Object of the Week November 3, 2013 – NGC 383 chain

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Object of the Week November 3, 2013 – NGC 383 chain

Pisces
Mag of brightest galaxy = 12.8
RA: 01 07 25
Dec: +32 24 47

Since I was out of astronomy for a few months and missing most of the summer observing season due to some health issues, I finally made it out this past new moon. They are behind me now. I’m back on track for the most part.

This week I decide to select an easy object, actually chain of galaxies. NGC 383 is a nice bright chain of 8 NGC galaxies ranging from mag 12.8 to about mag 15.5. This group is also known as the Pisces Group.

This group is suitable for 8” or larger scopes. I observed it last week with my 22” scope at a fairly dark site in the western slopes of the Sierras. This was a pretty fun group.


SDSS image
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So….

“GIVE IT A GO AND LET US KNOW”
GOOD LUCK AND GREAT VIEWING!