November Challenge Object (GX) - NGC55

[iceman]

Sorry for the delay in getting these here, but with the moon not rising until late it's the perfect time to observe them for the rest of this month!

Read all about this object at the November Observing Challenge page (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=69,251,0,0,1,0).

Post your observation reports and sketches here.

DSO images go in the DSO imaging forum.

[dhumpie]

No worries Mike. Its getting to that crazy time of the year again when everything goes really quickly. Anyway here is my 2 cents. This is one of my fave galaxies and ranks right up there with NGC 253, the silver coin. First spotted this from my mag 5.5 suburban balcony with my small 76mm f/9 reflector. It wasn't the easiest object but it was visible as a streak of light. The asymmetry was evident even in this small a scope. When I became more experienced, I could also spot it in my 10x50's and got better views in my 15x70's. Best views are of course from dark sky sites and the galaxy looks mottled in my C6. The asymmetry is very pronounced and one end is definately brighter than the other. Also I get this weird effect whereby the galaxy seem to stretch on forever as if there was no end to the arms. What do you see?

Anyway here is my old sketch:

http://www.geocities.com/dhumpie/dastro/55.jpg

Darren

[CosMos]

Went to the November Observing Challenge Page and the links lead to past observations/maps.

Cheers Rich :help:

[iceman]

Sorry Rich, you're right.. I'll update them ASAP.