Object of the Week March 6th, 2016 - NGC4111

[RolandosCY]

This is a brilliant object for small scopes. I had a go last night with my 4.7" f5 achromatic, and was way easier than I expected, being visible even at a very low magnification. Increasing the magnification to 86X showed a nice spindle with a very bright core. I could also spot NGC 4119, albeit as a much much fainter small roundish patch.


This galaxy should be a nice object for the popular 4" refractors, and I suspect should be very doable in even 80mm!

[skyraider]

I observed this galaxy Tuesday night April 5, 2016 from a moderately dark site with my Zambuto powered 25" f4 Obsession. The transparency was above average and the seeing was excellent. This is a really cool edge on that has a bright core. The bright core mimics the edge on shape as it extends quite a bit in both directions from the center of the galaxy. No sign of a dust lane. In the 10 Ethos there are 2 other galaxies in the fov. These companion galaxies are NGC 4117 a highly inclined gx, which lies at a 45* angle to 4111 and sits on the same side of the galaxy as the pair of bright stars (pale yellow and light blue) and NGC 4109 a round evenly illuminated galaxy.
Then I used the 5 Pentax to see the nearby galaxies NGC 4118 and LEDA 2210701 at 17.1 mag!

[Jimi Lowrey]

New Hubble image of NGC 4111

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