Andrew Cooper
Aug 13, 2023    Waikoloa, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 104x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Big, faint, a swath of glow extending 20' x 5' north to south, generally brighter to the center without a notable core, no other structure noted, no dust lane visible, a 9th magnitude star at the southern extent

Andrew Cooper
Nov 11, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Big, faint, low surface brightness, 20' x 5' north-south, no notable core, the 9.5 magnitude star HD 4529 at the southern reach.

Andrew Cooper
Oct 12, 2007    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm f/6 APO, TeleVue-76 @ 22x
Moon: 0%

Good sized, dim, no notable core, extended 4:1 north-south, one field (3°) south of β Cet

Andrew Cooper
Sep 28, 2003    Las Cienegas NCA, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Big! but not much more to say, elongated N-S, no real core, just a general brightening to the center, a little more defined to the south

Harold Corwin

While there is no mistaking this large galaxy -- one of the nearest in our sky -- the position I've chosen still carries a whiff of doubt in my mind. Is the object at that position the stellar nucleus, or is it a superposed star? Concensus at the moment (December 2013), from various notes and abstracts in NED, suggests it is indeed the nucleus. But I was unable to dig out a spectrum of the object to be sure. Even if it is a star, though, it is still a good proxy for the galaxy.

― NGC Notes by Harold Corwin

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