[LVAS] NGC-1 and NGC-16

[roger ivester]

All,

 

Anyone observing this weekend...please consider the small and faint galaxies NGC-1 and NGC-16 in Pegasus. 

 

They are not terribly exciting, but to see both of them in a single FOV will be quite an accomplishment.

 

I did a sketch with my 10-inch back in November of '97 of both within a 1/2° field at 114x.

 

I did not have a lot of problems seeing the brighter and larger NGC-16, but NGC-1 was most difficult. It was after many attempts over several years that I could finally see the smaller and fainter of the two. I have always wondered what the view would have presented at a dark site? I was observing from my backyard. 

 

The two faint galaxies might be very bright and exciting from Death Valley? I would sure love to compare some notes.         

 

As Tom Lorenzin said in 1000+ regarding NGC-1   "12.8 mag; 1.5' x 1' extent; very faint and difficult; remarkable only for its NGC number; about 1.5° S and little W of Alpha AND; 20' W of EL GAL NGC-16."

 

My notes were fairly brief.  NGC-1: Very faint, elongated, NE-SW elongation with a more concentrated and brighter middle.

 

NGC-16: Faint, round, bright almost stellar nucleus.

 

Roger 

 

 


 
 
 
 

 
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