| Designation(s) | Arp 262, UGC 12856 |
| Object Type(s) | Galaxy |
| Relevant Catalog(s) | All (Chron), Arp |
| Arp Category | Galaxies with irregular clumps |
| Obs. Lat/Long | 42° 17', 073° 57' |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Date and Time Observed | 2024-10-28 22:53:00 |
| Instrument | EdgeHD 8" w/f7 reducer-1,422mm FL |
| Camera | Player One Apollo Mini |
| Image Details | Up is 99.1 degrees E of N. Total integration time was 22m 45s. Exposures 15s@300g, UV/IR Cut Filter. Darks subtracted, no flats. Dithered and recentered in SharpCap. No guiding. |
| Description | Arp classified this object into "Galaxies with Irregular Clumps". True enough, it is clumpy, but the consensus now appears to be that we're seeing a small galaxy absorbing a dwarf galaxy (bright clump on the right. Again, conventional thinking in the 1960s was that galaxies didn't merge because the distances where thought to be too great... But when I look at many Arp objects they seem to show mergers, and this is certainly one of them. |
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