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What's your favorite non-Messier galaxy currently visible in mid-northern latitudes?
To make this most applicable to many viewers here, maybe objects reasonably observable in scopes down to about 10-12”.
I’ll start off by offering up the face on spiral in Camelopardalis NGC 2403.
What’s your favorite?
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What's your favorite non-Messier galaxy currently visible in mid-northern latitudes?
To make this most applicable to many viewers here, maybe objects reasonably observable in scopes down to about 10-12”.
I’ll start off by offering up the face on spiral in Camelopardalis NGC 2403.
What’s your favorite?
Probably NGC 253, as it is bright (easy in binoculars) and shows considerable detail at higher powers. NGC 4565 is another one of my favorites, as its needle like form is visible even in a modest aperture. NGC 2403 is down the list a bit, as it doesn't show as much detail as something like the bright spiral NGC 2903 in Leo does. Clear skies to you.
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Ahhh good suggestions David!! In fact I'd have to agree with you on both 4565 and 253 as ranking higher than 2403. I was more just trying to get the discussion going and the ideas flowing. Thanks for your recommendations! 
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I am equally split among 2 favorite NON-Messier galaxies, as shown below:
Both of these galaxies are fairly easy to find, and resolve quite well. As an added bonus, each of these galaxies appear to be in a fairly rich star field which makes observing them an added treat.
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NGC 4565 is at the top of my list, too. On good nights at a dark sky site the dust lane is spectacular in my 11". I think the proximity of all the other Coma DSO's adds to the attraction.
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I don't want to be a "copy cat" but you DID ask for our *favorite* and for me NGC4565 comes to mind. It never fails to impress in my 22"
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Good choices so far. The LMC/SMC are a given, but
5128 is another southern sky jawdropper. I'd also give 3628 an honorable
mention for competently completing the Leo Trio.
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I certainly haven't seen many through a scope larger than mine, but 7331 pops to mind.
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For small telescopes, NGC 253 is hard to beat.
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NGC 6946 is a graceful barred spiral in Cepheus. She shows delicate spiral structure in a 10 inch; her wispy arms arcing east and west from the central bar. If you seek her out with a wide field instrument, you'll be treated to a view of NGC 6939, a nearby open star cluster, together with the galaxy in the same low power view.
You'll find this jewel about 2 degrees south and west of 3rd magnitude Eta (3) Cephei. Here's a link to my observation in the 10 inch: NGC 6946.
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I don't want to be a "copy cat" but you DID ask for our *favorite* and for me NGC4565 comes to mind. It never fails to impress in my 22"
Well yes I did say "favorite" but I was really intending to solicit some ideas that could be compiled in to a "Top 10" list (something narrower than the 200 brightest galaxies ).
But there's nothing wrong with voting for a recommendation already made too
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I would also have to say NGC253, which I looked at last week. It's a good time of year for it and such a nice binocular object also.
Since from the Northwest it is low in the South, you really need to catch it in the fall, when it is straight South. The Sculptor galaxy has to rank as one of the best. Think what it would look like if it was well placed like M31. I'll bet you guys in Arizona get quite a view of it.
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Only one person has mentioned NGC 7331 and it's my favorite of the few non-Messier galaxies I've seen:
"Bears magnification very well, fairly bright, core with disk visible. Appeared tilted to a few degrees from edge-on."
7332 is my second favorite:
"Extremely faint, a brighter core with some delicate lines running off to the sides, looks edge-on; best in 32mm with Barlow."
These are from NELM 5 skies.
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Mike - I like NGC7331 also and it's a good lead-in to Stephan's Quintet. A nice challenge group for small scopes in the 8" to 12" range. I haven't looked at NGC7332 yet, so now it's on my list.
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What's your favorite non-Messier galaxy currently visible in mid-northern latitudes?
My favorite is also NGC 253. Other southern notables at this time of year include NGC 247, NGC 1300, and NGC 1365.
NGC 891 hasn't been mentioned and is certainly worthwhile observing under dark skies.
I'll throw in NGC 7479 and NGC 7814 for good measure.
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Mike - I like NGC7331 also and it's a good lead-in to Stephan's Quintet. A nice challenge group for small scopes in the 8" to 12" range. I haven't looked at NGC7332 yet, so now it's on my list.
Over here you need something more then ! to 12. Lately i had two missers from my backyard allthough about a month ago i saw them at our dark(er) place. They were allready visible in a pan 24...
Skies were not that good lately, too humid...i guess
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I don't want to be a "copy cat" but you DID ask for our *favorite* and for me NGC4565 comes to mind. It never fails to impress in my 22"
Well yes I did say "favorite" but I was really intending to solicit some ideas that could be compiled in to a "Top 10" list (something narrower than the 200 brightest galaxies ).
But there's nothing wrong with voting for a recommendation already made too
For a top 10, NGC 891 would be a good one. Another edge on.
I saw NGC 55 last week for the first time. If it were more to the north, this would be up there.
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7332 is my second favorite:
"Extremely faint, a brighter core with some delicate lines running off to the sides, looks edge-on; best in 32mm with Barlow."
These are from NELM 5 skies.
The part I like the best about NGC 7332 is that it's a 2 for 1 object with NGC 7339 perpendicular to it within the same FOV.
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The galaxy we live in, the Milky Way! Even with the unaided eye more details are visible than in any external galaxy through monster 'scopes (with the possible exception of the Magellanic Clouds.)
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My favorite non-Messier galaxy is NGC-4565 in Coma Berenices.
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I saw NGC 7331 for the first time last night. Definitely a nice non Messier galaxy. Easy to see, even in smallish scopes. Bright, compact, and easily resolvable. This is a good time of year to view it as well.
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7332 is my second favorite:
"Extremely faint, a brighter core with some delicate lines running off to the sides, looks edge-on; best in 32mm with Barlow."
These are from NELM 5 skies.
The part I like the best about NGC 7332 is that it's a 2 for 1 object with NGC 7339 perpendicular to it within the same FOV.
Bill
NGC 7332 and 7339 are one of my favorite galaxy pairs.
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0492.html
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NGC 4565 is up on my list. Bill's choice of NGC 6946 along with the open cluster NGC 6939 38 min. away is my favorite at this time of the year. It's quite a site in a widefield eyepiece under a dark sky. Saw it last night. It's still burned into memory.
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It's hard to pick a single favorite, here are thirteen of the more interesting NGC galaxies: 253 891 2403 2903 3628 4490 4565 4725 5248 5746 6946 7331 7479. Currently visible are put in bold.
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I'm surprised that NGC 4631 in Canes Venatici wasn't mentioned. A very bright edge on galaxy - even in a smaller scope. In my 12" I can see the dwarf galaxy NGC 4627 that is distorting NGC 4631 - so it doesn't really look like an edge on galaxy. I saw it for the first time this spring and returned to it often.
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I'm surprised that NGC 4631 in Canes Venatici wasn't mentioned.
That's probably because the OP asked the following question: What's your favorite non-Messier galaxy currently visible in mid-northern latitudes?
Most of the replies have answered the question as asked. My favorite galaxy of all the ones that I've observed is unquestionably the Large Magellanic Cloud but, of course, one has to go below the equator to get a good look at it. Similarly, I didn't mention any of the great spring galaxies because they aren't visible at this time.
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Another vote for the Sculptor.
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What's your favorite non-Messier galaxy currently visible in mid-northern latitudes?
"Currently visible" is a pretty nasty criterion; that rules out the entire Virgo/Coma cluster, including NGC 4565. Why not open it up to the whole sky visible from mid-northern latitudes?
Obviously, the ballgame changes if you exclude the phrase about mid-northern latitudes. It's hardly fair to include galaxies that Messier couldn't see!
I can think of lots of candidates, many of which have already been mentioned. But just to throw one name out, how about NGC 2903 in Leo?
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Never could pick just ONE favorite
IC 342 - broad face-on galaxy, Sb 15.0, with no core, wispy galaxy in Camelopardalis, several degrees north of Kemble's Cascade. One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, but dramatically reduced in brightness due to obscuration from dust clouds as it is only 10-15° above the galactic plane. Can be detected in a 15x70 under mag 5.7 skies. In a 25x100, can be seen as a broad 20 arcmin brightening whose edges are difficult to detect.
NGC 3628 - edge on Sb 13.5 galaxy was pretty easy compared to IC 342. Almost always seen in conjunction with M65 and M66 in Leo. An excellent binocular object at 25x100.
NGC 5195 - not many locations where you get to see two galaxies (M51-NGC5195) form a bridge between them. Easily visible in 15x70s.
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Edz,
A datum to add re. the visibility of IC342. Seen in 7x35s in a mag. 6.4 sky (SQM ~21.3).
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Some of my favourites are:
NGC253 - the Silver Coin
NGC2683 - the Flying Saucer
NGC2841 (galaxy with a very intense core)
NGC3115 - the Spindle
NGC4314 (one of the most defined bars in a galaxy)
NGC4395 (this one with low surface brightness, but it is prettily inhomogene - HII knots)
NGC4449 - the Box
NGC4526 (my favourite lenticular)
NGC4559 (galaxy with some nice foreground star)
NGC4697 (a quite elongated elliptical galaxy with well defined core)
NGC4762 (tiny, bright needle)
NGC5474 (galaxy with core at the northern edge of inner region)
NGC5907 (thin needle in the summer sky)
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NGC253
NGC7331
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NGC-7331 is a very nice galaxy, especially from a very dark site with a 10-inch or bigger telescope. This galaxy is very much like M-31, but more than 20 times farther away, and like M-31 there's several companions that are also visible from a very dark site. But I like how the dust lane of NGC-4565 is very prominent from a dark site when a 10 or 12-inch is brought to bear on it. But I like how the dust lane of NGC-4565 is very prominent from a dark site when a 10 or 12-inch is brought to bear on it better. In larger telescopes it looks like the photos. In larger telescopes it looks like the photos.
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PGC 17223 and NGC 292. Both are an incredible experience when sweeping with a low power, filtered scope 
Also NGC 253 and NGC 55 would have to be the best telescopic galaxies out there, both show detail from my light polluted backyard.
Also NGC 1313 reveals atleast one of its HII regions in my 12" scope.
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My favorite presents tremendous detail for even the humble binocular:
- scores of HII regions,
- hundreds of dark nebulae,
- hundreds of star clusters, many well resolved, and
- multitudes of individual stars.
Yeah, you guessed it. The Milky Way. I couldn't resist!
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I find it interesting that there are so many different answers or favorites...but most of all, I am tickled that, with these many responses, I now have a handful of new targets to go looking for as well!
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My faves are:
7331 - nice and bright
3077 - forms a trio with M81 and M82
2655 and 2403 - (Camelopardalis) two of my first non-Messiers
5866 - some consider this to be M102 - don't know if you want to count it.
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I find it interesting that there are so many different answers or favorites...but most of all, I am tickled that, with these many responses, I now have a handful of new targets to go looking for as well!
I'm glad you have been able to come up with some new ones to search for Wade! That was my intent when I posted the question.
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Another vote for NGC 891 in Andromeda. It's a tricky one to see unless you have dark skies but I've always liked this one...
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The galaxy we live in, the Milky Way! Even with the unaided eye more details are visible than in any external galaxy through monster 'scopes (with the possible exception of the Magellanic Clouds.)
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My list of favourit galaxies
North! Leo Triplet, ngc 4565, ngc 891.
South! ngc 253, ngc 4945, ngc 5128, and the Grus triplet.
(ngc's 7582,7590,7599).
These are all spectacular in a 16" scope with a 13mm Nagler
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NGC 4565. 
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My list of favourit galaxies
North! Leo Triplet, ngc 4565, ngc 891.
South! ngc 253, ngc 4945, ngc 5128, and the Grus triplet.
(ngc's 7582,7590,7599).
These are all spectacular in a 16" scope with a 13mm Nagler
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Welcome to Cloudy Nights and thanks for your suggestions! I was lucky once to have a couple of viewing nights under perfect skies and a new moon down your way - just outside of Byron Bay. You are very fortunate to live in an amazing place - one of the most beautiful places in the world that I have seen.
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I must admit that NGC 891 is not spectacular from my location, but it is a target along with Stephens Quintet I look for when they are in the sky, even though observing them is hard on my 65 year old knees 
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My rough tally shows the most popular choices so far to be:
NGC 256 - 9 votes
NGC 4565, NGC 7331 - 8 votes each
NGC 3628, NGC 6946, NGC 7332 and NGC 891 - 4 votes each
NGC 2903, NGC 2403 - 3 votes
NGC 2683, NGC 7339, NGC 7479 and the Milky Way - each with 2 votes
And 1 vote for 1023, 247, 1300, 1365, 6939, 1313, 292, 55, 2655, 3077, 4490, 7425, 5248, 5746, 5199, 2841, 3115 4314, 4395, 4449, 4526, 4559, 497, 5907, 5474, 4762, IC-342 and PGC-17223
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Tony Flanders
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My rough tally shows the most popular choices so far to be:
But the vote is clearly skewed by the fact that half your respondents listed only galaxies that are visible in the fall, and the other half did not.
Without the seasonal factor, NGC 256 and 7331 would certainly have come out far below NGC 4565.
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astronron
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NGC 256 is a cluster and Nebula in the SMC 
after looking back through the posts I see you must mean NGC 253
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Edited by astronron (10/16/08 02:12 AM)
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Andreas.V
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My favorit galaxy must be Ngc 7331 i Pegasus.
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Crossen
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My favorite galaxy is NGC 253 of the Sculptor Group. The reason is the photograph of it I saw long ago in the old Time-Life book "The Universe", which showed it as a blue and silver wheel viewed edge-on--it looked like a whole galaxy of Rigel-type supergiants! Years later I was surprised and delighted by how easy NGC 253 is to see in binoculars.
As far as pop in the eyepiece, my most memorable (non-Messier) galaxy experience was NGC 4565. When I first looked for it with my little self-assembled 6-inch f/8 Newtonian (on a beautiful warm mid-April evening), I certainly did not expect to see its dust lane--but, good grief, there it was! It was indescribably delicate.
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Downward Bound
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But the vote is clearly skewed by the fact that half your respondents listed only galaxies that are visible in the fall, and the other half did not.
Without the seasonal factor, NGC 256 and 7331 would certainly have come out far below NGC 4565.
You're completely right. My OP said mid-northern Lats and this time of year but there were a number of votes for objects that missed either or both qualifiers. I just threw everything in to my tally - that's why I qualified it as "rough" . 
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