Interesting targets.

[NickK]

I thought I'd start a thread about interesting targets that people may be interested in turning their scopes to (rather than the usual M42..)

My interesting target for this post is: NGC 4567 (12:36:33.88 +11:14:59.3), magnitude 10.

Not only does it have a very easy to remember number it's also interesting for a second reason, here's an image from aladin which shows two galaxies together:

[terrym2002uk]

Are they colliding?

[NickK]

According to wikipedia - yes!

NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ollypenrice]

I think the trick in being original lies in focal length. You need either a very short one (and/or mosaic the region) or a very long one. With a short one you can discover all sorts of large scale structures not normally seen and with a long one you have a host of galaxies and planetary nebulae to go for. My heart lies in the very wide, personally, and my dream setup would be 2 full format camera-scope setups in parallel. Or four, of course, or six...!! But, arriving soon, will be a scope of nearly 2.4 metres FL and that, when running, should allow us to have a look at objects like yours above.

Olly

[NickK]

Another interesting target found near Pollux:

NGC 2537 Bear Paw Galaxy

Mag 11.7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2537