| Object: ARP 200 (NGC 1134) | Date: 2016 October 31 |
| Peculiarity: Material ejected from nucleus. | |
| Constellation: Aries | Time & altitude: 03.15 UT 37º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 4/5 |
| R.A: 2h 54m | Transparency (5 high): variable 2 to 3/5 |
| Dec: +13º 01 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitude: 12.1 | Eyepiece: 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Galaxy size (mins): 2.5 x 0.9 | Filters: None |
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Notes: Weather continues calm, misty, murky and un-seasonally mild. The sky has 50% cloud cover with cirrocumulus covering the northern half from horizon to zenith. Arp 200 was not conspicuous despite being listed at 12th magnitude. It lies at one end of a curve of faint stars running E then turning N. Initially it appeared as a coarsely mottled circular patch with an offset core and a knot of brightness near the adjacent star. Later it appeared as a blocky oval, with suggestions of structure, lighter and darker striations, running NW-SE, like a dab by an artist’s brush. |
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