A pair of equal magnitude blue-white stars, shining at
mag 4.8. Separation is 7.8 arc seconds. Easily split in any scope. One of the first known doubles - Hooke, 1664.
1 Arietis
01hr 50m
+22° 17'
A slightly harder double, components are mag. 6.2 and 7.2,
with a separation of 2.8 arc seconds in PA 166°. Orange and light blue in colour.
NGC 772!
01hr 59.3m
+19° 01'
A bright Sb spiral galaxy, 7.1 x 4.5 arc minutes in size.
Visual magnitude is 10.3, with a bright core. Larger scope owners look for 14th mag. NGC 770, 4 arc
minutes south. (110NGC)
A loose open cluster of 12 stars, mag. 8.5 and fainter. 12 arc
minutes in diameter. Located SW of 5th magnitude 42 (Pi) Arietis.
NGC 821
02hr 08m
+11° 00'
A bright E2 elliptical galaxy, 2.5 x 1.5 arc minutes. Magnitude
10.8, mottled appearance in larger scopes.
NGC 972
02hr 34m
+29° 19'
An Sc spiral galaxy. This elongated smudge glows at mag.
11.3, 3.6 x 2.4 arc minutes in size.
NGC 1156
02hr 59m
+25° 14'
An interesting irregular galaxy. 3.1 x 2.3 arc minutes in size,
mag 11.7. A bright core with patchy mottling in the surrounding halo with larger scopes.
NGC 877
02hr 18m
+14° 33'
A small, round Sc galaxy 2.4 x 1.8 arc minutes in size. Mag 11.8.
Look for NGC 876 (mag 14.5) 2 arc min SW, and NGC 871 (mag 14.2) 12 arc minutes west.
NGC 803
02hr 03m
+16° 02'
An inclined Sb spiral galaxy, 4.3 x 2 arc minutes. Mag 12.4
A faint reflection nebula surrounding a 9th magnitude star, 7.4 x 5.2
arc minutes. As with most reflection nebula, filters will not help. Use generous quantities of
dark sky and aperture, with medium to high magnification.
(The Ram)
