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Originally Posted by mental4astro
I had heard about the Arp Atlas by name only. Didn't know what it was about! Boy, what a reasource.
Thanks for that. Should keep me busy for a couple of nights,  . |
Not a bad review of it at
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/46-570-0-0-1-0.html 
Just looking at my copy, some of the Arps that would be viewable now would be
Arp 254 - NGC 5917 + companion in Libra (very faint at 14.5 and you'd want dark skies and a big scope)
Arp 261 - MCG 2-38-16 + 17 in Libra - mag 13.4
Arp 271 NGC5426+7 in Virgo mag 12.0
Arp 93 NGC 7284 +5 in Pisces Austrinus mag 12.9
Arp 14 NGC 7314 mag 10 Pisces Austrinus - not interacting, but "peculiar" - spiral with detached segments is Arp's note
so none of them very bright. The problem is that Arp viewed only from the Northern hemisphere so his catalogue misses out on a lot of the galaxy chains and interacting galaxies that we have.