String of Pearls

ARP 331

Arp 331, “The String of Pearls”
Sketch and Details by Jeff Young

Here’s something a bit off the beaten path: Arp 331, comprising a string of NGC galaxies in Pisces.

My sketch shows NGC383 in the center, with NGC380 and then NGC379 to the N. Somewhat dimmer are NGC385 and NGC384 to the S, with the averted-vision-only NGC386 in between (the dimmest one captured on the sketch). I missed NGC382 (which was too close to NGC383 to differentiate), and NGC388, which was too dim for my instrument and conditions.

Sketched 11/27/2008 from County Louth, Ireland,

as viewed through 16” Mak-Cass @ 150X; Pickering 8, NELM 5, SQM 20.4

Daler-Rowney HB Graphic pencil on white cartridge paper. Scanned and inverted in Photoshop.

3 thoughts on “String of Pearls”

  1. Excellent work again Jeff. I shall take your lead and visit these delightful galaxies myself.

    Thank you, Dale

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