UGC 11798 in Cygnus

[Jimi Lowrey]

Marko,

The little galaxy to the east PGC 67244 is listed in NED at MAG 15.3 that should be easy from a dark sky site in your 18. I sure would like to hear how you do when it rolls around.

[Marko]

Marko,

The little galaxy to the east PGC 67244 is listed in NED at MAG 15.3 that should be easy from a dark sky site in your 18. I sure would like to hear how you do when it rolls around.

Good point Jimi, MegaStar shows the same as 15.3. So that is within reach for summer dry skies, should have checked mag. I had not gotten back to this thread but while looking for other pendulum tight groups in my observations I found that Hickson 10 is of that type and it's tiny member is Ngc542 coming in at mag 15.7 which my notes had described only briefly as follows:

NGC 542 And MltG 01 26 30.8 +34 40 31 15.7b 1.0x 0.3'
07/20/09 02:30 LassenBH 338x 5mmTakLE 18SmF3.7
Hick10D: Most difficult of the 4 but averted is a definite show.

I had not noted it was elongated but that is not unusual being near my limits

In any case I look forward to catching the Ugc 17798 group this summer. Thanks.

[Jimi Lowrey]

Marko,
The next time you look at Hickson 10 be sure to try MAC 0125+3434 just north of NGC 529 the Sloan (SDSS) gives it a V MAG of 15.8. Be sure to turn up the power and I bet you can catch that one too.

[Steve Gottlieb]

Marko,

The little galaxy to the east PGC 67244 is listed in NED at MAG 15.3 that should be easy from a dark sky site in your 18. I sure would like to hear how you do when it rolls around.

Well, that little galaxy to the east of UGC 11801 (at 21 43 39.0 +43 33 16) went unseen in my 24" a couple of nights ago, though admittedly the seeing wasn't that good. Still, this was from a dark site with a SQM-L reading of 21.65 and elevation 1400 meters.

I took a closer look at the magnitude after I was home and found Megastar states 15.3, but what is the source and if that magnitude is accurate why did I miss it?

The galaxy is listed in NED as 2MASX J21433900+4333157, but there is no magnitude given.

It's listed in HyperLeda as PGC 67244, and they give a B mag = 17.91 with a possible error of +/- 0.5. Finally, I checked the original MCG listing for +7-44-5, and the rough photographic mag is given as 18. Neither of these magnitude may be that accurate but in any case I'm pretty sure Megastar is in error and the magnitude may be closer to 17 or fainter.

If anyone else takes a look at the trio of UGCs, I'd like to hear your results on this 4th galaxy just east.