Hi Wes & All,
Enjoyed your report mate. Will put NGC 427 on the list to-do sometime soon. Was a tad surprised a galaxy that bright and well south has thus far escaped me. The NGC 439 group is also less than a half-degree north-east and is surrounded by a cluster of seven faint galaxies.
Also about a half-degree SE is another grouping of galaxies around ESO 352-27 that looks interesting and a few of the brighter ones show evidence of interaction. It is only about half the distance to NGC 427 going by red-shift.
Best,
L.
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