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Date: April 19, 2014
Location: Blue Canyon at 5,200 feet in the Sierras
NELM: Average at 6.2 with areas of poor transparency.
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
Images are from PanSTARRS unless noted.
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.
NGC 3454 (10 54 28.8 +17 20 38 size 2.6x0.4' mag 14.2p)
22" (192, 255, and 287x) - considerably bright 5:1 thin even surface brightness glow. No core. Defined edges. PA = 60. A fairly bright star lies about 1' south and continuing on, I see NGC 3455 which is a 3:2 elongated glow with a mottled even surface brightness glow with defined edges. PA = 120
NGC 3044 (09 53 40.5 +01 34 45 size 4.9x0.7' mag 12.5b)
22" (192, 255, and 287x) - Considerably bright very long thin glow. Defined edges. No other details. PA = 60. a faint star is just north of the east tip. Fairly poor transparency observation.
UGC 5245 (09 47 33.6 -02 01 56 size 2.5x0.3' mag 14.7)
22" (192, 255, and 287x) - Note: Poor transparency. Very faint, low surface brightness thin glow. An unequal double star is just west of the north tip and a star lies just off the south tip. PA = 30.
UGC 5708 (10 31 13.4 +04 28 14 size 3.4x0.6' mag 13.8p)
22" (192x) - Considerably faint, 4:1 elongated glow. Even surface brightness. Somewhat diffuse edges, no central brightening. PA = 10. A uneven double star is just off the north tip.
MCG-1-26-12 (10 02 36.0 -06 00 49 size 2.8x0.3' mag 15.7)
22" (192x) - very faint, 2:1 elongated glow. Even surface brightness. No central brightening. Diffuse edges and rapidly diminishing ends. PA = 150
NGC 3365 (10 46 12.0 +01 48 46 size 4.4x 0.7' mag 13.2b)
22" (192x) - Considerably faint, 4:1 ghostly glow. Void of stars in the field. Even surface brightness, somewhat defined edges. PA = 30
MCG-3-24-1 (09 11 54.7 -20 07 09 size 4.1x0.3' mag 14.4p)
22" (192x) - Very faint 3:1 thin glow. Even surface brightness. PA = 20. Note: Observation made when this object was pretty low in the sky glow.
MCG-3-28-15 (10 51 24.0 -19 53 32 size 3.3x0.4' mag 13.8p)
22" (192x) - Considerably faint thin glow. Even surface brightness. Defined edges. PA = 30
MCG-1-32-4 (12 20 48.0 -06 58 19 size 1.4x0.2' mag 15.7)
22" (192x) - Considerably faint, 3:1 glow. Even surface brightness, defined edges. PA = 45 and 1.1' long. Nearby galaxy is 4.1' NW, MCG-1-32-3, was a very faint 2:1 elongated even surface brightness glow. PA = 50 and 0.5' long. The galaxy to the SW was not seen.
NGC 4330 (12 23 16.8 +11 22 05 size 4.4x0.8' mag 13.1b)
22" (192x) - Considerably bright, thin even surface brightness glow. Defined edges. PA = 120 and about 3' long. A pair of bright stars, mags 9.6 and 10.3, lies about 4' NW and NNE respectively.
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