Observations of NGC7768
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NGC 7768 in Pegasus
November’s Galaxy of the Month provided a delightful outing (02/11/2016), struggling against the “clag” of GB skies at NELM of 5.4.
Once I had the scope (20” Dob) pointed at the exact location it was relatively easy to spot the central part of NGC 7768. There was no obvious signs of a bright centre or extended halo.
Locating nearby NGC 7765 was somewhat harder being fainter and smaller but AV teased it out from the clag. A magnification of x294 was needed to give sufficient contrast. Despite my best efforts NGC 7766 proved impossible, (I have located it on a good night). NGC 7767 proved relatively easy to detect but I would not like to claim that it appeared elliptical – may be at times in moments of better seeing. On a good night I have seen it as clearly elliptical. I note IC 1511 next door to NGC 7767 is a star – a hint of something (probably clag), also IC 1512 to the South-West, showed a more definite hint of a star/fuzz.
Mike Wood - 3 November 2016
