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Date of Observation ...... January 19, 2020 Instrument ............... 13.1" f/4.5 dobsonian Magnification ............ 76x and 123x Location ................. Engelhard, NC (light pollution map) Observer ................. Eric David Skies .................... extremely dark, clear, very transparent, light breeze, zodiacal light strong |
I observed this galaxy and its companions early in the evening when it was already well down in the west near the zodiacal light and a small amount of light pollution from a town many miles to the west of my location on the Pamlico Sound. Both of the galaxies in the H400ii list, this one and NGC 7465, were difficult. I found them to be faint, small, and difficult to detect. I could not detect any evidence of the structure shown in images such as this one by Jim Thommes. Better than a CCD image of the galaxy group is this sketch by Michael Vlasov showing the relative sizes and orientations of the group members. |