| Object: ARP 244 (NGC 4038 and 4039) | Date: 2015 February 27 |
| Peculiarity: Appearance of fission. | |
| Constellation: Corvus | Time & altitude: 03.40 UT 14º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 3/5 |
| R.A: 12h 02m | Transparency (5 high): 3/5 |
| Dec: -18º 54 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitudes: 11.2 and 11.1 | Eyepiece: 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Galaxy sizes (mins): 5×3 & 3×1.6 | Filters: Lumicon Deep Sky |
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Notes: The Antennae. Anything at declination -19º from latitude +51º is always badly placed. Altitude is always < 20º. I missed it on the S meridian waiting for the 8 day old Moon to set. Seen as a large, bright, evenly lit haze, slightly oval in N-S. At the N end there is a brighter concentration. The NE antenna was seen at the limit of DV. The S antenna was not detected at all and the observation had to be curtailed as The Antennae moved into trees before this could be investigated. |
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