I did some googling around on the web tonight to verify my observation and sketch, and determined that NGC 586 was definitely the faint elliptical galaxy I spotted next to the much brighter NGC 584. You can see a good image here: http://www.ngcic.org/dss/n/0/n586.jpg -Rich --- Jim Gibson <xajax99@yahoo.com> wrote:

After I saw what Don wrote I went back to my SkyAtlas and noted that NGC 586 is not shown there. I also noticed in the NGC 2000 catalog that 586 is a 13.2 mag galaxy. I believe that the SkyAtlas 2000 does not show objects under a certain magnitude and probably didn’t list 586. The NGC 2000 describes 586 as vF, vS, R which is very faint, very small and round. My guess is that you saw 596 which is bigger and brighter.

Jim

"Don J. Colton" <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:Rich Companion to NGC 584 is NGC 586. Also in field of view at 115x are NGC 596, PGC 5754 and IC 127. Clear Skies Don Colton

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