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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 |
This is another galaxy that I've observed before, on October 29, 2016, but on that date I made no record of my impressions, just that I saw the galaxy. On this evening, I saw the galaxy as faint but clearly detectable, without any structure or any obvious shape or orientation. This exceptionally detailed and deep image on hansonastronomy.com shows that it is very round so it would not show any orientation. The field stars that I noted in the eyepiece match the three stars (one of which is double) visible in the image. |