PGC 7535 HCG 29
Eri
☀14.8mag
Ø 72'' / 24''

MCG +00-12-05: faint, small, round, low even surface brightness, 15"-18" diameter. Located 1.4' SW of Arp 61 = UGC 3104. This galaxy was included in Arp's image, but the category and description clearly apply to UGC 3104.

UGC 3105: moderately bright, oval 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.6'x0.4', well concentrated with small bright nucleus. Situated 12' NW of 5.2-magnitude 51 Eridani.

600/800mm - 24" (12/1/16): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.4'x0.2', fairly high surface brightness. A very faint star is at the northwest end [10" from center] and a mag 15 star is 0.6' W. The extremely faint companion mentioned by Arp off the NW side was not seen in fairly poor seeing. Forms a close pair with MCG +00-12-053 1.3' SW and a trio with UGC 3105 7' ESE. Located 18' NW of mag 5.2-magnitude 51 Eridani and 10' ESE of mag 7.7 HD 29226.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb