Gemini Arp 165

[Mike JW]

Arp 165 - NGC 2418 is a larger peculiar elliptical galaxy which Arp classified under galaxies with diffuse elements (what ever that means). It lies about 240 million lyrs away.

It has a hint of a "jet" but professional images show the presence of two stars at this point. The galaxy seems to have suffered some sort of disruption but there are not any nearby candidates. There is a galaxy just above it but that is likely to be distant.

 

[Martin Meredith]

Here's mine. There is a tiny hint of the faint tail that comes out at the top and curves away to the left, but you can only see it if you have already seen the picture in the Arp book! I will reprocess to see if I can bring it out more using an extreme stretch....

Martin

 

 

[Mike JW]

I looked at Aladdin images and shows the curving tail. On another high resolution image it clearly showed two (foreground?) stars.

Your shot gets both the faint galaxies above. I only got the brighter (bigger) one. Mike 

[Bill S]

Here's my observation of Arp 165. I looked back through my previous observations (courtesy of Jocular's earlier observations feature) and this is the only one I have.

The stacked image does show something sticking out. (The stars.) I cannot see any filaments as such.

Needless to say I was unaware of this until you (Mike and Martin) referred to it.

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May well be worth another look sometime.

Best regards

[Mike JW]

I enjoy sharing and comparing our observations. Thanks Bill and Martin.