The Sky Today on Tuesday, May 27: The Spindle Galaxy, bright and beautiful

If you’ve got binoculars or a small scope at your disposal, take them out tonight to observe the lovely — and bright — edge-on lenticular galaxy NGC 3115, sometimes called the Spindle Galaxy. Located in Sextans, you’ll find this galaxy still 25° high in the southwest 90 minutes after sunset, in a region to theContinue reading “The Sky Today on Tuesday, May 27: The Spindle Galaxy, bright and beautiful”
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