[AZ-Observing] Re: NGC 709

Then out of the thousands you picked one of the most interesting. I find
this galaxy group (Abell 262) fascinating. The 714-717 pair is a striking
arrangement of twin edge-ons. I guess I just like galaxy clusters. The other
ones I tussled with were Hickson 93 and Abell 2572. They're in a Nov 2003
S&T article.

Jack Jones
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Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
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Jack said:

> In re: 14.2 mag NGC 709, maybe higher power, 250-300x, might have done it.
> The galaxy is midway between two equally bright (or equally dim) stars. I
> caught it at AZ City in October near the meridian in my 14.5" at 200x.

Ken said:
>   The problem was i had misidentified 714 as 709, as Vickers doesn't go
all
> the way to 714.  I had done no research or preparation for this group
ahead
> of time, it was just that 708 was on my list of thousands of objects to
> observe.


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