I’ve been using a sky chart, looking for objects not highlighted by the eVscope software, but visible and perhaps notable. It’s been a bit hit-and-miss, but I’ve captured a few interesting ones over the last couple weeks.
NGC 6140
19m
2026-08-23
Tough to catch, this diffuse spiral is nice, but probably needs a much longer dwell time.
NGC 6643
11m
2026-08-23
A small, tight spiral in the Draco constellation, around 65-75 million light-years away.
NGC 5689
14m
2026-08-24
At a magnitude of around 12.5, this is about as dim as I can get. But it’s a 3-fer: 5689 is in the center, on the left is NGC 5693, and towards the bottom, near the 5-o’clock, is a faint little NGC 5682.
NGC 6070
33m
2026-09-08
This is at the edge of detectable for the eVscope in an urban environment, with an apparent magnitude around 12.5.
NGC 5905 and NGC 5908
48m
2026-09-08
5905 is the face-on spiral, and 5908 is the edge-on spiral. I like these! They’re small, but they’re distinct and bright enough to catch.
M102
27m
2026-09-08
Also labeled as NGC 5866 and called the spindle galaxy, this is small but bright, at a distance of around 45-50 million light years away.
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