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Date of Observation ...... May 13, 2020 Instrument ............... 13.1" f/4.5 dobsonian Magnification ............ 85x Location ................. Fredericksburg, VA (light pollution map) Observer ................. Eric David Skies .................... clear, cool, no Moon, slight haze & humidity |
NGC 4212 was challenging to locate because the star-hop is long and not based on very prominent field stars or any kind of obvious pattern. However, once I found this galaxy, I was very surprised how prominent it was; in fact, I at first thought I stumbled across a different galaxy. I found it to have good size and surface brightness, and I thought it had a noticeable orientation. Checking its location against the field stars on DSS images showed that I had the right object. |