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Here are some ring or ring-like galaxies from my website (SDSS images). These are all 13.5' x 10' (roughly a high power view) which should give you an idea of the scale. Sorry I haven't gotten most of them their own proper pages with data- still working on that. Most if not all are visible in medium scopes, but seeing the rings is another story...

NGC 6028

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Lots more, I'm sure.

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You mean something like Hoag's Object, David?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoag's_Object
It was on my object list for the 25" last year, but weather conditions never were ageeable when I was out at the observatory. Give it a shot next time you are at Cherry Springs or at the Almost Heaven party.

Bill

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Here's an observation of Hoag's (Ring) Object with my 18-inch from last summer's Golden State Star Party in early July, '08. No sign of outer ring, though just viewing the core itself wasn't easy.

At 280x this ring galaxy appeared extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, low even surface brightness. Visible roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the time with averted vision and could hold only a few seconds at a time. Viewed the core only with no indication of the fainter outer ring. Situated just east of the midpoint of a 8' line connecting two mag 10 and 11 stars oriented SE to NW. Several fainter stars are grouped to the south of the mag 11 star.

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I was with Steve at GSSP and observed it through his 18" and my 30". We could not discern the ring structure even in the 30".

I do recall reading an observing report from a few folks from Texas Star Party that Bob(?) Christanson, Larry Mitchell and maybe Faith Jordan observing the ring of Hoag's object during last years star party. They used a 25" and 36" reflectors. Perhaps Faith can chime in.

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I can indeed chime in - sorry it's a few months late, I missed this thread somehow! Here's what I wrote on my blog, from the notes I made that night: 'The most interesting object of the night was the ring galaxy Hoag's Object (PGC 54559) in Serpens Caput, seen though the [Jim Chandler's] 30 inch. The core was seen easily enough but the ring was tougher. Some people saw it, others didn't. I eventually saw it, but only after a lot of staring with averted vision. Part of it popped into view, then another part and eventually the whole ring appeared for a second before disappearing again.'
I didn't see it with any of the other scopes. I didn't look at it with the 36", for some reason.

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