I read the article in the March 2013 Sky&Telescope Cosmic Extremes by Bryan Gaensler and was intrigued by the section Weakest Gravity. The galaxies with the weakest know gravitational attractions SDSSj113342.7+482004.9 and SDSS j113403.9+482837.4 or as Gaensler named them "Napoleon and Josephine". The two galaxies are 370,000 light years apart and are bound to each other by gravity and are in a slow orbit.

I wondered if these small faint galaxies were within reach of my telescope so I used the SDSS photometry to see what the approximately visual magnitude is.

Napoleon- Ra 11 33 42 DEC +48 20 04 is 17.28 V MAG

Josephine- RA 11 34 03 DEC +48 28 37 is 17.6 V MAG

At 17.6 for the dimmest one Josephine look from the SDSS image to be more spread out and blue color which from my experience with the SDSS a blue color galaxy is low surface brightness. I also determined that both galaxies would fit in my 13 Ethos eyepiece field @ 375X

POSS 2 image Josephine is at the top.
Napolin and Josephine.JPG

I observed these two galaxies last Wednesday night under good conditions here in West Texas here are my brief notes

Napoleon----- 375X 488X 610X Very small direct vision bright stellar core with faint small halo two galaxies near by one is a edge on the other very faint popping in and out of view with AV.

Josephine----- 375X 488X 610X By a fairly bright star could hold it with averted vision at375x much easer at 488X direct vision very faint face on soft glow looked fuzzy very LSB.

I did a eyepiece drawing at 375X
Napoleon and Josephine 2.JPG

I was very happy to have tracked down and viewed this small and unassuming pare with the long distance attraction I have always liked a good viewing quest with a good story like Napoleon and Josephine.