BOB FRANKE (3) Spiral NGC 4565 2 1 1 2 A B C BACKGROUND SPECKS The zoom above shows the galaxy group RX J1236.9+2550. I was able to see two of its members with Jimi Lowrey's 48-inch telescope, which are circled. Both are 18th magnitude. The stars labeled A, B, and C are visible in my sketch on page 22 and are between 15th and 16th magnitude. The faint star between the brackets, which I mistakenly thought was another galaxy at the time of the observation, is also 18th magnitude. 24 MAY 2023 * SKY & TELESCOPE BACKGROUND GALAXIES The circled galaxy (NGP9 F378-0021738) above is the background galaxy I saw with the 48-inch scope in April 2022. I didn't spot either the star within the circle or the galaxy just outside it to the left (east), both at 19th magnitude. An exciting bonus during this observation was seeing irregularities in the dark lane for the first time! The magnification we used was 488×, and the sky was quite dark with an SQM reading of 21.70 (for both observations shown in 1 and 2).