I remember stumbling upon this guy and saying to myself "Wow, that's a perfect face-on spiral galaxy! Why didn't I know about this before???"
I'd just love to see it in colour by some of you guy's.
I nominate NGC 1232; Mag: 9.8, Size: 7.4 x 6.5 (arc mins), Transits @ 00:51.
Like last month it's in Fornax (sorry if this isn't good for you! ... I can't leave Fornax at this time of year..). It's quite big and bright so hopefully suitable to most people. It looks like it has a second galaxy perhaps attached or distant? But I can't find an Id for it in TheSky.
I was torn between this and NGC 2442 (the meat hook) which is also spectacular but a little lower this time of year so thought I'd take the safer option (hopefully less trees nearer the zenith!).
Neither are my current style of object (mag 18 fiant little galaxies) but I don't think DSLR users would appreciate me choosing one of them
And I'd love to see nice colour in this guy.
Attached is my shot from last year. I'm hoping to take another for this comp though.
Roger.