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I also have an observation of NGC 3445 using Jimi's 48" dob back in May 2012, along with Paul! This was on the last of 5 nights we were observing together (Jim Chandler had cleaned the mirror during...

There's an interesting tidbit regarding MCG +10-16-024. It was missed by William and John Herschel (not surprising), but it was discovered visually in March 1856 with Lord Rosse's 72-inch Leviathan....

You don't usually see amateur images of this galaxy, but the late Rick Johnson, who sought out lesser-known interesting objects, posted this image in 2018.

I didn't see any detail in VV 124 with...

I've observed this galaxy a few times, most recently in May 2018 with Jimi's 48-inch f/4.0.


48" (5/12/18): very bright and large, irregular oval, ~5'x3'. Sharply concentrated with an extremely...

I've seen both of these a few times, but NGC 4147 really came to life (compared to previous views) in Jimi's 48-inch:

NGC 4147, a class IX globular, was well resolved and impressive at 488x. It...

Here's my 17.5-inch observation (from 26 years ago): fairly bright, large, elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, ~4.5'x1.5'. The core is more oval, ~1.2' diameter. The galaxy has an irregular surface brightness...

Name: VV 248a = Arp 96 NED1 = UGC 3528A = MCG +14-04-010 = CGCG 362-030 = KTG 11A = KPG 116A = PGC 20028
R.A.: 07h 02m 27.4s
Dec.: +86° 34' 46" (J2000)
Con: Cepheus
Type: Sbc
Size: 0.8' x 0.6'...

Like Don, I've observed the group many times (brightest Hickson?), so here's are a couple of observations of UGC 7190 = MCG +05-29-030, which is only 11' or so southwest of The Box. But, as opposed...

Some notes with a 13.1" and 17.5":

NGC 2068 (M78): Very bright RN surrounding two stars (mag 10.4 HD 290862 and mag 10.8 HD 38563) with a third mag 13 star at the south end. Large, irregular...

Jimi, you're record of posting only objects you've observed is still intact -- we took a look at it in your scope back on April 2, 2011! This one is quite easy to find -- just 12' WNW of the bright...

Picking one observation, this is using a 13.1" at 200x:

Contains an intense, 1' core that was mottled and partially resolved, particularly around the edges. The halo was easily resolved with...

H-alpha (ionized gas) and H I kinematics for the HCG B/C/D group point to a giant, highly irregular galaxy with several knots, at least in the 2000 paper "Kinematics and morphology of ionized gas in...

I posted on CloudyNights a 4-stage sliding-scale model for PN-ISM interaction that was proposed in a 2007 paper by Wareing, Zijlstra ,and O’Brien.

• stage WZO1: the PN expands freely within the...

Oddly, Megastar shows the data source as Str-ESO, which is the abbreviation for the Stausberg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae, and in this catalog it's simply listed as a PN (no mention...

Name: EGB 1
Aliases: Simeis 280 = LBN 624 = HDW 1 = HaWe 1 = PK 124+10.1 = PN G124.0+10.7
Type: Planetary Nebula?
RA: 01h 07m 07.6s DEC: +73° 33' 24"
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Diameter: ~5'...

I've logged Pease 1 several times, though not recently. Back in 1999 it took nearly 30 minutes to verify the planetary as I was ultra-careful to carefully identify all the marker stars in the...

This is a great galaxy group! (WBL 685). I viewed all but one of the members (MCG +06-49-057) with my 18-inch back in 2004, but Jimi Lowrey and I had a better look in my 24-inch from Grandview...

These observations were made with my 24" in late Sept. 2019 with an SQM reading of 21.3.

IC 1756: Very faint, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, ~40"x10", low even surface brightness, no core. A mag 14 star...

To complete the complex, here's an observation of IC 1805 with my 18":

IC 1805, dubbed the "Heart Nebula", is a cluster (Cr 26 = Melotte 15) involved with a huge emission complex (LBN 654) . The...

Here are two observations:

18": I only took a fairly quick look at this huge HII region ("Soul Nebula" or "Baby Nebula") at the end of the evening after a long examination of IC 1805 ("Heart...

Sue French included Palomar 11 in one of her Sky & Telescope columns and described it in her 14.5".


At 245x [in my 14.5"], this low surface brightness globular appears about 3' x 2 1/4' aligned...

I made a number of observations with my former 17.5" and 18" scopes starting in the mid-1980s, but these are my two most recent with my current 24". The first was from the Bumpass Hell parking lot...

These are my last three observations of NGC 7048. Interestingly, this PN appears to be Stephan's first discovery on Aug 3, 1866, although an accurate micrometrical position wasn't found until 12...

I was surprised to learn that NGC 125 is the C component of the double star HJ 623 (just off the southwest side in the photo of NGC 125). But checking the WDS notes, I see there are quite a number...

Name: NGC 128 Group = LGG 6 (main galaxy data)
R.A.: 00h 29m 15.1s
Dec.: +02° 51' 51" (2000)
Con: Andromeda
Type: SB0 peculiar
Size: 2.5'x0.7' PA: 1°
Magnitudes: 11.8V, 12.8B

Akarsh Simha...