Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: Hickson 99
RA: 0h 1m	DEC: +28° 27'
Constellation: PEG
Type: Compact galaxy group
Magnitude: 14
Notes: The brightest galaxy UGC 12897
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Härskiänsaari, Ruokolahti, Finland
Date: 13/14.9.2005 0:35
Instrument: Newton 406/1830 mm
Magnification: 244x	Filter: -
Field: 12'	Seeing: 4
Background sky: 4	NE lim mag: 6.5
Visuality: IV	Height: 55°
Weather: +6°C
Description: Galaxies UGC 12897 (14.8 mag), PGC 58 (15.5 mag) and UGC 12899 (14.7 mag) are easily visible but PGC 60 (17.1 mag) is only a suspected haze nearby a star-trio. It could be also a star, but it's obviously fuzzy. UGC 12899 is round and has a brighter core. PGC 58 is a small elliptical haze near by UGC 12899. UGC 12897 is N-W elongated galaxy contacted with a 12 mag star.
Updated: 10.10.2005 21:06