A mostly completed merger at mag. 13.8 is NGC 6240 which is probably best seen about right now I believe. Awfully low on the horizon though. On 2010-04-28 18:50, Don J. Colton wrote:
While you are at it you should also look for the Siamese Twins, NGC 4567-68, in Virgo, they are very similar to the Antennae in Corvus.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@??? [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@???] On Behalf Of Canopus56 Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:24 AM To: Utah Astronomy List Serv Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A couple of my peculiar friends - galaxies that is
Thanks, Eric. Looks like someone should take a look-see using the Grim.
I also prepared a supplemental table of Arp's peculiar galaxies that are on the finder charts. This list excludes the special peculiars - The Antenna and The Mice - discussed upthread.
http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/astronote/plan/ VirgoSCGalaxyTourPeculi ars.html
- Kurt