ASTRO: Arp 206 / NGC 3432

I'm return to Arp galaxies with Arp 206, AKA NGC 3432. I really don't
see it as much stranger than IC 4182, I posted a few days ago, which
looks like a slow moving propeller that didn't make his list. Arp 206
is cataloged by him as a galaxy with "material ejected from the nuclei."
That apparently refers to the blob of material at the upper left end
of the galaxy as all others in this category have similar detached
pieces though he has a category for detached arms that would seem to
also fit. But he classed this as indeterminate between elliptical and
spiral while it looks clearly spiral to me as do most others in this
section of his catalog. The distortion seems caused by interaction with
UGC 05983 a dwarf galaxy at the lower right end of the galaxy. The
distance to this one is also rather hard to come by. Red shift data
says 40 to 45 million light years though since these are likely orbiting
each other this value is somewhat questionable. This seems to be one of
the lesser studied Arp galaxies. At least I found very little on it.
That bright star to the east has been greatly reduced as it sent a huge
orange ring across much of the image making this a processing nightmare.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB 1x10' binned 3x3 (cloud and moon
problems), STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick

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isn't this the whale galaxy?

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I'm return to Arp galaxies with Arp 206, AKA NGC 3432. I really don't
see it as much stranger than IC 4182, I posted a few days ago, which
looks like a slow moving propeller that didn't make his list. Arp 206
is cataloged by him as a galaxy with "material ejected from the nuclei."
That apparently refers to the blob of material at the upper left end
of the galaxy as all others in this category have similar detached
pieces though he has a category for detached arms that would seem to
also fit. But he classed this as indeterminate between elliptical and
spiral while it looks clearly spiral to me as do most others in this
section of his catalog. The distortion seems caused by interaction with
UGC 05983 a dwarf galaxy at the lower right end of the galaxy. The
distance to this one is also rather hard to come by. Red shift data
says 40 to 45 million light years though since these are likely orbiting
each other this value is somewhat questionable. This seems to be one of
the lesser studied Arp galaxies. At least I found very little on it.
That bright star to the east has been greatly reduced as it sent a huge
orange ring across much of the image making this a processing nightmare.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB 1x10' binned 3x3 (cloud and moon
problems), STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick

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Nope. The whale is NGC 4631. The Whale is an Arp galaxy however. It
and its companion NGC 4627 are Arp 281 which falls under the class of
"Group Character" showing "infall and attraction", whatever that means.
I posted a reprocess of that one in April. it is much closer so shows
lots more detail. My repost can be seen at:
http://www.spacebanter.com/attachmen...tid=1862&stc=1

For a listing of the Arp catalog and the categories he used see:
http://members.aol.com/arpgalaxy/arpord.html

Rick


G wrote:
isn't this the whale galaxy?

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I'm return to Arp galaxies with Arp 206, AKA NGC 3432. I really don't
see it as much stranger than IC 4182, I posted a few days ago, which
looks like a slow moving propeller that didn't make his list. Arp 206
is cataloged by him as a galaxy with "material ejected from the nuclei."
That apparently refers to the blob of material at the upper left end
of the galaxy as all others in this category have similar detached
pieces though he has a category for detached arms that would seem to
also fit. But he classed this as indeterminate between elliptical and
spiral while it looks clearly spiral to me as do most others in this
section of his catalog. The distortion seems caused by interaction with
UGC 05983 a dwarf galaxy at the lower right end of the galaxy. The
distance to this one is also rather hard to come by. Red shift data
says 40 to 45 million light years though since these are likely orbiting
each other this value is somewhat questionable. This seems to be one of
the lesser studied Arp galaxies. At least I found very little on it.
That bright star to the east has been greatly reduced as it sent a huge
orange ring across much of the image making this a processing nightmare.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB 1x10' binned 3x3 (cloud and moon
problems), STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick

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Rick, very good picture. I have imaged this galaxy, but got nowhere near the
detail you have.

Stefan

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I'm return to Arp galaxies with Arp 206, AKA NGC 3432. I really don't
see it as much stranger than IC 4182, I posted a few days ago, which
looks like a slow moving propeller that didn't make his list. Arp 206
is cataloged by him as a galaxy with "material ejected from the nuclei."
That apparently refers to the blob of material at the upper left end
of the galaxy as all others in this category have similar detached
pieces though he has a category for detached arms that would seem to
also fit. But he classed this as indeterminate between elliptical and
spiral while it looks clearly spiral to me as do most others in this
section of his catalog. The distortion seems caused by interaction with
UGC 05983 a dwarf galaxy at the lower right end of the galaxy. The
distance to this one is also rather hard to come by. Red shift data
says 40 to 45 million light years though since these are likely orbiting
each other this value is somewhat questionable. This seems to be one of
the lesser studied Arp galaxies. At least I found very little on it.
That bright star to the east has been greatly reduced as it sent a huge
orange ring across much of the image making this a processing nightmare.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB 1x10' binned 3x3 (cloud and moon
problems), STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick

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Great image Rick

Rick Johnson wrote:
I'm return to Arp galaxies with Arp 206, AKA NGC 3432. I really don't
see it as much stranger than IC 4182, I posted a few days ago, which
looks like a slow moving propeller that didn't make his list. Arp 206
is cataloged by him as a galaxy with "material ejected from the nuclei."
That apparently refers to the blob of material at the upper left end of
the galaxy as all others in this category have similar detached pieces
though he has a category for detached arms that would seem to also fit.
But he classed this as indeterminate between elliptical and spiral while
it looks clearly spiral to me as do most others in this section of his
catalog. The distortion seems caused by interaction with UGC 05983 a
dwarf galaxy at the lower right end of the galaxy. The distance to this
one is also rather hard to come by. Red shift data says 40 to 45
million light years though since these are likely orbiting each other
this value is somewhat questionable. This seems to be one of the lesser
studied Arp galaxies. At least I found very little on it. That bright
star to the east has been greatly reduced as it sent a huge orange ring
across much of the image making this a processing nightmare.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB 1x10' binned 3x3 (cloud and moon
problems), STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick


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that's another nice image of an interesting target Rick

keep them coming


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I'm return to Arp galaxies with Arp 206, AKA NGC 3432. I really don't
see it as much stranger than IC 4182, I posted a few days ago, which
looks like a slow moving propeller that didn't make his list. Arp 206
is cataloged by him as a galaxy with "material ejected from the nuclei."
That apparently refers to the blob of material at the upper left end
of the galaxy as all others in this category have similar detached
pieces though he has a category for detached arms that would seem to
also fit. But he classed this as indeterminate between elliptical and
spiral while it looks clearly spiral to me as do most others in this
section of his catalog. The distortion seems caused by interaction with
UGC 05983 a dwarf galaxy at the lower right end of the galaxy. The
distance to this one is also rather hard to come by. Red shift data
says 40 to 45 million light years though since these are likely orbiting
each other this value is somewhat questionable. This seems to be one of
the lesser studied Arp galaxies. At least I found very little on it.
That bright star to the east has been greatly reduced as it sent a huge
orange ring across much of the image making this a processing nightmare.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB 1x10' binned 3x3 (cloud and moon
problems), STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick

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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".