Dwingeloo 1

Cassiopeia

Ra
02 56 51
Dec
+58 54 42

Mag 8.3

Type SB

Dwingeloo 1 was discovered by the Dwingeloo Obscure Galaxy Survey(DOGS) in 1994. Dwingeloo 1 is a bared spiral at 10 million light years away and is heavily obscured by our Milky Way galaxy. This galaxy is a real challenge object and I highly recommend that you have a good finder chart to help you track down this object. It makes all the difference when you know just were to look with the galaxy.
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Dwingeloo 1 is part of a three galaxy group and for those of you that are looking for a real challenge to see the 3 members of this group is very difficult. The second member of this group Dwingeloo 2 was discovered by the (DOGS) survey in 1996 and the 3rd member MB 3 was discovered by McCall and Buta while doing research on the IC 342 Maffei group in 1997 at 19.8 Mag (Ouch) its tough. I have seen MB 3 as a averted vision only soft diffuse glow almost at the limits of my vision. I was able to see its very faint glow on three different nights last fall.
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Hope you will try this unusual group! and,

“Give it a go and let us know!”