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Date: October 26, 2024
Location: near Llano, TX
NELM: Average at 6.3
Eyepieces: 24mm Panoptic (finder eyepiece), 10 and 6mm ZAO-II’s, 9 and 7mm BGO, 17.3, 10, and 8mm Delos and TMB 1.8x ED barlow
Selected objects (about 2/3) observed.
Images are from PanSTARRS unless noted.
Note: This is my
first time in a dark site since October 2019. Slowly
working my way back to obscure deep sky observing.
VV 72 = Cygnus A = MCG+7-41-3 (19 59 28.3 +40 44 02)
22-inch at 287 and 383x
Faint round glow with a much brighter center in a very rich star field. 0.3' across.
VV 254 = III ZW 125 = UGC 12914/15 (00 01 40.2 +23 29 33)
22-inch at 230 and 287x
Two parallel galaxies with their northern tip pointing at each other, like a dancing pair.
UGC 12914: Fairly bright 3:1 elongated glow with the north tip arcing towards the NE. The north arc is a bit brighter and much more prominent than the south part. Somewhat diffuse halo with diffuse edges, with a much brighter 3:1 elongated center with a stellar core. About 2' long and PA = 30.
UGC 12915: Fairly bright 4:1 elongated glow with the north tip slightly arcing towards UGC 12914. This arc is not as pronounced as in UGC 12915. Well-defined edges with a brighter 2:1 elongated center. About 60% of the length and slightly fainter than UGC 12914.
VV 338 = IC 1727/NGC 672 (01 47 42.2 +27 22 59)
22-inch at 283, 328 and 383x
IC 1727 (VV 338a) seen a low even surface brightness 3:1 irregular glow. Some brightening seen in the middle, but offcentered a bit to the south. PA = 30
NGC 672 (VV 338b) is a considerably bright, low surface brightness 4:1 elongated glow wit ha slightly brighter center. Some mottling on the halo. 2.2' long and PA = 100.
VV 93 = UGC 1246. (01 47 00.7 +12 24 21)
22-inch at 230 and 287x
Very faint, round diffuse, low surface brightness glow.
UGC 12127 group (22 38 29.4 +35 19 47)
8 galaxies seen in the field
22-inch at 230, 287x
MCG+6-49-56 picked up as a considerably faint 5:2 glow with tapered ends and a stellar core. PA = 160 and 0.6' long.
MCG+6-49-57 is extremely faint very small round glow just off the NE tip of MCG+6-49-56.
MCG+6-49-61 is a faint 3:1 low surface brightness glow with a much brighter center. PA = 30. A blazing mag 11 star is just 0.5' east.
MAC 2238+3523 is a very faint, very small round glow. Two 14th mag stars just off the SE edge.
MCG+6-49-60 is a faint, small, round glow with a brighter center. 0.2' across
MCG+6-49-62 is a very faint very small round glow. 0.1' across
UGC 12127 is the brightest of the group. Bright round glow with a very faint star on the SE edge. 0.9' across
PGC 3088581 is a very faint round glow with extremely faint slightly elongate halo. PA = 90 and 0.3'.
Image: DSS
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