2024-06-28

• Condition: E6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

Excellent conditions tonight.

When I started on the remaining galaxies this spring for the RASC NGC challenge there were about 30 left and I did not expect to make it through them all this year. After tonight, I now have 3 left. I think I'll be able to complete both the AL Carbon star and the RASC NGC challenges soon.

10:21PM

• Target: NGC 4494, MCG 4-30-2[1]
• Const: Coma Berenices
• RaDec: 12h31m +25.46
• Type: Galaxy
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4494.jpg[2]

Face on and round. The core comes and goes with AV.

=> [1] NGC 4494, MCG 4-30-2 (ID) | [2] ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4494.jpg

10:36PM

• Target: NGC 4559, MCG 5-30-30[1]
• Const: Coma Berenices
• RaDec: 12h35m +27.57
• Type: Galaxy
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x, AV
• Image: ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4559.jpg[2]

Faint. Took a while to find and see. Face on. AV seems to almost double the size.

=> [1] NGC 4559, MCG 5-30-30 (ID) | [2] ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4559.jpg

10:47PM

• Target: NGC 4565, Needle Galaxy[1]
• Const: Coma Berenices
• RaDec: 12h36m +25.59
• Type: Galaxy
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting:
• Image: ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4565.jpg[2]

Marking this down as a favorite! Easily found and seen. Very edge-on and long with a noticable bulge near the core. AV is giving me glimpses of a dark line running through the center from end-to-end. Reminds me of a fainter and larger version of M 104.

=> [1] NGC 4565, Needle Galaxy (ID) | [2] ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4565.jpg

10:58PM

• Target: NGC 4725, MCG 4-30-22[1]
• Const: Coma Berenices
• RaDec: 12h50m +25.3
• Type: Galaxy
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting:
• Image: ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4725.jpg[2]

Easy to see. Quite large. Most face-on. Linear gradient of brightness from center to edge.

=> [1] NGC 4725, MCG 4-30-22 (ID) | [2] ../images/2024-06-28_NGC4725.jpg