Object of the week May 27, 2012 - PGC 53047/46 (MCG+01-38-006) “Kronberger Triangle"
PGC 53047/53046 (MCG+01-38-006) aka “Kronberger Triangle”
Galaxy Pair in Virgo
PGC 53047 ("triangle")
14h51m24.5s +06d47m57s ; V = 14,86 (NED); 1’x0,3’ (=Anon 1448+07 B, IRAS 14489+0700, 2MASX J14512435+0648048)
PGC 53046
14h51m23.3s +06d48m06s ; V = 16,34 (LEDA),6’x0,4’ ; (=Anon 1448+07 A, 2MASX J14512204+0648148)
The galaxy pair was named after Matthias Kronberger, member of the Deep Sky Hunter group who gave me the idea.
The unusual detail is the triangle shape of PGC 53047. The structure has an exceptional high surface brightness so that it could be seen in middle to bigger aperture.
With 16” both galaxies could be detected quit easily. The “triangle” shape is not really hard to see, the southern end is much thinner than the northern part.
With 27” both galaxies are quite bright. The triangle is easy to see with knots on the south and north end. Both galaxies are not in contact.
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