Delphinus - off the beaten track, some edge on galaxies

[Mike JW]

FGC 2291 (UGC 11647), classified as Scd and about 364 million lyrs away. Mag 13 ish galaxy in a nice star field.

FGC 2292 (PGC 91683) lies about 250 million lyrs away. It is there in the shot!  It is a mag 17 edge on (I think the faintest edge on I have picked up). Look below the bright central star, about half way to the next bright star.

FGC 2309 (PGC 91695) lurks around the 1 billion lyrs mark and is another mag 17, edge on. Look between the two bright star that are just above the centre of the fov.

FGC 2302 (UGC 11666) gets you two galaxies, in a crowded star field. The question is, 'are they near to each other'? - the edge on is about 250 million lyrs away and the nice face on spiral is twice as far away - around the 500 million lyrs away.

 

Always interesting to go off the beaten track.

Mike

[Martin Meredith]

What's more, there's a beautiful line of stars in that last one (lower left)

Martin