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Originally Posted by §AB
I've been hunting for this galaxy for ages, and have NEVER seen it. On SIMBAD it is shown as an impressive looking edge on galaxy, sort of like NGC 4945. It is located just to the northeast of omega Centauri, catalogue no: ESO 270-17.
Anyone successfully hunted this down?
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I have observed this object on a few occassions with my 16"
but it is very difficult as it is very faint , and there is a star which in front of it which makes the it even harder to observe.
You need a dark clear sky and good seeing to observe it.
This was galaxy mentioned in the Amastro observing site a few years ago and I took up the challenge to find it
There are a number of faint but observable (in larger telescopes) ESO galaxies in the vercinity of NGC5128.
Image of ESO 270-17.
Ron