Averted vision works well with galaxies too. I can see mag 14.7 stars with my 12" and mag 12.0 galaxies like NGC 4387 are easy. The WML isn't the same as the faintest object we can see. Ron saw the magnitude 13.7 galaxy NGC 646 with a 16".
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...hlight=ngc+360