Ahem - I believe 1365 the second one on my list!
The antennae (4038-9) are pretty special, but it wasn't until I finally got a look through a 25" that I ever saw the tails.
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Originally Posted by mental4astro
There are a couple more big buggers that still haven't been mentioned:
NGC 1365 (Fornax) & NGC 4038/4039 (Corvus).
1365 is a large barred spiral, and 4038/9 is a pair of interacting galaxies whose tidally affected arms are observable, larger scopes though for the arms. The later is near M104, the Sombrero, which DOESN'T qualify for this thread,  , does it Eric,  , and a prime sucker for the picking this autumn. |