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[Dave Mitsky]

NGC 520 is a bright and highly distorted galaxy in the constellation Pisces, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.

 

https://www.astronom...galaxy-ngc-520/

[Akarsh Simha]

NGC 520 is one of the handful bright tidal tails that are within the reach of typical big amateur telescopes. I've glimpsed the long tail with my 18-inch.

[Sasa]

Nice choice Dave. I have only two entries in my log book for this galaxy. One negative in 100mm refractor and one positive in 130mm. I could see the galaxy in the larger refractor even from our lightly polluted backyard (~5.0 LNEM). At 120x, it was a small misty line elongated in NW-ES direction, it was hardly noticeable at 48x.

[Starman1]

From my notesfrom my 8" SCT:

sml, v.faint streak, slightly brighter at one end

 

I need to revisit this one with the 16".

[bphaneuf]

Agreed!  It was gorgeous in the 24 last year.  The dust lane divides the view nicely and the tidal tails clearly show what a cosmic train-wreck this Arp object is:

 

 

-b

[JayinUT]

Another to add to the list for a revisit . . . thanks Dave. 

Edited by JayinUT, 21 May 2025 - 01:51 PM.

[SpaceConqueror3]

For some reason, I seldom wander around Pisces but this looks like a cool object to hunt down. Thanks for calling attention to it.

[Bill Weir]

From Sept 4/11

12.5”

Good sized, rather bright, very elongated NW/SE, “blackish” brighter at NW end.

 

That’s from my Herschel 2500 logbook. If I wanted more about observing conditions & magnification I’d have to dig back into notes somewhere in a cupboard. 

 

Bill