| Description | This is a tiny, dim group consisting of four galaxies: the brightest is an elliptical galaxy, NGC1875 (13.7m, 0.8'x0.7'). Then, moving up the chain (and the image): PGC1716 (18.3m, 0.2'x0.2'), PGC17175 (17.1m, 0.4'x0.2'), and PGC17173 (17.4m, 0.4x0.2m). The smaller, dimmer galaxies appear to be younger and spiral. Consistent with the close proximity of the four, filaments connecting them are evident. One imagines that the ultimate outcome will be that all 3 end up absorbed into NGC1875. Imaged on a windy night that required careful use of SharpCap's brightness and FWHM filtering. I was hoping to capture up to an hour of integration, but clouds closed out observing prematurely. |
