ARIES

by Steve Coe                            13.1" f/5.6 unless noted


NGC 680  Pretty bright, pretty large, round and much brighter in the
middle at 165X.

NGC 678  Pretty faint, pretty large, elongated 2X1 in PA 90 at 165X.
Averted vision makes it grow.

NGC 691  Pretty bright, pretty small, much brighter middle, little
elongated 1.5X1 in PA 75.

NGC 694  Very faint, pretty small, Elongated 2 X 1 in PA 0 degrees
and not brighter in the middle at 135X.  Averted vision helps, a
low surface brightness object.

UGC 1276  Faint, pretty small, little brighter middle, elongated 2X1
in PA 90.

NGC 695  Faint, very small and round; it is just a tiny dot at
165X.

NGC 697  Pretty bright, pretty large, elongated 3 X 1 in PA 110
degrees.  This galaxy is much brighter in the middle at 165X and
it displays very obvious mottling in the spiral arms.  There is 
a tiny cluster of very faint stars at the eastern edge of this
galaxy, a unique view at 100X.

UGC 2082  Very faint, pretty large, elongated 3 X 1 in PA 135 degrees.
This low surface brightness galaxy is tough at 100X, the middle is
somewhat brighter than the outer portions, but it is still difficult.

NGC 719  Very faint, pretty small, very little brighter middle,
elongated 1.5X1 in PA 135 at 100X.

NGC 722  Faint, pretty small, little elongated in PA 90 and not
brighter in the middle at 135X.  This galaxy is close to Beta ARI.

NGC 770  Pretty faint, small, round and somewhat brighter in the middle at 165X.

NGC 772  Bright, Large, little elongated in PA 135 degrees.  The arms
of this face-on spiral are very mottled.  The core is much brighter
than the arms at 165X and the very center has a stellar nucleus in
moments of good seeing.
Sentinel 8/10 S+T  11X80 not seen.  100X in 13"-- pretty bright,
pretty large, gradually much brighter middle, elongated 1.5X1 in PA
135.  Higher powers don't help, arms disappear.  Averted vision
makes it grow is length.  Core is also elongated, same PA.

NGC 776  very faint, pretty small, little brighter middle, round.
Averted vision helps to pick out this quite difficult galaxy.

NGC 794  Faint, very small, round, just a tiny fuzz spot at 100X.

NGC 821  Pretty bright, small, somewhat elongated (1.5 X 1) in PA
30 degrees.  There is a very bright middle at 165X.

NGC 871  Pretty faint, pretty small and elongated 1.5 X 1 in PA 25
at 165X.

NGC 876  Faint, small, not much at 165X.

NGC 877  Pretty bright, pretty large, elongated 2 X 1 in PA 0 and
a little brighter in the middle at 165X.

NGC 972  Pretty bright, pretty small, much brighter in the middle,
elongated 3 X 1 in PA 145 at 165X.  This galaxy really grows with
averted vision.

NGC 976  Faint, small, little elongated 1.2 X 1 in PA 165 and little
brighter in the middle at 135X.  Tough to tell the PA of elongation
with such a dim object.

NGC 1012  Faint, pretty small, elongated 1.5 X 1 in PA 30, much
brighter in the middle at 165X.  There are several stars involved
on the east side.

NGC 1156  Pretty bright, pretty large, elongated 2 X 1 in PA 30
and somewhat mottled at 165X.






Double Stars

1 ARI  Notched at 100X with a clean split at 165X, it is white and
light yellow.

Gamma ARI  Split at 100X, this fascinating pair is a set of perfectly
matched blue-white stars.  Very nice.

Lambda ARI  Split at 100X, white and light blue.

30 ARI  Easy split at 100X, yellow and yellow matched pair.

33 ARI  Easy split at 100X, white and blue.

PI ARI  This appears to me as a triple system in a straight line.
The distant comes is about 30" from the primary, the fainter and
closer companion is split at 165X and this pair is white and gray.

Struve 46  Split at 165X, white and gray.

Struve 394  Split at 100X, yellow and light blue.



Red Stars

V ARI  Medium Orange in pretty sparse field.