Quote Originally Posted by Don Pensack View Post
I note this entire group (well, the NGC members) was visible in my old 8", so a really large aperture is not really needed to see them.
Larger aperture does show them as larger and more detailed, of course.
Is there a better group in Aries? My log has 88 objects in that constellation, but this is the group I keep coming back to.
Good choice!
Ken Hewitt-White wrote a nice article about this area in S & T a number of years ago ("Checking Off the Galaxies at 1 Arietis"). The group, shaped like a checkmark, wraps around the fine double star 1 Arietis.

I've lost count of the number of times I've observed this group--probably four or five times each fall.