Object of the Week Feb 05, 2012 - ARP 143 "Genie in a Bottle"

[Jimi Lowrey]

ARP 143 AKA NGC 2444 NGC 2445

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NGC 2444 MAG 14.2 SO PEC
NGC 2445 MAG 13.9 IM PEC

I have heard these galaxies called the "Genie in a Bottle" but not often. NGC 2445 has lots of knots and bright H II regions. I wonder how many can be seen? NGC 2444 has a bright nuclei and a very faint plume going to the north. There is lots of suttle detail in this pair of interacting galaxies.

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I was looking on the SDSS at this object and found something very interesting in the Plume of NGC 2444. What I found was a back ground Quasar 17.5 V MAG. this would be a good challenge object. I would like to hear your reports on this object. The Quasar is at a Z.616.

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"GIVE IT A GO AND LET US KNOW"

GOOD LUCK And GREAT VIEWING!

[Steve Gottlieb]

Ah, the Remarkable Extragalactic System NGC 2444-5

Check out this 1959 journal article by the Burbidges and the image taken with the 82-inch at McDonald

http://ads.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=130&plate_select=NO&page=12&plate=&cover=&journal=ApJ..

[Jimi Lowrey]

I Did not Know that the Burbidges were ever at McDonald.

Thanks Steve ill have to check out the old logs in the Library.

[Ana]

Cute galaxies, Jimi! I've looked them a few times. Most recently Jim and I observed them in February 2011 from the Texas hill country. At first, they appeared as two interacting galaxies. They showed some of the brighter knots. Of course, the Big O located them first and provided an excellent view but we also had Jim's magnificent obsession (the 30") and we got a surprise. NGC 2445 appeared to consist of two connected lobes. A third galaxy, LEDA 200237, is part of NGC 2445. We were excited about seeing the third galaxy and never even noticed any quasar.

[Jimi Lowrey]

Hi Ana,

Great to see you here!

Thanks for the heads up on the LEDA galaxy. Ill have to track that one down.

[Dragan]

Welcome Ana! We're glad you've signed up!!

[Ana]

I'm excited about DSF!

[Adrian R.]

Hey Jim..
I've heard some AMAZING things about your observatory and it's instruments. That is a fantastic photo. Did you take these through the 48"?

[Uwe Glahn]

Hi Jimi,

great OOTW. Unfortunately I don't know the pair with my 27", but it was also impressing with the "old" 16". I could see detect one knot in NGC 2445 (I think the S knot is a star?), see sketch (http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/Zeichnungen/NGC2444_NGC2445.htm).
The Quasar is a very cool detail, but 17.5vmag seems very faint. Looking at the SDSS it seems to be fainter than 17.5. I have to give it a try.

CS, uwe

[Jimi Lowrey]

Uwe WELCOME to DSF

Nice sketch.

You should put some of You're fantastic sketches in the Sketches and Image thread.:)

[Jimi Lowrey]

Adrian R WELCOME to DSF,

I do not do imaging with the 48" its a visual only scope;)


The Image is from the Sloan (SDSS).