Since I was out of astronomy for a few months and missing most of the summer observing season due to some health issues, I finally made it out this past new moon. They are behind me now. I’m back on track for the most part.
This week I decide to select an easy object, actually chain of galaxies. NGC 383 is a nice bright chain of 8 NGC galaxies ranging from mag 12.8 to about mag 15.5. This group is also known as the Pisces Group.
This group is suitable for 8” or larger scopes. I observed it last week with my 22” scope at a fairly dark site in the western slopes of the Sierras. This was a pretty fun group.