Object of the Week Mar 4, 2012 - ROSE 16

[Jimi Lowrey]

Rose 16

Canes Venatici

J2000
RA
13 56 25
DEC
+28 31 38

Rose 16 A AKA CGCG 162-31 Mag 14.3 V Type E S0

Rose 16 B AKA CGCG 162-34 MAG 14.8 V Type SA

Rose 16 C AKA CGCG 162-33 MAG 15.5 V Type SD

Rose 16 D AKA CGCG 162-32 MAG 15.6 V Type E S0 AGN

If you are a fan of the Hickson catalog you are going to like this nice chain of four galaxies from the 1977 ApJ paper by James Rose " A Survey of Groups of Galaxies" This is his 16 galaxy group in his catalog and also its the second brightest of all. Dr Rose did his catalog when he was a visiting student at Kitt Peak.
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Up in the North West of the image in brackets is a nice challenge Object to try for its the 17.1 V MAG Edge on galaxy 2MFGC 11247. If you see this one you will be in the company of very few who have seen this ghostly streak.
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If you like this group I highly recommend that you go to my good friend Alvin Huey web site and down load his free observing guide of the Rose Catalog .
http://www.faintfuzzies.com/DownloadableObservingGuides2.html

So the next time you are under a clear dark sky remember ROSE 16 and,

"GIVE IT A GO AND LET US KNOW"

GOOD LUCK AND GREAT VIEWING!

[Dragan]

Hey Jimi,

What a great group!! I'll definitely try for the 2Mass flat galaxy next time out!!

And thanks to Alvin for putting together that guide book!

[Deepsky-NM]

That ghostly streak looks like a really good challenge for my trusty old 20" at the upcoming TSP. Thanks Jimi, for pushing folks to improve their observing skills by tackling challenging objects.

Gordon

20" f/5 Tectron
And other assorted doo-dads

[Jimi Lowrey]

Welcome to DSF Gordon. I bet you get that ghostly streak at TSP. Let us know if you do.

[Dragan]

A brief synopsis of my notes from the other night....

11APR12 S/3 T/3 SQM 21.43

My first view of Rose 16. All 4 components visible in an evenly spaced orientation from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock. 8 Ethos provided me 393x and framed all 4 galaxies nicely. Using my 7mm ortho (450x) & 6ortho (525x) did not reveal the 2MASS flat galaxy Jimi refers to in the original post.

[FaintFuzzies]

Copy/pasted from my Rose Compact Galaxy observing guide

22" (306 and 460x) - This chain of four roughly equidistant galaxies is about 6' long and PA = 120°. Starting on the west side this time as this is the brightest of the lot. The first galaxy, MCG+5-33-24, is a considerably faint round glow of about 20" across. Next in line is MCG+5-33-24A is a very faint small round glow. About 10" across. MCG+5-33-25 is a considerably faint 3:2 elongated glow. PA = 120° and 15" long. Last galaxy in the chain, MCG+5-33-26, is a considerably faint 2:1 elongated glow. PA = 135° and 20" long.