Markarian 335 Pegasus

[mdstuart]

Finally a clear dark sky. My favorite observation of the night was galaxy Markarian 335. You can only see the glow of the black hole. It was about mag 14.5 ish.

Here is my observation. 

Apparently a black hole flare was seen recently. Here is an artists impression of the flare.

The galaxy is 320 million light years away in Pegasus which is nicely placed at the moment.

Want to look at it? Here is a finder chart.

Let me know how you get on. I think a 10 inch dob should pick it out in good skies.

My journey with Markarian galaxies continues...

 

[bosun21]

4 hours ago, mdstuart said:

Let me know how you get on. I think a 10 inch dob should pick it out in good skies.

A 10" dob just falls short of it at a maximum magnitude of 14.47. A 12" would be required IMO with a max Mag of 14.86.

[Captain Scarlet]

I have managed a 14.7 star with my 5.5” refractor, so in the right sky (my sky) on the right night I would certainly expect to be able to get a 14.5 object in a 10”. Perhaps star vs galaxy are different for same magnitude?

Given the chance, I shall certainly have a go. I’ll try to try with both my 8” and 12”.

Magnus

[mdstuart]

Excellent Magnus, will be interested to hear how you get on.

Mark