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Object: ARP 145 (UGC 1840) |
Date: 2015 October 8
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| Peculiarity: Material emanating from elliptical galaxy. | |
| Constellation: Andromeda | Time & altitude: 21.10 UT 48º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 3/5 |
| R.A: 2h 23m | Transparency (5 high): 3/5 |
| Dec: +41º 22 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitude: 13.8 | Eyepiece: 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Galaxy size (mins): 1.5 x 1.3 | Filters: Lumicon Deep Sky |
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Notes: Very tricky to see. The galaxy, just another faint glow, is located extremely close to two distracting 6th magnitude stars (only the nearest (S) star shown in the drawing). Excluding both stars from the field of view puts the target awkwardly at the edge of the field of view. The galaxy is on the N side of a double star. |
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