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Date: July 5-7, 2013
Location: Golden State Star Party
NELM: Average at 7.0
Eyepieces (not all are used): 24mm Panoptic (finder eyepiece), 16, 10, 6 and 4mm ZAO-II’s, 12.5, 9, 7 and 5mm BGO, 12, 10, 8, and 6mm Delos, and TMB 1.8x ED Barlow.
Selected objects: Flat galaxies galore - casual observations of flat galaxies while sharing views of various objects with others around me. The time at GSSP was not much of a personal observing project, but talking with others and sharing eyepiece time.
Images are from PanSTARRS. Flat galaxy images are in the same scale (12' across) for comparison of sizes.
Note: This page was added on June 2026 as I am catching up on the ORs for half of 2013 and all of 2014. At some point, I'll find a way to incorporate my ORs (mid 80s to 2008) from a spreadsheet into an acceptable format.
Abell 76 21 30 03.8 -02 48 26
Mis-classified as a planetary nebula. This is actually a galaxy.
22" at 383x - considerably faint round glow. Defined edges. Even surface brightness.
NGC 5777 (14 51 18.0 +58 58 37 size 3.1x0.4’ mag 14.1p)
22” at 255, 328 and 383x – Bright thin streak with brighter elongated center and stellar core. A 14.7 mag star lies just north of the NW tip. PA = 135 and 2.4’ long.
NGC 5907 (15 15 53.9 +56 19 38 12.9 x 1.3’ 11.1b)
22” (255, 328 and 383x) – A very bright thin glow with a knotty center and mottled edges. About 9’ long and PA = 135
NGC 5965 (15 34 02.2 +56 41 08 size 5.2x0.7’ mag 12.6b)
22” at 255, 328 and 383x – Bright thin streak with well-defined edges. Dust lane on the south edge running across the middle third. Very small round bright core. PA = 45 and 3.7’ long.
UGC 10561 (16 46 36.0 +62 49 22 size 2.4x0.2’ mag 15.1p)
22” at 255, 328 and 383x – Considerably bright thin glow with well-defined edges. Nearly stellar core. PA = 135 and 1.1’ long.
UGC 11435 (19 23 50.8 +55 59 13 size 2.0x0.3’ mag 14.9p)
22” at 255, 328 and 383x – Considerably bright 6:1 elongated even surface brightness glow with a slightly brighter center. Somewhat defined edges. PA = 75 and 1.7’ long and 0.3’ thick at the center.
UGC 11455 (19 29 57.0 +72 06 46 size 2.6x0.3’ mag 15.0p)
22” at 255, 328 and 383x – Faint thin glow. Even surface brightness with diffuse edges. PA = 60 and 1.8’ long. Nearby galaxy, CGCG 341-27, is a very faint round soft glow.
UGC 9422 (14 37 13.6 +43 41 45 size 1.8x0.2’ mag 15.3p)
(24” at 320x) – Faint thin glow, even surface brightness, slightly brighter center. Well defined edges. PA = 150 and 1.2’ long.
UGC 9242 (14 25 20.9 +39 32 22 size 5.0x0.4’ mag 14.1b)
22” at 255, 306 and 383x – Very faint, very thin and long glow with defined edges. Brighter slightly elongated center. No central bulge. A 12.4 mag star lies 1.3’ SE from the center. PA = 60.
NGC 5714 (14 38 11.4 +46 38 19 size 4.4x0.5’ mag 14.1p)
(22” at 255, 306 and 383x) – Considerably bright thin glow, even surface brightness, defined edges, slightly brighter center. PA = 75 and 1.9’ long.
UGC 9780 (15 14 01.0 +44 35 29 size 2.0x0.2’ mag 15.3p)
(22” at 255x) – Very faint thin soft glow, even surface brightness. PA = 135 and 1.5’ long.
UGC 9856 (15 26 29.1 +41 17 26 size 2.2x0.3’ mag 15.3p)
(22” at 255 and 306x) – Very faint thin glow with defined edges. Even surface brightness. PA = 150 and 1.0’ long.
UGC 10227 (16 08 58.4 +36 36 40 size 2.3x0.2’ mag 15.3p)
22” at 328x – Faint thin glow. Even surface brightness. Very slight hook at the south end to the west. Defined edges. PA = 165 and 1.2’ long.
UGC 10297 (16 15 28.8 +18 54 17 size 2.0x0.2’ mag 15.0p)
22” at 328 and 383x – Considerably faint thin low surface brightness glow. Slightly brighter center. A blazing 5.5 mag star, 16 Her, lies 5.9’ due south. PA = 0 and 0.8’ long.
UGC 11320 (18 40 48.0 +23 41 02 size 1.9x0.2’ mag 14.9p)
22” at 255, 328 and 383x – Very thin faint even surface brightness glow with defined edges. Very star rich field. PA = 90 and 1.1’ long.
UGC 9169 14 19 44.9 +09 21 47 13.5p 4.2x0.9’
22” (255 and 287x) – Faint, thin diffuse glow. PA = 45 and 1.5’ long.
UGC 9138 (14 16 47.2 +23 00 08 size 1.9x0.2’ mag 15.2p)
22” at 255, 306 and 383x – Very faint 5:1 thin glow with defined edges No central brightening. PA = 150 and 1.4’ long.
NGC 5529 (14 15 34.1 +36 13 36 size 6.2x0.8’ mag 12.8b)
22” – 255 and 328x – Bright thin streak with well defined edges. Slightly brighter center. A very slight curve at the west end to the south. A mag 14.8 star is just off the east tip.
UGC 9249 14 27 00.1 +08 41 04 14.7p 2.1x0.2’
22” (255, 306 and 328x) – Considerably faint, thin glow. Even surface brightness. Defined edges. PA = 90 and 1.3’ long.
UGC 9760 15 12 02.6 +01 41 56 14.7p 2.4x0.2’
22” (255, 328 and 383x) – Very faint, thin streak emanating from a mag 13.8 star on the NE tip. PA = 60 and 0.8’ long.
UGC 9841 (15 25 34.3 +18 16 38 size 2.4x0.4’ mag 14.3p)
(22” at 255 and 328x) – Considerably bright thick glow with well-defined edges. Slightly brighter elongated center. PA = 60
UGC 9977 (15 41 59.5 +00 42 47 size 3.8x0.4’ mag 13.9p)
(22” at 184 and 230x) – Very faint, thin diffuse streak. No central brightening. Even surface brightness. PA = 75 and 3.4’ long.
UGC 10043 (15 48 41.3 +21 52 06 2.6 x 0.4’ 14.8p)
22" at 255 and 328x – Faint thick glow with a brighter round center. Defuse edges. About 1.8’ long.
IC 1197 (16 08 17.3 +07 32 20 size 2.9x0.4’ mag 14.1p)
(22” at 255 and 328x) – Faint thin glow, even surface brightness, somewhat defined edges. PA = 60 and 1.8’ long
UGC 10288 (16 14 25.2 -00 12 24 size 4.8x0.5’ mag 14.2b)
22” at 184, 255 and 328x – Faint thin streak. Even surface brightness. Somewhat defined edges. PA = 90 and 3.1’ long. A mag 15.5 star on the west tip. A pair of very faint stars off the southwestern edge.
UGC 10738 (17 11 05.7 +05 51 06 size 1.7x0.2’ mag 15.1p)
(22” at 184, 230 and 328x) – Considerably faint thin glow, slightly brighter central region. PA = 45 and 1.5’ long. A very faint star lies just south of the center.
MCG-1-53-12 (20 49 52.1 -07 01 18 size 3.0x0.3’ mag 14.6)
22” (230 and 255x) – Faint, thin even surface brightness glow with defined edges. No central brightening. 1.3’ long and PA = 0.
VV 560, UGC 10402 (16 28 41.0 +12 45 47)
24" at 319x - The east segment is considerably faint 2:1 elongated even surface brightness glow. PA = 160 and 0.2' long. The west segment is detected as a faint 2:1 elongated even surface brightness glow. The curve was not seen. PA = 45 and 0.2' long.
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