Barred spiral galaxy. Distance 70 Mly. Size 3'. Magnitude 11. Ursa Minor. 2025-08-24, Williamsville. 12" SCT, F/3.3, 40 s exposure. Bar dominates. Bright nucleus. Faint star embedded in the bar next to the nucleus. Bar brighter opposite the star, where it curves into an arm away from the nearest field star. This arm segment almost connects to an arc running through the opposite end of the bar.
October 8, 2024. Spruce Knob, T 3/5, S 1/5, SQM 21.24 (diffuse aurora). 20" F/4. Late fall Herschels.
NGC 772, GX, Ari. 8 mm. Small, slightly elongated, brighter in the middle to a nucleus. Thin arm points between two stars. Much smaller galaxy near.
NGC 752, OC, And. This cluster fills the field of the 26 mm 100-deg. Bright stars, no concentration.
NGC 891, GX, And. 26 mm. Very greatly extended, brighter to the middle, tapering ends. Bisected in the middle by a dark lane.
M33 (NGC 598, HV-17). GX, Tri. 26 mm. Very large, just framed. Overall slightly elongated. Relatively small bright core. Two arms dominate. One ends in two knots, the other extends symmetrically like an "S" and ends in a broad patch. Two more arms are found between these two. One of these ends in an enhanced patch and points at a widely separated compact cloud. The second short arm has two knots.
NGC 404, GX, And. Next to a very bright star. Small, relatively bright, compact.
NGC 908, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Elongated, little brighter in the middle to a nonstellar nucleus. Arm runs on one end inwards of a star. The opposite arm is brighter and has a sharp outer edge near the core, which faces a bright star pair.
NGC 1055, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Greatly elongated. Tapering ends, gradually brighter to the middle. The edge facing the star is straight and sharp. There is a faint extended patch of light next to the star.
NGC 936, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Small round core, bright nucleus, thin extensions of the core. Traces of an off-round halo with an enhanced edge that is extended in a different direction from the core.
NGC 1022, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Round core, gradually brighter to the middle. Short arm emerges CW from the core opposite a star that is near. A fainter star is embedded in the halo.
NGC 1052, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Elongated overall. Small bright core with a nucleus. Faint extensions. A triangle of faint stars near.
NGC 1084, GX, Eri. 8 mm. Elongated, little brighter in the middle. Fine mottling. Short CW arm points S, another points N.
NGC 488, GX, Psc. 8 mm. Slightly elongated. Small core with a nucleus. Extensive halo is brighter away from the star.
NGC 524, GX, Psc. 8 mm. Considerably small and faint. Much brighter in the middle to a nonstellar nucleus. Edges diffuse.
October 8, 2024. Spruce Knob, T 3/5, S 1/5, SQM 21.24 (diffuse aurora). 20" F/4. Fall Herschels.
NGC 136, OC, Cas. Conspicuous small cluster. Rich in faint stars. Partially resolved in 13 mm. A line of 3 brighter stars appears superimposed on one side. Bright star near.
NGC 129, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Irregular, poorly detached but conspicuous aggregation of uniform bright stars. No concentration. 3 brighter stars form an almost equilateral triangle in the most compact part of the cluster.
NGC 225, OC, Cas. 13 mm. A group of uniformly bright stars that resembles Capricornus. Two strings of similar stars are near and may be part of the cluster. Star-poor background.
NGC 381, OC, Cas. 13 mm. A somewhat triangular patch of Milky Way. No concentration. Poorly detached except one vertex, which is pointing into a void.
NGC 457, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Bright cluster, moderately condensed, well detached. Two bright stars on edge. A string of stars is snaking across the core.
NGC 436, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Poor, moderately well-detached, little condensed, faint and bright stars. An arc of stars in the middle. A line of similar stars on edge.
NGC 637, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Irregular, poor, but well-detached. Triangle of bright stars in the middle.
NGC 559, OC, Cas. Irregular, extended cluster of faint and bright stars. The faint stars are partially resolved in the 13 mm and merge with the Milky Way background. Overall resembles a goose with spread wings and neck bent to the side.
NGC 659, OC, Cas. 13 mm. This is a questionable patch of the Milky Way next to a bright star. Heart-shaped, one side brighter.
NGC 654, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Irregular, rich, great range of star brightness. One edge straight. Warm-tinged lucida on the other side.
NGC 288, GC, Scl. 13 mm. Large, faint, little compressed. Triangular. Resolved across the core.
NGC 157, GX, Cet. 13 mm. Slightly elongated, little brighter to the middle. An arm embraces an unequal pair of stars. The edge opposite the arm comparatively sharp. Fine mottling.
NGC 613, GX, Scl. 13 mm. Greatly extended. Small core, faint starlike nucleus. An arm curves sharply from this central lens toward a bright star. A second arm curves symmetrically from the other end of the lens, and there appears to be a separated patch opposite the star.
NGC 596, GX, Cet. 13 mm. Bright round core, faint extensions. Starlike nucleus.
NGC 584, GX, Cet. 13 mm. Elongated, brighter in the middle, starlike nucleus. Faint diffuse galaxy near.
NGC 615, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Elongated core next to 2 stars. The galaxy extends faintly past the near star and has a separated patch on the other end.
NGC 720, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Small round core, long faint tapering extensions.
NGC 799, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Greatly elongated, gradually brighter in the middle. One half is brighter than the other.
NGC 7662, PN, And. 8 mm. Bright, round, bluish. Middle and one side are darker.
NGC 7686, OC, And. 26 mm. This is a sparse scattering of uniform stars of moderate brightness that appear bluish. A wide unequal pair of bright stars seems superimposed along with several other stars that are comparatively bright. These brighter stars add to the magnitude of the cluster but also make it hard to find in the field rich in similar bright stars.