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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 |
By comparison to NGC 1353, NGC 1400 was easy. It's much brighter and not that big, so it has a relatively high surface brightness. From the image of the galaxy, the fact that I did not note any structure is not surprising since it's an almost evenly illuminated circular glow. |