ARP 123 (NGC 1888 & NGC 1889)

Lepus

RA
05 22 34

DEC
-11 29 58

NGC 1888
Type SB Pec
Mag 12.83

NGC 1889
Type E-PEC
Mag 14.1

Arp classified this pair "Elliptical close to and perturbing spirals" in his Atlas of peculiar galaxies. This pair of high surface brightness galaxies look great in most scopes and if you are a fan of edge on galaxies you are going to like this OOTW

This image is from the Arp catalog.
Arp 123 from paper.jpg

There is much faint detail you can pull out of this interacting pair. On nights of good seeing I have seen a faint dust lane running across the mottled NGC 1888. Also on the South East end of NGC 1888 there is a bend or kink in the galaxy to look for ,I would like to hear from those who have seen this bend. NGC 1889 the E galaxy looks to me like a bright compact fuzzy glow that looks like to quote Alvin Huey "That it looks like it has jumped out of NGC 1888" Let me know if it looks like that to you!

ARP 123 & MCG -2-14-15.jpg

10.8' East North East of Arp 123 is the 14.4 Mag S0 edge on galaxy MCG -2-14-15 Be sure to check it out when you have finished viewing Arp123. Also if you are up to a real challenge 6.9' North East of MCG -2-14-15 is the 16.5 Mag edge on 2MASX j05234125-1123160 AKA (Mac 0523-1123) its fairly small.

This Image is of the three edge on in a row.
mcg-2-14-15 Arp 123 and Mac.jpg

Hope you will try these interesting line of edge on galaxies next time you are out and,

"GIVE IT A GO AND LET US KNOW"

GOOD LUCK AND GREAT VIEWING!