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Date of Observation ...... February 22, 2020 Instrument ............... 13.1" f/4.5 dobsonian Magnification ............ 76x and 123x Location ................. Blue Ridge Parkway, VA (light pollution map) Observer ................. Eric David Skies .................... dark, clear, transparent, almost no breeze, cold |
Even though it was still fainly twilight when I searched for this galaxy,
I was able to detect it somewhat more easily than NGC
991. At 76x, I saw a faint smudge amidst a grouping of three
stars. Based on a naked-eye assessment of the sky, I would have
rated the observing conditions as excellent, but I did find it troublesome
that at no time during my searches around Cetus was I able to see NGC 1055
very well at all, or even at all. M77 was easily visible but the
more spindly and lower surface brightness NGC 1055 was not, so that did
not bode well for seeing these other fainter galaxies.
I did not make any notes regarding the spindle-shape of NGC 1032, so I probably did not see evidence of that, just a faint smudge of light where it was supposed to be. |