Object of the Week Sept 22, 2019 – NGC 1 and NGC 2 in Pegasus

[FaintFuzzies]

Object of the Week Sept 22, 2019 – NGC 1 and NGC 2 in Pegasus
NGC 1 – RA: 00 07 16 Dec: +27 42 29 Size: 2.3 x 2.0’ Mag: 11.8v (source NED)
NGC 2 – RA: 00 07 17 Dec: +27 40 42 Size: 1.2 x .6’ Mag: 12.3v (source NED)

Continuing on my old favorites as I still haven’t observed much as I’m finally getting settled in my new home. I will bring out my scope under hopefully some dark skies when the weather simmers down a bit here in central Texas.

And who doesn’t like lists? I love lists to organize my observing sessions into buckets or classifications of objects. Or sometimes short simple lists such as the Rose Catalogue. This object of the week is the first object of the NGC catalogue! Best part is you get to see the second one on the list, just 2’ south! Pretty cool! Two fer one!

Another neat thing is that we have the second to last object in the catalogue, NGC 7839, in the same field. Unfortunately, it is not a deep sky object, but a star (or a pair of stars)

I apologize that I don’t have my observing notes handy as I’m still unpacking. I couldn’t find them yet. However, I do remember that both of these objects (NGC 1 & 2) are fairly easy in my old 16” reflector and blazing in my 22”.

Based on what I saw/remember, I think NGC 1 and 2 is doable in a 10”.

Now bust out your telescopes and Give it a go and Let us know!

Annotated SDSS image below

SDSS NGC 1 2.jpg

[lamperti]

With a 13", very doable. The triangle of stars was a nice guide for me.
Al

[Uwe Glahn]

A friend of mine calls the pair NGC 1/2 the "autumn-starter".

And of course worth a sketch, 27", 293x, NELM 7m0+, Seeing V
NGC1_NGC2.jpg

[Steve Gottlieb]

It's worth noting that NGC 1 and 2 are an optical pair -- NGC 1 lies at a distance of roughly 200 million light years, while NGC 2 is in the background at ~340 million light years (similar to the Coma cluster).

[MikeWiles]

NGC 120" f/3, 177x - 30" galaxy elongated 2x1 in a NW/SE orientation. Slightly brighter toward the middle. Makes a nice pair with NGC 2. Poor seeing and sub par transparency make this seem more difficult than I think it should be.

NGC 220" f/3, 177x - Small, 20" round galaxy 1' east of NGC 1, averted vision required - seeing and transparency a factor.