Flat Galaxy RFGC 2044 - UGC 6483, RFGC 1945 - NGC 3501, UGC 6116 , both in Leo

[Mike JW]

You get plenty for your money with this view. UGC 6483 is a mag 15 galaxy (Sc) and about 180 million lyrs away. Now note its little companion just off the right hand end. However redshift puts the companion at 1.8 billion lyrs away - surely not - it looks in front of 6483. There are quite a crowd of galaxies in this shot including another one at well over a billion lyrs away.

 

RFGC 1945 - NGC 3501 (UGC 6116), is a real beauty, with a hint of a dust lane on the left side of the core, about 53 (or 74) million lyrs away, mag 13.  I just had to include the spikey star for the composition value. Just off the top end, to the right is PGC 213775, mag 17 and almost a billion lyrs away.

 

[mdstuart]

I have seen NGC 3501 in my 16 inch a while back. It needed averted vision. My note says near NGC 3507 😂

Mark

[Mike JW]

Mark, I always feel the 15/16" can do surprisingly well on a v.g. night and using AV but as you know the 20" ups the pleasure.

Mike