Bruce, According to both Uranometria 2000 and MegaStar, IC 1101 is not in Serpens , but is just over the border in Virgo.
Clear skies, Miles (Glxytrios)
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Bruce, According to both Uranometria 2000 and MegaStar, IC 1101 is not in Serpens , but is just over the border in Virgo.
Clear skies, Miles (Glxytrios)
Steve, According to Wikipedia "The galaxy was discovered on 19 June 1790 by the British astronomer Frederick William Herschel I. It was catalogued in 1895 by John Louis Emil Dreyer as the 1,101st...
Howard, What a nice surprise to see one of my favorite "odd" galaxies as object of the week. It's been a favorite of mine for many years - I like the background group of galaxies and star hopping...
Hi Akarsh, I observed the WLM system in October last year from a site at 8,500 ft in the White Mountains, CA. WLM was easy as a large, fairly faint N-S elongate patch with some eF stars...
NGC 891 is one of my favorite edge-ons. We call it "The Jazz Galaxy". Listener-supported radio station KMHD in Portland, OR plays jazz ("all jazz, all the time") is at 89.1 on the FM dial, thus...
This is one of my favorite objects. When I first observed it some years ago, I didn't know it was called Thor's Helmet. The brightest part reminded me of a tadpole so I thought of it as the...
Shak 166 is Abell 2247 (aka the UGC 10638 group). It is on chart #4 of the second edition of Uranometria 2000. With my 20" dob, I usually see 8 galaxies.
Clear skies, glxytrios
Bill, I observed it with my Juno 14 some years ago. I found it best to observe both objects together with medium power and no filter. Getting there is not an easy star hop.