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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 |
This galaxy was much easier to observe than NGC 1325, in basically the same field. NGC 1332 is marked by a fairly high surface brightness, and is also an entire magnitude brighter than 1325. Even though I noted that it was easy to see, I did not note anything specific about its appearance, such as the spindle shape. Perhaps by this time of the cold evening, "easy" just meant that I could detect a faint smudge with direct vision but nothing else. |