Doesn't look like many posting to this forum for awhile so I thought I would throw in a rather obscure object. I was browsing through a Ring Galaxy catalog by Jimi Lowery and came across this one. Most of those galaxies in this catalog are small and faint. But hey, gotta have a challenge to keep things interesting. Sky conditions in MN (just north of Minneapolis) are normally not so good in the winter but the skies were clear and warm for us(25 ABOVE zero in January!). So, off to UGC 4414 in Cancer. 12 exposures of 10 min each, 2x2 binning using a ST8-XME and AO-7 mated to a C11 operating at f/11.3 carried by a MI-250. Listed blue mag of 14.0, size 1.1'x1.0' so it is pretty small.
Chris N
Cedar, MN
Chris N
Cedar, MN
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