Nice OOTW! Last night I gave a shot to these two galaxies. The weather had started rather bad with african dust in the atmosphere, but by 10pm I realized that the dust was fast dissipating. I was only able to observe a bit after midnight, and by that time this galactic pair had lost quite a bit of altitude. Still, it was quite a sight. Both galaxies appeared fainter than I expected, but their shape and orientation were evident, even four hours after culmination. They both appeared to have quite a low surface brightness. NGC 4298 had a slightly brighter center area in its elliptical form, while 4302 was quite a nice edge on, somewhat reminiscent of a faint version of NGC 5907 in Draco. I was totally unable to detect a dust lane, perhaps this might had been possible under darker skies or if the galaxies were higher...

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