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NGC 2493 in Lynx
Date of Obs ..... March 3, 2021 |
The next galaxy in Lynx, NGC 2493, is located northeast of the first object, NGC 2415, in a rather sparse area that is hard to navigate through via star-hopping. I was barely able to see this galaxy at 76x, although I could barely see it with direct vision, so I guess that's better than having to use averted vision. At 123x, it was easier to tell that it was a hazy spot ~ it was not tiny as some of these galaxies, and it had a higher surface brightness than some of them as well. I could not detect any structure or orientation; this shouldn't be a surprise, since this reference lists the distance to it as 174 million light years from us. That's three times farther than the average Virgo cluster galaxy. |