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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 |
NGC 1199 was much easier to see than NGC 1172, because
it's brighter and larger, so even though it has what I rated as a low to medium
surface brightness, its size made it easier to detect. There was absolutely
no hint of NGC 1189, by the way; that galaxy is supposedly just to the west of
NGC 1199, but is listed as magnitude 14.0.
TheSky® cites a figure of 11.5 for its magnitude, however the Herschel 400ii lists it at 11.3, which is reversed compared to most of the objects. |