’ NE from the center of NGC 973 is a considerably faint 4:3 elongated glow with a brighter center.  PA = 45º and 0.3’ long.

NGC 522  (01h 24m 45.5s  +09º 59' 43"   size 2.7x0.4'   mag 13.9p)
(22” – 184, 255 and 328x) – Bright thin glow with well defined edges.  No central brightening.  Higher than normal surface brightness.  PA = 30º and 1.8’ long.

IC 194  (02h 03m 05.2s  +02º 36' 47"   size 1.4x0.2'   mag 15.2p)
(22” – 184, 255 and 328x) – considerably bright thin glow with defined edges.  Brighter center.  PA = 15º and 1’ long.

MCG-3-2-41  (00h 42m 14.8s  -18º 09' 39"   size 3.2x0.4'   mag 14.3p)
(22” – 255, 328 and 383x) – Considerably bright thin glow.  A faint star is embedded 0.5’ east from the center and another just off the east tip.  PA = 75º and 2.1’ long.

MCG-2-3-16  (00h 47m 47.5s  -09º 53' 58"   size 3.0x0.4'   mag 14.4)
(22” –255 and 328x) – Thin very low even surface brightness glow.  PA = 90º and 1.3’ long.  Nearby galaxy, MCG-2-3-15, lies 4’ north appears as a considerably bright 2:1 elongated glow with a stellar core.  PA = 30º and 0.8’ long.

UGC 711  (01h 08m 37.0s  +01º 38' 29"   size 4.4x0.3'   mag 14.4p)
(22” –255 and 328x) – considerably faint, long thin even surface brightness streak with defined edges.  PA = 120º and 2.5’ long.  A bright mag 9.4 star lies 1.8’ due east from the center of UGC 711.

MCG-1-5-47  (01h 52m 49.0s  -03º 26' 49"   size 2.9x0.4'   mag 13.9)
(22” – 255, 328 and 383x) – Bright thin streak.  Fairly high surface brightness.  No central brightness.  PA = 165º and 2’ long.  A mag 15.6 star lies just 0.6’ east from the center.   Two nearby galaxies, MAC 0152-0323 and MAC 0152-0325 lies 1.3 west and 1.8’ NNW from the north tip.  MAC 0152-0323 is a very faint small round glow and MAC 0152-0325 is an extremely faint small round glow.  Both are 0.2’ across.

IC 176  (01h 56m 53.5s  -02º 01' 06"   size 1.8x0.3'   mag 14.7p)
(22” – 255 and 328x) – considerably faint thick even surface brightness glow.  Lower than expected surface brightness.  PA = 90º and 0.9’ long.

UGC 1803  (02h 20m 29.1s  +06º 48' 36"   size 2.4x0.3'   mag 14.7p)
(22” – 255 and 328x) – very faint thin even surface brightness glow.  No central brightening.  50% averted vision.  PA = 60º and 1’ long.

UGC 2092  (02h 36m 31.7s  +07º 18' 33"   size 3.1x0.2'   mag 15.1p)
(22” – 255 and 328x) – Considerably faint, thin even surface brightness glow.  PA = 30º and 1.3’ long.  Sits between a pair of mag 11.9 and 12.8 stars.  The former is 1.6’ due east and the latter is 2.5’ WNW.

UGC 2441  (02h 58m 22.0s  +03º 51' 44"   size 2.1x0.4'   mag 14.6p)
(22” – 184, 255 and 328x) – Faint thin even surface brightness glow with no central brightening.  PA = 15º and 1’ long.  A 9.1 mag star lies 3’ SW.  Nearby galaxy, MAC 0258+0352, lies 2.6’ NW and is considerably faint, small round glow.  No central brightening.