Arp 9

ARP 9 2015 Jan 20

Object:            ARP 9      (NGC 2523) Date:               2015 January 20
Peculiarity:    Spiral with split arm.
Constellation:    Camelopardalis Time & altitude: 00.20 UT     68º
Catalogue data: Seeing (5 high):                               3/5
            R.A:                8h 15m Transparency (5 high):                   4/5
            Dec:                +73º 35 Telescope:                 0.5m f4.1  Dob.
            Magnitude:    11.9 Eyepiece:      8mm Ethos    x260
            Galaxy size (mins):  3 x 1.8 Filters:            None

Notes:

A featureless halo elongated 2:3 with a bright central bar on the minor axis, aligned ENE-WSW. The minor axis is about 1’ long.