NGC 100
Pisces
RA
00 24 02
DEC
+16 29 08
Type Superthin
Mag 13.3
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NGC 100 was found by the famous comet hunter Lewis Swift on the night of Nov 10, 1885 with his 16" Clark refractor. He recorded it "Very faint, pretty small and much extended" I think he understated the "much extended" part! This for me is my most favorite of all the edge on galaxies that I have viewed to date. For many years I poured over the Flat Galaxy Catalog looking at many of this type of galaxy but NGC 100 is my favorite so far. I return to it every fall and it has become like an old friend to me. I remember the first time I swept up this ghostly streak like it was last night. I was in Tates Hell swamp in the Florida panhandle about 15 years ago and still can visualize the low surface brightness streak coming in to view of the 31 Nagler.
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There is more to NGC 100 than its LSB streak. There is also a challenge object that most know little about. Its the galaxy PGC 1509358 which lies near the South West end of NGC 100. I used the SDSS photomertry to get an approximate V Mag of this little guy and I came up with 17.2 V mag +/-. This should make it detectable with many of the scopes on this forum. So give it a go, you might be one of the first to visually observe this galaxy!
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I hope you will view NGC 100 next time you are out under the stars. I can never get enough of its ghostly streak and hope it too will become one of your fall favorites. Please let us know of your observations of the PGC 1509358 and like I said, you might be one of the first to view this galaxy.
"Give it a go and let us know!
Good luck and great viewing!"
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