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NGC 2525 in Puppis
Date of Obs ..... March 3, 2021 |
The last object in Puppis is back up at the extreme northern boundary of the constellation, abutting Monoceros, however the surprising thing about it is that it is a galaxy, not an open cluster or nebula. At 76x, I could not see anything at all. Upping the magnification to 123x, I could only barely detect it using averted vision. The galaxy exhibited extremely low surface brightness, and certainly no structure or core. The only thing I could see was a barely detectable haze. From the picture on the Wikipedia page for NGC 2525, it's clear that the galaxy is face-on, so its light is spread out maximally, hence the low surface brightness. |