IC 334 - Nice object

[mdstuart]

Finally some dark sky and no moon..

After enjoying 168P the nice comet in Pegasus I went for a few new fuzzies..

Not much success but IC334 was an exception. Nice glow, relatively large and not too difficult to see in the 10 inch..Nice and high in the North at the moment as well..

It had a bright supernova in 2008 apparantly and has distorted dust lanes in pics.. Just over 100 million light years away..

And no NGC number!

Welll worth the visit..

Mark

[cotterless45]

Thanks for the heads up,will put it on the short list. I love galaxies with a story.

Had a superb night last night. It was crystal until about 3 when the grey stuff rolled in ( and I don't mean the neighbours!),

Nick.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Thanks for the report. I spotted it on the map in my sky atlas, but did not get round to viewing it. I will give it a go next time round. Regarding non-NGC fuzzies: I trust you have bagged IC 342 nearby.

[mdstuart]

Michael

I have seen the core of 342 but to be honest it was much harder than IC 334.

Mark

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Michael

I have seen the core of 342 but to be honest it was much harder than IC 334.

Mark

Interesting. I found IC 342 difficult (only spotted it once), almost resembling an open cluster with some nebulosity, what with all the foreground stars. I was at a dark location with very transparent skies, and IC 342 was almost overhead at the time. If IC 334 is a lot easier I should give it a go!