Object of The Week March 17, 2024-NGC 4753 “Who Scribbled on my Galaxy”

[Uwe Glahn]

Had that on my list, too.

Interestingly the galaxy looks totally different in the eyepiece than pictures shows. I roughly noted. 27", 293x, NELM 6m5+, Seeing III: spectacular and large; bright and wildly structured; roughly two twisted shapes visible; two dark lanes indicated; faint outer regions and diffuses edges

When you ask for similar objects with strange dark structures in the middle I think of NGC 2146, NGC 4435/4438 or NGC 7241.

sketch: 27", 293x, NELM 6m5+, Seeing III
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[Jimi Lowrey]

Had that on my list, too.

Interestingly the galaxy looks totally different in the eyepiece than pictures shows. I roughly noted. 27", 293x, NELM 6m5+, Seeing III: spectacular and large; bright and wildly structured; roughly two twisted shapes visible; two dark lanes indicated; faint outer regions and diffuses edges

When you ask for similar objects with strange dark structures in the middle I think of NGC 2146, NGC 4435/4438 or NGC 7241.

sketch: 27", 293x, NELM 6m5+, Seeing III
NGC4753.jpg
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Uwe great suggestion NGC 2146 is one of my favorite galaxies. I like the nickname “Dusty Hand Galaxy”