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Date of Observation ...... May 12, 2020 Instrument ............... 13.1" f/4.5 dobsonian Magnification ............ 76x Location ................. Fredericksburg, VA (light pollution map) Observer ................. Eric David Skies .................... clear, cold, somewhat humid, no Moon |
This galaxy was not too difficult to locate; I swept up almost due north from the double star north of M61 to a pair of stars, then making note of another single star due east of the pair, go north to a position that marks nearly a right triangle with those stars, to find NGC 4339. I was able to see it after trying with averted vision for a short time, and noted that it's location was just north of a field star, and that it had a definitely extended look to it, i.e., not just a fuzzy point like NGC 4264 was. This one is likely to be interesting from a dark site. |