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Date of Observation ...... April 27, 2020 Instrument ............... 18" f/5 dobsonian Magnification ............ 71x Location ................. Fredericksburg, VA (light pollution map) Observer ................. Eric David Skies .................... started clear, increasing upper atmosphere haze, high clouds, increasingly hazy/high clouds, four day old Moon in west |
Star-hopping to this galaxy is quite difficult! I tried to start at M99 in Coma Berenices and work my way southwest toward a pair of stars that are roughly north-south to each other, then go straight south until I came to the right area. It took me several attempts to navigate this path. This galaxy was difficult to see, and required the very detailed chart to pinpoint its location exactly in order to verify that I was seeing the correct object. It is located just to the west of the very bright galaxy NGC 4216. I could not detect any structure with this galaxy, but it appeared to be rather star-like, which means I was not seeing any of the galaxy except the nucleus. |