M81 M82 look alike

[mdstuart]

I was out looking at pairs of galaxies with my 20 inch scope last week and came across this pair.

 

In the eyepiece they looked just like a fainter version of M81/82. Both cores were just visible with direct vision. This image does not do the visual view justice. The top left galaxy NGC 5142 is an edge on object in the eyepiece just like M82 and the bottom right galaxy is an oval like M81.

Both can be found in Canes Venatici which is rising in the NE at the moment. Both are mag 13 and they are around 240 million light years away.

Give them ago and see what you think.

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Froeng]

Nice one! All we need is for someone to switch off the UK power grid on the next moonless night, haha! Joking aside - these are some faint fuzzies indeed. Good find.

Frank