Arp 169

ARP 169 2015 Aug 23

Object:            ARP    169

(NGC 7236 & NGC 7237)

Date:               2015 August 23

 

Peculiarity:    Diffuse counter tails.
Constellation:           Pegasus Time & altitude: 00.50 UT     52º
Catalogue data: Seeing (5 high):                               3/5
            R.A:                22h 15m Transparency (5 high):                   3/5
            Dec:                +13º 50 Telescope:     0.5m f4.1 Dob.
            Magnitudes:  13.5 & 15.0 Eyepiece:      8mm Ethos      x260
            Galaxy size (mins):  both 0.7 dia. Filters:            None.

Notes:

Another difficult one to locate, it took a lot of time to find. Two circular cores in a shared oval halo aligned NW-SE. The NW core (NGC 7237) was seen with AV only.