Vacation Announcement
I will be on vacation from June 2nd through June 9th.
If anyone would like to volunteer to post APOD during that time, please FReepmail me.
Otherwise the APOD will not be posted as I will be visiting relatives in California.
There are so many goodies in the southern skies - and many of them are not visible from the continental US! This particular galaxy is located at RA 13:10:04.5 dec. -46:26:10, which makes it effectively visible from about 35 degrees or less north latitude. So if your location is more southerly than that of Atlanta or Los Angeles, you might find this pretty spiral with a good telescope. ---Boy, I'm glad I have Starry Night Pro. It was the only thing that would cough up the MAGNITUDE of this galaxy, which is 12.5. So you will need a decent location south, dark skies, and a good 'scope.
Remember, you won't see an image like the above time exposure taken through a LARGE telescope. Here's a more modest image of this galaxy:
