| Description | NGC 6361 is a straightforward target, but the tiny galaxy on its tail, MCG +10-25-3 is magnitude 15.8 and another story altogether. And, of course, the connecting dust lanes are even more obscure. BTW, the MCG catalog was based on the Palomar Sky Survey, and contains only a few galaxies above magnitude 15. Presumably this galaxy is cataloged in MCG because of its importance to Arp. Unfortunately, the evening's transparency, never very good, took a big hit after 20 minutes of integration, with a now thickened layer of high clouds shutting me down. It was tough to distinguish any connecting lane from general noise in the SharpCap capture... I processed it heavily in Affinity Photo and just managed to bring it out (note it's not terribly evident in the Palomar capture either). |
