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NGC 1156 in Aries
Date of Obs ......... January 13, 2021 |
The last galaxy in Aries on this list is NGC 1156, and it is located southeast of the easternmost star in the main pattern of the ram. I found the star-hop to be a little tricky owing to not having a good handle on my orientation with the dobsonian not oriented on the meridian. I saw this object as a faint glow, with slightly higher surface brightness than the other two Aries galaxies. I didn't think there was any core or concentration visible, but it did have a slightly irregular shape. What I saw in the eyepiece at 76x was an exact match for the reference image I was working off of, so I am confident in the observation. |