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Date of Observation ...... January 19, 2020 Instrument ............... 13.1" f/4.5 dobsonian Magnification ............ 76x and 123x Location ................. Engelhard, NC (light pollution map) Observer ................. Eric David Skies .................... extremely dark, clear, very transparent, light breeze, zodiacal light strong |
I observed this galaxy early in the evening when it was already well down in the west near the zodiacal light and a small amount of light pollution from a town many miles to the west of my location on the Pamlico Sound. I had a difficult time finding the exact location in my finder scope and telescope because the two were way out of alignment and the charts I had were not at a scale I found easy to use. Once I located the galaxy, I thought it was somewhat bright, and its elongated nature was very apparent. I also was able to barely see its neighbor NGC 7339. |