Galaxies near M92 in Hercules

[mdstuart]

Lovely night when it finally got dark..

Observed a little group of disbursed galaxies up and right of M92...you know the other globular in Hercules.

So, I managed to enjoy NGC 6329 6332 6336 and 6323.. They all have a similar red shifts of about 8000 km/s so all about 350 million light years away.

6329 is the brightest visually followed by 6332 & 6336 with 6323 the hardest requiring averted vision and patience to spot...in my 16 inch from me small town sky.

This article covers the area where I was observing...this chap is able to see much more than me!

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/a-chain-of-galaxies-near-m92/

Why don't you give it a go and see how many you can see.

Mark

[Paul73]

Too faint for me I'm afraid. I spent a while in that area last night and didn't see any of that group

Paul

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

To faint for me with my 8" scope, alas

[John]

Thanks for the nice report (as usual) and the challenge Mark

I'll have a look at that area when I've next got my 12" dob out. I've popped the ED120 refractor out this evening to have a look at Saturn later because the dob can't view that low in my sky.

I do like the challenge of observing really distant galaxies, as far as my aperture and conditions will allow

[YKSE]

Nice work Mark

6329 is the only one in my to-do list in autumn when darkness returns.