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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 group of galaxies in the early evening when the group was already low in the west embedded in the zodiacal light, and even though I had some difficulty in locating it, once I found the group, on first look it was clear that there were several hazy objects in the field. At this point I decided to check if there was more than one H400ii object in the area. I have observed the galaxies NGC 7619 and 7626 before, on October 29, 2016, but on that date I made no record of seeing NGC 7623. On this evening, I saw the two main galaxies easily, but NGC 7623 appeared to me to be almost starlike ~ I could detect that it had the fuzziness associated with a galaxy, but it was otherwise similar in appearance to the star just to its south, toward the other two galaxies. This image on astrophoton.com shows the entire field very nicely. |