Observations of NGC90
These are the observations available for NGC90. If you have any of your own that you'd like to submit we'd love to put them on the website.
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A Month of Arps in Pegasus
I got out in the observatory last night and made a sketch. I had not researched a target, just went for Pegasus galaxies. I sketched NGC 7549 which is a 13th magnitude stunner.
Sketch of NGC 7549 by Dale Holt from his Chippingdale observatory in Hertfordshire. Researching it this morning I see it forms part of Arp 99 and Hickson 93 so I had observed and sketched it before! Although not as a standalone object. Should research before observing!!
Still avery nice object and I pulled out some good detail.
Continuing with my renewed vigour I grabbed a small break in cloud last night to grab an observation and sketch.
NGC 7448 isn't the most exciting galaxy so I won't post this on social media, but as I'm working through the Arp's I can't just pick the cherries 😉
Sketch of NGC 7448 by Dale Holt from his Chippingdale observatory in Hertfordshire. Drawing made on 25 October 2017 using the 505mm mirror and Watec 120N+ Cooled video camera. Located in Pegasus, very close to alpha Pegasi. Quite bright magnitude 11.6, elongate N-S. Described as a spiral with detached segments. I noted a bright nucleus, and a brighter region on the northern tip, down in my drawing. I saw the galaxy as having a slightly curved nature.
I got out again and I was straight onto a rather attractive Arp, 65, a pair of NGC galaxies, just to the mid left of the square of Pegasus.
Sketch of Arp 65 (NGC 90 and NGC 93) by Dale Holt from his Chippingdale observatory in Hertfordshire. NGC 90 is the attractive central spiral in my sketch (magnitude 13.6) with NGC 93 to the left (magnitude 13.3).
Tiny companion galaxies lie off projected ends of both spiral arms
. I got some of the companions, but not all of them I'm sure, a good observation though and another Arp tick for me 😃Dale Holt - (28 October 2017).
