| Object: ARP 285 (NGC 2854 & 2856) | Date: 2015 January 24 |
| Peculiarity: Double galaxies with infall and attraction. | |
| Constellation: Ursa Major | Time & altitude: 22.25 UT 65º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 4/5 |
| R.A: 9h 24m | Transparency (5 high): 4/5 |
| Dec: +49º 14 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitudes: 13.0 & 14.1 | Eyepiece: 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Galaxy sizes (mins): 1.7 x 0.6 & 1.1 x 0.5 | Filters: Lumicon Deep Sky |
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Notes: These two galaxies are very nearly a matching pair. NGC 2854 is slightly the brighter and 2856 is slightly more elongated. Their outlines are well defined and the illumination rises sharply to bright cores. Arp 1 is in the same field of view to the N. |
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