| Object: ARP 278 (NGC 7253A and B) | Date: 2015 August 9 |
| Peculiarity: Interacting double galaxies. | |
| Constellation: Pegasus | Time & altitude: 23.45 UT 64º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 4/5 |
| R.A: 22h 19m | Transparency (5 high): 4/5 |
| Dec: +29º 24 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitudes: 13.6 & 14.4 | Eyepiece: 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Galaxy sizes (mins): 1.7×0.5 & 1.6×0.5 | Filters: None. |
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Notes: Had a lot of bother finding the correct field. This region is peppered with stars and lacks any stand-out patterns. The galaxies are also difficult to see, in fact I could not make out 7253B at all. This is odd as the magnitudes are comparable to Arp 293 which I saw OK around an hour earlier. I see that coastal fog is now picking up a lot of stray light from Dover docks. The whole of the SE is lit up like a false dawn yet overhead the Milky Way is still good. As far as I could tell, 7253A appeared as a thin irregular streak without any sort of structure. |
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