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NGC 1679
ESO422-G001
RA 04:49:53
Dec -31°58.0'
Galaxy |
h: "pB, L, irregularly round, surrounds a
star 12th mag, touches two 11th mag and has a fainter just at the edge."; "pB,
L, irreg round; involves four stars, and is very gradually brighter about the
chief of them."
Hartung writes: "This curious object is a
round diffuse fairly bright nebulous haze about 2' across in which are three
faint stars with what appears to be a nucleus in the following part. It is
faintly visible with 15cm."
Sanford says the galaxy has "an irregular
round shape and there are three or four faint foreground stars which are seen
against the galaxy."
Steve Gottlieb, 17.5-inch: “moderately
bright, moderately large, 2' diameter, irregularly round, brighter core. Unusual
appearance as four stars are close including a mag 11 star at the S edge, two
mag 13 stars at the E and W edges and a mag 13.5 star at the N edge. Fairly
bright galaxy for low elevation viewing.”
Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty
bright, pretty large, bright middle, elongated 1.5 X 1 in PA 165. This galaxy
has a bizarre shape and there are three stars involved at 150X. One star is 11th
mag and two others are about 13th mag.” |
