A Trio in Triangulum

NGC 672, IC 1727 and PGC 1803573
NGC 672, IC 1727 and PGC 1803573

Good afternoon,

A clear evening yesterday albeit with quite a glow from a 77% Moon allowed me to go for a lovely trio in Triangulum, NGC 672, IC 1727 and PGC 1803573 far exceeded my expectations in terms of beauty and structural detail the 20″ mirror a Watec video camera yielded.

The observation and sketch was a follow up on an observation Adrian Orr and I shared with my at Kelling Heath using his 18″, on that occasion we had only observed the NGC and IC members, the far more distant mag 16.3 PGC edge on galaxy with central bulge only became apparent to me after I researched the brighter duo. I stated to Adrian only yesterday that it was my desire to catch this third galaxy but at that time it was by no means a foregone conclusion.

I hope that you find my sketch of interest? It is my intention to get back onto the ARP trail with the next clear sky.

Kind regards, Dale

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4 thoughts on “A Trio in Triangulum”

  1. hi! Dale, good sketch. It is an interesting trio turn difficult. Once try see this set easily and appears only 672, 1727 weak and faint in my dob 10 “but in his case shows the trio with ease, good job buddy.

    regards.

  2. Dale,

    An impressive sketch of these galaxies showing great detail.
    You had a fine evening capturing these beauties.
    Well done.

    Frank 🙂

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