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Herschel II Project - Late Spring
(2/2) 12h–15h Part 2: NGC 4880–5791 (13h-15h) A photo journey of my observing adventures with EAA/CAO (electronically assisted astronomy / camera assisted observing) Observed for the Astronomical League's Herschel II Observing Program
Marie Lott, Atlanta, GA
Updated 10/18/22 06:49 PM -0400 |
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| Size: | 3.1' x 2.4' | Mag: | 12.4 | Type: | S0-a Gx |
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| Observations:This is an oval/slightly egg-shaped galaxy with a bright stellar core. The core is almost equal in brightness to bright variable star DT Vir A to its SE. It sits a a slight tilt in the field NNW-SSE. It is encircled by a diffuse haze that is brightest next to the core before fading significantly in the broad outer reaches. No interior structure can be detected. | ||
| Size: | 3.0'x 2.6' | Mag: | 11.6 | Type: | Sb Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is very bright and pops out noticeably in the field.It is oval with a bright, compressed bulging core. Zooming in, boxlike angular arms enclose the core with large dark traingular gaps in between them and the core. Very unusual. The outer haze is wispy and diffuse, with a lone lower arm extending out to a thin point towards the west (right). Two mag 10 stars to the east of our galaxy join with ot to form a small but noticeable equilateral triangle. Little NGC 4887 can be spotted in the field to the SSW. | ||
| Size: | 2.2'x 1.4' | Mag: | 12.3 | Type: | Sc Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy looks like it got squashed. The corners of outer haze give an angularity to the overall oval shape. The core is a bright, compressed bar with evidence of some distortion at its eastern (left) end. Along the NW edge of the core, a thickening of the hazy envelope can be seen, with a flattened knot to the north side of its NW (right) tip. Along the S/SW edge of the core, the brighter inner haze is broken up with a leglike extrusion sticking out to the SW, and a wide thickening of the haze blooming out to the right of that little leggy bit. The SE corner of the haze is noticeably more faint than the other regions. A bright mag 8.5 star lies in the SW corner of the field. | ||
| Size: | 3.5'x 1.9' | Mag: | 12.5 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: This is an oval galaxy with a very bright center with an evenly illuminated envelope. It sits at an angle in the field, NW-SE, with no inner structure discernable. The diffuse tips of the dimmest outer layer fade quickly into the background, with only a thin border of the dim haze visible along the long sides. An unusual spiral galaxy with one prominent arm, NGC 4868, sits at the far western edge of the frame. Other very tiny and almost undectable little galaxies dot the field. | ||
| Size: | 1.6'x 1.3' | Mag: | 13 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: This elliptical galaxy forms a bright dot in the center of the field. It is round, perhaps very slightly oblate. It is encircled with a uniform band of thick haze. A diminutive squashed spiral galaxy with distorted, torn arms sits just to its upper left (NE). Another odd galaxy, this one round but also oddly damaged looking, sits to the far right of the frame. | ||
| Size: | 1.2'x 0.8' | Mag: | 13.3 | Type: | Sbc Gx |
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| Observations: This is an unusual spiral galaxy that appears to have a wavy dark separation breaking apart the front and back halves of the hazy compressed arms. The arms are thick with an ice-blue knotty finger pointing westward (right) as it emerges out of the front lobe. | ||
| Size: | 5.5' x 3.3' | Mag: | 11.9 | Type: | Sbc Gx |
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| Observations: What a lovely galaxy this is! It sits face-on to us with a thin delicate arm curving gently down the right side. Closer in, a second arm loops out from the 2 o'clock position, curls around the bottom, and then heads back up the left side. Two triplets of tiny stars perch on top of it. Upon close inspection, a third arm can be seen splitting out from the left side before broadening into a dim fan as it reaches northward. The core is stellar and oval shaped. Numerous pairs of stars of varied sizes are scattered in the field, looking like eyes of small and medium animals peering of the darkness at you. from. . | ||
| Size: | 3.6'x 1.9' | Mag: | 11.9 | Type: | SABa Gx |
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| Observations: This is a simple looking spiral, sitting NNE-SSW in the field. It is not quite face-on but is tilted slightly away from us. The core is oval and bright. The surrounding haze is has little detail but does show some darker and brighter areas on opposing sides. These are reminiscent of the blade gaps visible in a fast-spinning fan. One bright star sits in the bottom right corner of the field. The rest of the field contains a loose scattering of small and medium stars. A distant blinking airplane snuck across the top of the field as the image capture was wrapping up. | ||
| Size: | 1.5' | Mag: | 13.3 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: Six stars in a diagonal line with one triangle floating to the left of it and another triangle floating above. In that upper triangle is where you'll find NGC 4956. It is round and starlike, and forms the bottom right corner of the triangle of "stars" in the center of the field. Not much detail can be detected, save for a faint uniform haze encircling the round bright center. | ||
| Size: | 2.7'x 2.0' | Mag: | 12.1 | Type: | Sbc Gx |
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| Observations :Another pretty spiral, this galaxy sits with its face slightly tilted away from us towards the east (left), Its tightly wrapped arms are the palest of blue and are knotty with a 3-D apppearance (especially the one to the front). The outer haze is wispy and gives a hint of starburst-type smaller arms contained within. A bright foreground star sits at the 7 o'clock postion of the outer portion of the galaxy. Combined with the thinner oval nucleus, the star and our galaxy sit nicely together as a pair to atttact your eye in this field. | ||
| Size: | 2.7'x 2.1' | Mag: | 12.3 | Type: | S0-a Gx |
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| Observations: The galaxy shines like a spotlight in the middle of this field. It has a bright round core surrounded by a thick hazy envelope. The top left quandrant of the envelope is thinner than the rest with some mottling. This raggedy look continues for a short way around the top right edge of the envelope. The bottom edge of the envelope is diffuse while the left and right edges end more abruptly. Two bright stars make a standout diagonal pair at the top right of the field. A tall broken circle of smaller stars sits like a round cup just NE of the galaxy. | ||
| Size: | 2.4' x 1.9' | Mag: | 12.6 | Type: | Sb Gx |
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| Observations: This barred galaxy looks like a spinning propeller encircled by broad spiraling arms. It has a bright round core with particularly nice-looking bright S-shaped arms spinning out of each side. Three bright stars form a wide angular N-S arching line through the right center of the field. | ||
| Size: | 2.9'x1.6' | Mag: | 12.9 | Type: | Sc |
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| Observations: At low power this first looked like a small, angled elliptical galaxy, but upon zooming in it is seen to be a fairly large spiral facing slightly away from us to the right. It has a bright round core encircled by faint but extensive spiral arms. Two distinct arms with an intervening dark gap are evident curling around and up the left side. A very large arm can be seen extending far northward before fading into space.Less is seen on the right side, but that is the side that is tilted away from us. A very broad but extremely faint arm reaches out at the bottom towards the south. A bright foreground star, only slightly smaller than the core, sits immediately over the galaxy center to the north. . | ||
| Size: | 3.3'x 2.4' | Mag: | 11.7 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: This bright elliptical is oval and elongated E-W with a faint diffuse halo. The center is extremely bright and no detail can be seen. A bright (mag 9) star,HD 114746, lies just NW and small spiral galaxy NGC 5022 is close by to the ESE. . | ||
| Size: | 3.4'x 2.9' | Mag: | 12.5 | Type: | Sbc Gx |
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| Observations: What a pretty face-on spinner! This barred galaxy has a bright large core and wispy spiral arms trailing around the center. Several knots are seen at both ends of the bar as well as within the upper spiral arm. A bright mag 8 star is prominant in the NE of the field. | ||
| Size: | 6.0' x 0.7' | Mag: | 12.9 | Type: | Sc Gx |
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| Observations: What a thin dim streak this is! This spiral galaxy appears to us edge-on. It has a birghter core fading to a dim mottled halo. A knot can be seen in the lower side portion of the envelope and some dark areas are visible just north of the bright central area. A nice pair of cat's eyes sits in the NE quadrant. | ||
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#267 NGC 5037 (H510-2) 13h 14m 58.9s, -16° 35' 32"
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#268 NGC 5044 (H511-2) 13h 15m 24s, -16° 23' 09"
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| Observations: There are eight labeled galaxies in this field, the brightest plus even more tiny ones. Our targets here are NGC 5037 & 5044. NGC 5044 is the brightest of the group. It is round and bright, with a broad, slightly mottled, dim halo. SE of it is our other target galaxy, NGC 5037. It is small with a bright bulging core, and sits diagonally in the field. Its face appears to be at an oblique angle to us since the left and right portion of the envelop is almost as broad as the core, tapering only very slightly towards the upper and lower ends. A small star perches at the very tip on the bottom right, almost like it's stuck onto the end of it. | ||
| Size: | 9.0' | Mag: | 9 | Type: | GC |
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| Observations: What a surprise to see a globular cluster in this list! It is a loose grouping with no central core - at first I thought it was an open cluster. The surrounding field is rather sparse and the cluster is easy to spot. I count about 25 medium stars scattered in a round patch of 100 or more tiny dim stars.The brightest star in the fieldis (~mag 10) sits just off the cluster's left (east.) Nearby M53 is out of the field, only 1° away to the NW. | ||
| Size: | 1.7' x 0.9' | Mag: | 13.7 | Type: | SABc Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is hiding amidst a gentle arc of 3 galaxies and 3 bright stars. It is pretty faint and small, with a brighter core surrounded by a dim haze that stretches N-S. At each end the haze can be seen swirling into broad, extremely faint hooks. Two small stars form an angled pair just to the left of our galaxy. | ||
| Size: | 3.5' x 2.9' | Mag: | 11.3 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: Very round and bright, this galaxy outshines its star partner, a similar but slightly smaller mag 9 star, immediately to its left (east). The center of the galaxy is surrounded by a uniformaly dim and diffuse halo. Two smaller stars sit opposite of one another within the halo, NE and SW of the core. A pretty drizzle of 10-12 stars curves downward from NE-S in the left side of the frame. | ||
| Size: | 2.3' x 6.3' | Mag: | 10.7 | Type: | Sc Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is a large, diffuse, and irregular spiral. The core is bright and compressed, and is dramatically elongated NW-SE. The haze has indistinct spiral arms. Several bright knotty (almost 3D) clumps float in the SW and far NW of the outer reaches of the arms. Unusual. A bright mag 7.6 star sits low in the SE. | ||
| Size: | 2.8' x 2.3' | Mag: | 11.3 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: Five bright galaxies are in this field! A few tiny ones can be spotted, too. Our target, NGC 5077, is one of a prominent trio of galaxies (50776, 5077, 5079) that form a small triangle to the lower center of this field. Two other NGC galaxies sit to the north, one east and the other west of 7077. Two bright HD stars form a brighter triangle with 5077; this stands out more in the field because the three of them are approximately equal in brightness. NGC 5077 has a bright oval core surrounded by a diffuse envelope of haze. It is elongated N-S and has what appears to be a small foreground star seemingly stuck onto the tip of its lower end. | ||
| Size: | 4.0'x 1.9' | Mag: | 12 | Type: | Sa Gx |
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| Observations: Bright and (potentially) beautiful! This is a large spiral with an prominent dust band belting it from end to end just below center. The bright core appears to bulge over it, and appears dimmer underneath. I would like to take another image of this some day at lesser exposure so that the bright core doesn't blow out the details in the horizontal dust band. This galaxy is a Southern Arp galaxy that is interacting with little IC 879 to its SW (lower right). Another IC galaxy sits at the bottom right edge of the frame, and three bright HD stars are seen in the eastern (left) half of the field. | ||
| Size: | 9.3'x 1.7' | Mag: | 11.6 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: This is a dainty and bright sliver of a galaxy with a bulging oval core. This looks like a spinner style compass needle. The round core pinches off to a stubby point at the east (left) and west ends. A slim envelope of haze encases it all. The brightness of the western side of the cloud seems to extend a little further out than that on the eastern side. A dim little galaxy can be seen to the SW (unlabeled). Two modestly bright HD stars are labelled in the field. | ||
| Size: | 2.6 x 1.6' | Mag: | 12.4 | Type: | E-S0 Gx |
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| Observations: This small oval galaxy looks like a bright piece of orzo. It is surrounded by a diffuse fuzz. It sits with its longitudinal axis a bit tilted slighty to the E of north. Several strings of small stars add interest to the field. A brighter set five stars (two pairs + a single) sits immediately west (right) of our galaxy. | ||
| Size: | 1.4' x 0.9' | Mag: | 13.6 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: This is a small oval galaxy with a "squarish" bright core. It is angled NW-SE in the field. A very bright mag 8 star sits above it, outshining our little galaxy, and a delicate line of three small star rises up just to its left. A couple of dim background galaxies can be detected in the field. | ||
| Size: | 1.6' x 1.3' | Mag: | 13 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: There are over a dozen galaxies in this field! (Don't you love Virgo?) Our target is a modestly bright elliptial that is sitting approximately N-S in the field, slightly tipped to the east. The core is round and bright with an envelope of brighter haze nearest the center, and a much fainter outer haze. This outer envelope extends N-S, with noticeably less to the east and west side of center. An uneven pair of stars sits to the galaxy's east (left). Three pretty arcs of exactly four stars can be spotted in the field. Other groupings of three stars also are sprinkled around the field.. | ||
| Size: | 2.7' x 1.6' | Mag: | 12.1 | Type: | SABb Gx |
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| Observations: fairly large oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, 2.0'x1.3'. Contains a very small bright core and a stellar nucleus with direct vision. The halo has a mottled texture with some stellaring similar to the surface of an unresolved globular. Brightest in a group (LGG 345) with IC 4237 11' W at the edge of the 220x field. ESO 576-055 is situated 13' ENE and ESO 576-60 21' ENE. The IC galaxy appeared as a faint but moderately large glow, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, no central concentration. | ||
| Size: | 5.0' x 3.0' | Mag: | 11.7 | Type: | Sm Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is large and amorphous. It is elongated N-S with a turbulent mottled haze. The core is distorted and the nucleus is quite irregular in shape. Very unusual. The central glow fades outwards into the dimmer haze where 10-12 knots are entangled. The starfield has extensive dark voided patches surrounding our galaxy. A pretty doublet of stars sits to the lower right. | ||
| Size: | 3.7' x 0.6' | Mag: | 12.3 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: Despite the clouds tonight, it was easy to pick out this slendar galaxy with a bright round core. It reminds me of a compass needle. The arms are hazy but symmetrical, with relatively broad diffuse tips. The 5-star fish hook asterism mentioned in the booklet can be seen to the lower left. Two looping star circles pop out of the right side of the field. | ||
| Size: | 5.5' x 4.0' | Mag: | 10.5 | Type: | Sbc Gx |
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| Observations: Two upper and two lower thick arms can be seen swirling around the bright round center of this galaxy. Knots can be seen in the arms, especially in the lower portion. The galaxy is noticeably longer than it is wide, with the outermost arms separating from the inner arms like faint S-hooks.Observing this galaxy is like looking down into an opening flower bud. Pretty! | ||
| Size: | 3.1' x 2.6' | Mag: | 12.1 | Type: | Sb Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxay appears to have had a turbulent past. Its nucleus appears to be split into two bright compressed slivers each with little tails spinning counterclockwise. The surrounding dim haze is barbell-shaped with an abrupt hammerhead lower end and an L-shaped upper "foot". I'm wondering if this galaxy had a previous run-in the small round ghost-like galaxy floating just below it? A nice tight pair of stars sits just SW of center. | ||
| Size: | 3.0' x 1.9' | Mag: | 12.7 | Type: | Sc Gx |
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| Observations: What a pretty pair of face-on galaxies! Our target is the smaller one on on the bottome. It has a bright round core and only slightly smaller than the one in the larger galaxy above.Its encirling arms dim and somehat disorganized. Knots and clouds can be seen in its haze. Some dim material seems form a bridge to the galaxy above. This larger galaxy is quite beautiful with a round coreand two thin bright spiral arms that are opening outwards. Multiple bright knots can be seen in the arms in this galaxy as well. The upper arm has a split near its end with a little branch spinning off of the top. A bright mag 9 star sits in the far NE corner of the field. | ||
| Size: | 2.2' x 1.1' | Mag: | 12.7 | Type: | SBb Gx |
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| Observations: This little galaxy is more complex than it initially appeared. It has a bright round core which appears to sit slightly off-center, giving it a bulging look. Two hazy arms spin out of the middle. The lower one is dim but discrete, curving gently to the south and east. The other arm, however, appears to be bent back sharply on itself like a broken wing. It's hard to tell if this is due to the angle at which we are viewing it or if it has been distorted by strong gravitational forces from a past interaction with another object. | ||
| Size: | 3.0' x 1.1' | Mag: | 13.2 | Type: | Sa Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy has a bright oval core and is elongated NE-SW, with diffuse haze extending out alon the longitudinal axis. The ends of the tips remain broad as they disappear into the darkness. Three other tiny galaxy are in the field. Can you spot them? | ||
| Size: | 2.6' x 0.9' | Mag: | 13.1 | Type: | Sb Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy sits diagonally in the field, elongated NE-SW. Its bright round core sits slightly off-center in the surrounding envelope, so I'm guessing that it is tipped slightly away from us. The haze has some hints of structure, but nothing definite can be made out. A small bright foreground star appears to perch near the end of the lower tip. Most of the field stars are small and scattered but 5-6 modestly bright stars sit mid-field. | ||
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| Observations: We have two target galaxies in this field; neither are exceptionally large or bright. The uppermost of the two has a bright round core and is wrapped in a circular dim haze. No detailed structure is apparent. The smaller galaxy below it looks like a tiny little compass spinner with a round bulging core and two short pointed hazy tips extending longitudinally. A hint of mottled structure can be seen within the haze. | ||
| Size: | 0.5' x 1.0' | Mag: | 13.5 | Type: | Bright Nebula |
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| Observations: Magnificent M101 dominates this field! Our target is a bright nebula that sits in its wake, at the tip of its western-most (right) arm. Look for the glow around a distinct island of 4 small but bright stars. Zooming in, there are wisps of blueness around the two brightest of these stars. Other mottled clouds are part of this litle grouping. Lots going on in this neighborhood! Very nice. | ||
| Size: | 4.0' x 1.7' | Mag: | 11.9 | Type: | Sa Gx |
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| Observations: This bright spiral is not quite edge-on to us and easily shows off its spinning S-shaped arms around a bright angled core. Interspersed within the hooks of the arms are dimmer, dusty spaces. Close examination reveals that the galaxy extends quite a bit out into space as a faint disappearing cloud on each end. | ||
| Size: | 0.8' x 1.7' | Mag: | 13.5 | Type: | Bright Nebula |
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| Observations: Another bright nebula stuck in an arm of M101! This time our target nebula in on the eastern (left) side near the tip of the long slender arm. Zooming in we can see 3-D knots of blue and bluish grey rising up out of that area. This nebulosity sits directly across M 101 from our previous bright nebula (NGC 5447, above.) A small round galaxy, dwarfed by giant M101, can be spotted to the ENE of center. | ||
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#293 NGC
5480 (H692-2) 14h 06m 21.3s, +50° 43' 39"
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#294 NGC
5481 (H693-2) 00h 06m 28.5s, -03° 42' 58"
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| Observations: Target NGC 5480 sits just to the right (west) of the paired NGC 5481. while their bright cores are similar, our galaxy has a much brighter and larger envelope, with an S-shaped bright pair of swirls reaching out upwards and downwards from the center (to the north and to the south). The haze on the upper side expands in a broader, but dimmer and more diffuse, fashion to the NW than does the tighter haze on the opposite (SE) side. A 6-star asterism shaped like the letter "T" floats above and to the left of center. NGC 5481 has a slightly larger round core tha 5480 and is surrounded by a faint diffuse haze. No detail is evident. | ||
| Size: | 2.4' x 1.8' | Mag: | 11.4 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: Three galaxies are labeled in this field but our target galaxy, NGC5485, is the brightest. It has a bright round core and is surrounded by an expanding diffuse haze. No internal structure can be discerned. Lots of small galaxies are scattered throughout the field. A cute little triangle of stars sits below our galaxy, slightly off-center towards the right. A larger triangle of evenly-space stars sits in the lower left. | ||
| Size: | 2.4' x 1.9' | Mag: | 13.1 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is small, round and bright with a thin hazy envelope surrounding it. It forms a square with three other modestly bright field stars Two other IC galaxies are directly to the north, and at least 4 other dimmer galaxies are scattered around the field. Most notable of these is Arp 79 (unlabeled), a fuzzy splotch about 5' NE (up & left) of NGC 5490. The two brightest stars in the field sit off the the far W and SW edges of the frame, HD 123673 (mag 7.7) and HD 123724 (mag 8.4). | ||
| Size: | 1.6' x 1.2' | Mag: | 12.3 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is bright and moderately large. It is elongated NW-SE, and would be considered oval-shaped except that it comes to slight points on each end. It is surrounded by a faint dim haze that picks up a bit of glow from the bright center. The brightness is such in this image that no interior structural details can be detected. | ||
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| Observations: Two galaxies and two bright stars! NGC 5506 sits center field, with an elongated droopy appearance. Its longitudinal axis runs almost perfectly east-west in the field. It is rather unusual looking as it seems to have an upper and lower portion stacked on top of one another. The central galaxy has a prominant dust band running lengthwise across a bright round core. This seems to be hovering like a flying saucer over a lower elongated hazy disk with brighter clumps at each end. The front portion of this larger/lower disk is much dimmer than its ends. Just above this galaxy is our second target, NGC 5507. This is much more ordinary looking, with a very bright round core surrounded by a diffuse oval envelope of haze. Overall it is roughly half the size of its companion NGC 5506, although its core is bigger and brighter than the other's. This galaxy sits at a NE-SW angle in the field. Two bright mg 7 HD stars sit at the top right and lower right of the frame and a relatively voided area lies like a dark pool to the east (right of center field.. | ||
| Size: | 2.0' x 1.0' | Mag: | 13.3 | Type: | Sb Gx |
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| Observations: This is a rather empty field with a few strings of stars and a half dozen large pools of darkness. An evenly matched pair of mag 9 & 10 stars sit just off-center from our target galaxy, NGC 5520. This galaxy is oval with a bright stellar core and a very faint surrounding haze. It is elongated ENE-WSW. There is an indistinct hint of a thickening of the cloudiness to the left side of the core, but no actual detail can be seen. | ||
| Size: | 4.6' x 1.2' | Mag: | 12.8 | Type: | Sc Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy is thin and almost linear with it's longitudinal axis running due east-west. We see its face at a sharp angle - it must be tipped strongly away from us. The core is bright, flattened and quite elongated. The center is surrounded by a bright inner haze that extends much further, and broadens a bit wider, to the west (right) than it does to the east (left). A dim and diffuse outer haze surrounds the inner envelope. The field has several wide pairs of minor field stars scattered about. A long string of 9 field stars drops down from the upper right and a half dozen stars form a nice loop at the far western edge of the frame. | ||
| Size: | 6.2' x 0.8' | Mag: | 128 | Type: | SABc Gx |
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| Observations: This is an amazing edge-on glaxaxy with a fabulous dust band encircling it. It is large, bright, and needle-like. It has a bright core visible underneath the dust belt. It is surprisingly dark to the top of the belt.The galaxy sits at about a 45 ° angle (SE-NW) in the frame. A close trio of three moderately bright stars is just to the left of our galaxy. NGC 5557 is identified in the top right of the field. A few other dim galaxies are visible, most notably the small round one visible just below and to the left (SE) of our galaxy. | ||
| Size: | 3.0' x 1.8' | Mag: | 12.7 | Type: | SABa Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy sits at a NNE-SSW angle in the field and has aa very bright oval core. The brightness obscures any interior detail. A faint hazy envelope makes a width swath around the bright center. The field is rather sparse, but a nice wide doublet of evenly matched stars sitting in the upper left. | ||
| Size: | 1.4' x 1.2' | Mag: | 13.3 | Type: | S0-a Gx |
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| Observations: This is a very small, simple looking galaxy (but hiding a secret- it's a Seyfert 1 galaxy!). It has a very bright round core with a little bleb of some sort protruding out slightly from its right (west) side. The core is surrounded by a very dim but rather broad diffuse halo. No structural details can be detected. About a hundred stars are sprinkled around in this field. | ||
| Size: | 4.3' x 1.2' | Mag: | 12.4 | Type: | Sb Gx |
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| Observations: This flattened, elongated (WNW-ESE) galaxy is paired with the larger and brighter NGC 5566 to make up Arp 286. the two galaxies are interacting, and the east arm of the small NGC 5560 can be seen curiving slightly southward towards 5566. It core is very long but thin, with a slight flexure in the middle. The surrounding haze tapers out on both the east and west end to form slender tips. The galaxy looks like it was stretched and drawn out like a piece of hot taffy or molten glass. The very small and dim galaxy NGC 5569 joins the Arp pair to make a nice galaxy trio. Three bright HD stars form a large triangle in the western (right) half of the frame. | ||
| Size: | 2.8' x 1.7' | Mag: | 12.5 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy has a bright oval core sits at a SSW-NNE angle and is surrounded by a faint diffuse haze. It sits above a pretty grouping of stars that form two lines. The upper line has 4 stars of quite different magnitudes, the eastmost of which is a bright mag 10.4 star. Below that line sits another string of 4 evenly-spaced stars with a 5th star dangling off to the south of the eastern (left) end. A long bent arm of 8-9 stars brackets our galaxy to its west (right). Three other bright stars can be seen in the field. | ||
| Size: | 6.1' x 3.8' | Mag: | 11.2 | Type: | SABc Gx |
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| Observations: Observed through high cirrus clouds! This is a dim galaxy that spreads out over a very large area. It has a bright stellar core but a very faint envelope extending quite a ways outward. There is a darkening that rather abruptly butts up against the right side of the inner brighter portion of the envelope. It's almost as if the central haze has been folded back behind the core on the right side. The dimmest of the outer portions of the envelope appear as barely detectable, ghost-like arms reaching out on the top to the left and on the bottom to the right. | ||
| Size: | 2.0' x 1.6' | Mag: | 13.3 | Type: | S0 Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy, also known as NGC 5580, has a round, bright core. It is surrounded by an envelope of fine thin haze. Just above it to the left (NW) is a smaller galaxy, NGC 5588. At a greater distance due west lies faint face-on spiral galaxy NGC 5579. If you look carefully, four close-set pairs of cats eye doubles are scattered around in the lower half of the field. | ||
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| Observations: These two galaxies form a pretty pair, 4' apart. The brighter of the two is NGC 5595. It sits to the NW and is elongated NE-SW. It has a bright, rather quashed-looking, core. A bright angled arm hooks over the top of it like a swimmer doing the crawl. Another arm reaches out in knotty clumps to the south and west. NGC 5597 is to its lower left (SE). This second galaxy is seen face-on with faint arms that are either broken up or quite knotty - it's too faint to tell. Like its counterpart, 5597 is a slightly elongated galaxy with a brighter flattened core. (Of note, this core is more rectangular or bar-like than that of NGC 5595.) This galaxy is reported to harbor an AGN. | ||
| Size: | 1.4' x 1.3' | Mag: | 12.7 | Type: | SABc Gx |
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| Observations: The galaxy is very unusual. It has a bright irregular core that tapers downwards like an upside down teardrop. The uppor portion of the core appears broken up, but it may be a darker forground arm that is blocking our view; a squiggly projection that might be an extension of this reaches outward from the core on its right (west) side. A swirl of diffuse haze encircles the brighter center, with a dark gap between the upper arm of this haze and the brighter core. | ||
| Size: | 1.4' x 0.7' | Mag: | 13.6 | Type: | Ss Gx |
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| Observations: This oval galaxy is slightly tilted NNW-SSE and has a very bright core with a fine diffuse halo all the way around it. A small foreground star appears to sit just off of the core at about 10 o'clock in the haze. A broad swath absent of stars runs up the field from the lower left to the center top. A small mag 15 spiral galaxy, PGC 51309, is fairly easy to see about 10' SW of our target. | ||
| Size: | 1.3' x 1.3' | Mag: | 12.9 | Type: | SABc Gx |
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| Observations: Dim but interesting, this galaxy looks like a crumpled, discarded flower. The galaxy has a round glowing core surrounded by dim spiral arms. The eastern arm (on the left side) is bent at a right angle as it hooks around the top of the face of the galaxy. It fades as it gets about halfway around the top. The arms at the far right edge seems to be disintegrating as they are broken and clumpy. Another very faint arm angles down from about 5 o'clock towards the lower right (SW) before hooking at a very sharp angle to take a hard left towards the east. An extremely bright mag 6.5 double star (an orange-red giant evidently) sits left of bottom center. A cute little box of 4-5 field stars towards the left edge of the frame gives me a smile. | ||
| Size: | 2.7' x 2.4' | Mag: | 11.2 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: Our target NGC 5638, an elliptical galaxy, is the brightest of the two galaxies identified in this rather sparse field. It is paired with much dimmer galaxy, spiral NGC 5636. A third bright splinter-like galaxy, UGC 9277 sits almost directly west (right) near the edge of the frame. Our target NGC 5638 is bright and easy to spot. It has a bright rounded compact core with a diffuse halo surrounding it. No structural details can be detected. | ||
| Size: | 2.7' x 2.4' | Mag: | 12.4 | Type: | SABc Gx |
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| Observations: This is a pretty little galaxy! Dim but face-on, it shows nice spiral arms encircling a bright round core. There are two primary arms that rotate and unwind as they come out of the center. The eastern arm is dimmer and fades into space, the the lower arm that extends westward is more defined and brighter, with 3-4 distinct knots in it. At the top of the galaxy there are two more knots, possibly from another arm, or as breakaways from the broad eastern arm. Bright 24 Bootis (mag 5.6) is seen at the very top edge of the frame. | ||
| Size: | 3.3' x 3.0' | Mag: | 12.2 | Type: | Scd Gx |
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| Observations: This spiral galaxy sits face-on to us. Its core is bright and slightly oval. The galaxy appears quite out of balance, with the bulk of the diffuse spiraling haze visible mostly on the left (eastern) side. Between 1 o'clock and 5 o'clock, the bulk of the spiral arms is largely absent from view. A tight pair of relatively bright stars sits just inside the outer reaches of the envelope on the left. | ||
| Size: | 2.4' x 1.6' | Mag: | 12.6 | Type: | E-S0 Gx |
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| Observations: This little galaxy sits right between a thin triangle of dainty stars in a rather sparse field. Two of them make a close pair on the right (west) side and the dimmer third star sits just off of the galaxy's left (east). Our galaxy has a fairly bright & elongated oval core; it is surrounded my a faint diffuse haze. Just below it to the south, mag 10 star HD 238370 outshines our galaxy and is the brightest star in the field. | ||
| Size: | 3.1' x 1.7' | Mag: | 12.3 | Type: | Sa Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy sits an a 45° angle in the field. It has a bulging round core with a diffuse envelope extending longitudinally (NE-SW) with less substance visible on the NW and SE sides of the core. A tiny foreground star sits very close to the core on the NE side and another small star sits just off of the more rounded SW tip. Some twirly inner structure can be detected inside the narrower NE tip. Faint galaxy NGC 5716 sits barely inside the frame at the bottom right. Five bright stars stretch across in an zig-zaggy line just below our galaxy. | ||
| Size: | 3.0' x 1.5' | Mag: | 12.5 | Type: | S0-a Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy looks like Saturn! I was so surprised to see this! It has a bright round core surrounded by a tilted glowing halo ring. Dark gaps can be seen between the core and the NE & SW ends of the ring. Sitting in the SW of the field, a mag 8.4 HD star forms a wide pair with our galaxy. | ||
| Size: | 4.2' x 1.0' | Mag: | 12.2 | Type: | SBc Gx |
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| Observations: What a striking galaxy! This long thin galaxy is seen edge-on and sits quite tilted in the field. The longitudinal axis runs NW-SE and contains a flattened glowing core. A lot of mottling can be seen throughout the envelope, with a knot or two evident at the SE tip. Nearby to the NW is small and dim spiral galaxy, NGC 5774. To the south of our galaxy is a barely visible mag 15 spiral, IC 1070. Almost off-frame to the bottom right is another little galaxy (IC 1067), this one more easily seen. | ||
| Size: | 2.6' x 1.3' | Mag: | 12.7 | Type: | E Gx |
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| Observations: This galaxy has a large bright oval core surrounded by a moderate envelope of glowing haze. It sits almost vertically in the field, angled NNW-SSE. A small star sits right on the very southern tip of the galaxy. A lovely little elongated galaxy, IC 1081, is paired with it and can be found very close by to the NE. Three bright stars form a wide triangle in the SE (lower left) quadrant of the field. | ||