[sac-forum] January Call for Observations

I’m going to go out on a limb for January and picking Aries.  There isn’t a Messier object in here, only a number of pretty bright to faint galaxies.  Never the less, let’s give it a try and take on the challenge.  We’ll start with NGC691 located about 30’ south and about 10’ east of 6^th magnitude 1 Arietis. This 11^th magnitude galaxy is located in the same field as our next selection, NGC678, a quite elongated 12^th magnitude galaxy.  This field also contains four more galaxies down to about 14^th magnitude in a 1° field – have fun with this one!  Next is NGC677 and is 3° northeast of pi Piscium.  One and a half degrees east of southeast from gamma Arietis you’ll find a Herschel 400 object, spiral galaxy NGC772 at a bright 10^th magnitude; but see if you can ferret out NGC770, a 14^th magnitude spiral galaxy at 4’ south preceding.  Next is NGC821 another pretty bright galaxy, at almost 11^th magnitude.  Finally, we come to NGC972 that should have some detail to be seen.  Take a look at these nice galaxies and report your findings to us.