Arp Peculiar Object Number 279 - Interacting Galaxies

NGC 1253 (PGC 12041, and with PGC 12053 = Arp 279)

Discovered (Sep 20, 1784) by William Herschel

A 12th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type SAB(rs)cd) in Eridanus (RA 03 14 09.2, Dec -02 49 23)

Apparent size 5.3 by 2.3 arcmin.

"Excerpt courtesy of Courtney Seligman"

cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12a.htm#1253

 

Image: Cherryvalley Observatory (I83). Telescope: 0.2-m SCT & SBIG STL-1301E CCD Camera @f7.6. Image Scale 2.17 arcsec/pixel, Field of View 46 x 37 arcmins. Combined Stack of two images of 212 seconds each unfiltered and unbinned. CCD operating temperature: -42 degrees. Image acquisition and processing: CCD Soft v5, TheSky6 Professional and Mira Pro v7. November 23rd 2014.

 

Dr. Halton Arp originally compiled the Atlas of peculiar galaxies with photographs he made mainly using the Palomar 200-inch telescope and the 48-inch Schmidt telescope between the years 1961 to 1966. Original image can be found here: ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Figures/big_arp279.jpeg

 

Done