- Description: The bright object in the frame is the star Regulus in Leo. Leo 1 is the faint smudge
beside it. A Local Group member, this dwarf elliptical is magnitude 11.2 but spread over an area of 9.8 x 7.4
arc minutes giving low surface brightness. The bright star right next door makes this target a challenge!
Also known as UGC5470 and located about 820K light-years distant. The small galaxy below it is 14th
magnitude IC591 about 133M light-years away.
- Film: Hypered Kodak Tech Pan
- Scope: Home-made 8" f6 Newtonian
- Filter: none
- Exposure: 50 minutes, manually guided.
- Location: Highway 22x west of Calgary, Alberta
- Date: April 9, 1989
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