NGC 672 & IC 1727 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Triangulum (Tri) · Contains: IC 1727 · NGC 672 · PGC 1799953 · PGC 1803573 · PGC 1806558 · PGC 1807703 · PGC 1811565 · PGC 3094765 · PGC 6632

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NGC 672 & IC 1727

This object consists of a pair of barred spiral galaxies located 23 million light years away in the constellation of Triangulum at a declination of 27 degrees. Each galaxy spans about 6 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to an actual diameter of 45,000 light years.

NGC 672, nicknamed the Bent Galaxy because of the sharp curves of its arms, is on the left. IC 1727, nicknamed the Shrimp Galaxy for its supposed resemblance to a shrimp through a telescope, is on the right. Have I mentioned that I hate nicknames?

NGC 672 is slightly brighter, being magnitude 11 as compared to its magnitude 12 companion IC 1727. Star clusters and dust lanes are evident throughout both galaxies. Each is almost edge-on to us, although there is just enough of a tilt from our perspective to see a hint of the spiral arms for each galaxy.

These two galaxies are believed to be close enough to each other to be interacting extensively. But I find the absence of deformation and star streams to be very puzzling, creating some doubt in my mind on whether they are interacting.

The background is filled with many bright stars and even more tiny dim orange galaxies. I find the 3 small but distinct background edge-on spiral galaxies identified in the mouseover to be interesting.

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RA (center)	01h47m38s.755
RA (top/left)	01h49m03s.664
RA (top/right)	01h46m13s.258
RA (bottom/right)	01h46m14s.121
RA (bottom/left)	01h49m03s.862

Dec (center)	+27°22′31″.87
Dec (top/left)	+27°35′14″.90
Dec (top/right)	+27°35′04″.67
Dec (bottom/right)	+27°09′46″.70
Dec (bottom/left)	+27°09′56″.80

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