One of the few observable galaxies in Cassiopeia is a 9.2 galaxy with the designation NGC 185 or U396. I was impressed with the visual appearance of it Saturday evening in front of my home in my 16" f4.5 dob. With relatively good transparency and seeing, I was able to penetrate down to about 13 magnitude despite the ambient light pollution. I found the galaxy responds quite well to viewing with it in my 10mm Ethos eyepiece combined with a astro-tech broad band filter. The object initially appears like a large planetary nebula but inspection reveals a stellar core.
There's a link in imbedded in the following link that shows what I'm talking about:
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?121367-NGC-185-Ellipitcal-galaxy-with-a-blue-core-and-dust-clouds
The outskirts of the galaxy appears nebulous but the central region is star studded.
I was thrilled to see this object and I'd encourage observers with relatively large scopes to view it under dark skies and report their impressions...
There's a link in imbedded in the following link that shows what I'm talking about:
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?121367-NGC-185-Ellipitcal-galaxy-with-a-blue-core-and-dust-clouds
The outskirts of the galaxy appears nebulous but the central region is star studded.
I was thrilled to see this object and I'd encourage observers with relatively large scopes to view it under dark skies and report their impressions...
