Leo - IC 2657, Hickson 57, SHK 371

[Mike JW]

IC 2657 is a distant galaxy (EO) at about 2.1 billion lyrs away. It is the larger galaxy in the small group - see the inset.

Hickson 57

A lovey collection of eight galaxies.

HCG 57a 57b 57c 57d 57e 57f 57g 57h

"Name" NGC 3753 NGC 3746 NGC 3750 NGC 3754 NGC 3748 NGC 3751 NGC 3745 PGC 36010

Type Sb SBb E3 Sbc SOa E4 SBO SBb

Mag. 14.0 14.3 14.8 14.5 15.4 15.2 15.8 16.7

 

SHK 371. A delightful small curve of faint galaxies (1 = mag 19)

 

 

 

 

 

[Martin Meredith]

Beautiful groups. I've added SHK 371 to my list for tonight.

Here's a shot of Hickson 57 (Copeland's Septet) from a few year's back.

 

 

And just for fun, here's a shot from the year I started out in EEVA when I was using the Lodestar colour camera and a StellarVue Nighthawk achromatic 80mm f6 refractor (horrible star bloat!)

 

 

[Mike JW]

Always good to look back and then assess one's progress. It encourages other folk as well. Mike

[Martin Meredith]

Took a look at SHK 371 last night, oriented as in Mike's image. Doesn't add anything substantial to Mike's capture, but a lovely group to observe anyway! 

 

 

[Martin Meredith]

And here's an updated shot of Hickson 57 which I visited under the name of Arp 320 😉

 

Exposure is actually 9 x 20s = 3 mins (exposure is estimated automatically at present...) 

Martin

[Mike JW]

Hi Martin, glad you got a decent look at SHK 371. I was rather taken by the group. Nice to see your Hickson 57.

Currently clear skies - massive list of targets. Mike