Southern Herschel 400 Observing Program 
Targets #1-30

Addendum to the Astronomical League's Herschel 400 OP
(original Herschel certificate #561 earned 6/13/2016)

Telescopes used:

• Most of the 150 images were taken for this observing program using the SLOOH telescopes located in either the Canary Islands or Chile.
  • The Chile Slooh telescopes are located at the Santa Martina Observatory outside Santiago at 3.269 S & 70.534 W at 4756 feet elevation.
  • The Canary Islands telescopes are located on the island of Tenerife, about 15 kilometers northeast of the volcano Teide and 300 kilometers west of the African coast at 28.29970 N  &16.50826 W at 7783 feet elevation.
  • Most commonly I used their CDK 17" telescopes, "Chile2" and Canary2" each outfitted with a FLI PL16803 camera and requested 50 second luminance images.
  • Occasionally I used their 20" CDK scope "Canary1" + FLI PL09000 or their 11" RASA scope "Canary 3" + ZWO294MC with similar short exposures.
  • Full telescope specs for all of SLOOH's telescopes are here: https://vega.slooh.com/docs/Slooh_Observatories_and_Telescope_Specifications.pdf 
• Occasionally images were taken by myself at Deerlick Astronomy Village in Crawfordvile, GA at 33.5539 N & 82.791 W at 495 ft elevation. These are indicated by "DAV" and the scope and camera used are listed with the photo.

ID #	1	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 134		Center (RA,hms): 00h 30m 25.609s Center (Dec,dms): -33° 15' 09.357" Size: 27.2 x 26.4 arcmin Radius: 0.316 deg Pixel scale: 3.67 arcsec/pixel Orientation Up is 359.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240211_0145 This galaxy has a bright stellar core with an interior bright haze surrounded by a more diffuse shell. The core appears slightly off-center (towards the back) from our perspective.The tiny galaxy to the right is NGC 131. It looks like a miniature version  of NGC134. A nice X-box of field stars catches my eye in the lower right of the field.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Hya
Mag	10.3
PA	~
Class	SAB(s)bc

ID #	2	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 300		Center (RA, hms): 00h 54m 55.801s Center (Dec, dms): -37° 39' 57.491" Size: 20.3 x 19.1 arcmin Radius: 0.232 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240212_0050 This nice face-on spiral has wide arms splaying out to the left and right, with a third  stubby one spreading out from the bottom. I think that the central bright dot is the core of the galaxy and not one of the several foreground field stars.There's a smudgy HII region (look for the clumpy trio) to the immediate left of the galaxy.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Scl
Mag	8.1
PA	111
Class	Scd

ID #	3	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 681		Center (RA, hms): 01h 49m 13.218s Center (Dec, dms): -10° 27' 40.748" Size: 31.3 x 30.6 arcmin Radius: 0.365 deg Pixel scale: 4.35 arcsec/pixel Orientation Up is 359.4 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240311_0005 This is a small spiral galaxy. Because of its size, it's hard to get much detail but it has a bright elongated core with a thin haze surrounding it. A field star sits right at the edge of the haze on the galaxy's upper right. The lovely bright star at the lower edge of the frame is X Ceti.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Cet
Mag	12.0
PA	60
Class	SAB(s)absp

ID #	4	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2573		Center (RA, hms): 01h 41m 46.072s Center (Dec, dms): -89° 20' 01.159" Size: 16.7 x 16.7 arcmin Radius: 0.197 deg Pixel scale: 2.32 arcsec/pixel Orientation Up is 6.2 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240214_0245 "Polarissima Australis" is a small barred spiral galaxy that was given its name because it is the nearest NGC object to the southern celestial pole. It has a bright punctate core surrounded by a hazy shell which seems to be more dense on the left side than on the right.
Alt Names
Common Name	Polarissima Australis
Type	Gal
CON	Oct
Mag	13.6
PA
Class	SABscd

ID #	5	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1049		Center (RA, hms): 02h 39m 48.727s Center (Dec, dms): -34° 15' 33.220" Size: 21.4 x 21.4 arcmin Radius: 0.252 deg Pixel scale: 1.92 arcsec/pixel Orientation Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240307_0110 This globular cluster is so small and dense that I first thought it was a bright star. However, it is slightly out of round and has a small bit of smudginess reaching outwards on the upper left edge. A tiny field star sits atop it at almost exactly 12 o'clock. A large waft of darkness, mostly void of visible stars crosses the field from left to right just above it.
Alt Names	Fornax Dwarf Cluster 3
Common Name
Type	GC
CON	For
Mag	12.6
PA
Class	~

ID #	6	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1073		Center (RA, hms): 02h 43m 40.389s Center (Dec, dms): +01° 22' 31.352" Size: 15.6 x 15.6 arcmin Radius: 0.184 deg Pixel scale: 2.17 arcsec/pixel Orientation Up is 4.0 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240307_0110 A rather faint galaxy with nice bar and dim swirling arms making it look like it's spinning. The overall shape is a sharp "S" with a bright elongated core.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Cet
Mag	11.1
PA
Class	SBc II

ID #	7	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1232		Center (RA, hms): 03h 09m 46.006s Center (Dec, dms): -20° 34' 41.102" Size: 32 x 32 arcmin Radius: 0.377 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240131_020435 This is a pretty pinwheeling spiral galaxy with several distinct arms coming off the luminous oval core. Small knots of brighter areas can be seen in some of the arms, especially evident in the arm at the top.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Eri
Mag	9.8
PA	108
Class	SBc

ID #	8	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1300		Center (RA, hms): 03h 19m 42.013s Center (Dec, dms): -19° 24' 30.973" Size: 29.3 x 29.3 arcmin Radius: 0.345 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240131_020435 This is another pretty one! The galaxy has a bright rounded core with a distinct horizontal barred axis. Two arms reach straight out before sharply blowing back around the perimeter and fading into wisps. Two linear strings of 5-6 field stars add interest to the field.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Eri
Mag	10.5
PA	106
Class	SBb I

ID #	9	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1350		Center (RA, hms): 03h 31m 08.378s Center (Dec, dms): -33° 37' 36.746" Size: 29.1 x 29.1 arcmin Radius: 0.343 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240211_014001  This is a relatively bright spiral with an elongated oval core siting just off-vertical in the field. The encircling haze has dark and light zones, giving the appearance of movement.  A slinky curve of field stars twists just above and to the right of our galaxy.
Alt Names	Bennett 13A
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	For
Mag	10.7
PA	0
Class	Sba-b

ID #	10	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1380		Center (RA, hms): 03h 37m 08.809s Center (Dec, dms): -35° 08' 25.980" Size: 43.5 x 43.5 arcmin Radius: 0.513 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 360.0 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20230217 0235 This galaxy has a bright stretched-out oval core with a broad tuft of haze at the upper and lower tips.I've labeled a slew of smaller galaxies that are in the frame. A rhythmical cadence of field stars string its way from just below center on the left edge to just above center on the right.
Alt Names	D 574
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	For
Mag	9.9
PA	7
Class	SB0

ID #	11	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1387		Center (RA, hms): 03h 38m 31.674s Center (Dec, dms): -35° 23' 08.013" Size: 43.5 x 43.5 arcmin Radius: 0.513 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20230217 0245 This is a continuation of the field above. You can locate the angled cadence of field stars mentioned previously to orient your veiw. Of the three bright galaxies in the bottom half of this frame, our target is the rightmost. This lenticular galaxy appears primarily as a bright oval core with only a faint haze detectable around its edges.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	For
Mag	10.9
PA
Class	SB0

ID #	12	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1395		Center (RA, hms): 03h 38m 29.666s Center (Dec, dms): -23° 01' 32.417" Size: 29.6 x 29.6 arcmin Radius: 0.349 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240131_015447 It's hard to tell this is a galaxy - it looks like a bright star with some hazy fringe around it. As an elliptical, it does appear very slightly squashed along the horizontal axis. It sits among a loose scattering of field stars, a few placed in pairs and others in a meandering string near the top.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Eri
Mag	9.8
PA	120
Class	E2

ID #	13	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1398		Center (RA, hms): 03h 38m 52.340s Center (Dec, dms): -26° 20' 09.981" Size: 31.2 x 31.2 arcmin Radius: 0.368 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240131_015930 What a neat looking galaxy! It seems that we are looking straight down on bright round core bisected by a strong bar. A perfect sphere of dim haze gives a snow globe look to it.
Alt Names	Bennett 19A
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	For
Mag	9.8
PA	100
Class	SBab

ID #	14	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1404		Center (RA, hms): 03h 38m 31.674s Center (Dec, dms): -35° 23' 08.013" Size: 43.5 x 43.5 arcmin Radius: 0.513 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20230217 0245 This is the same image as shown for #11 above, but here we are looking at the bright round galaxy, NGC1404, to the lower left at ~7 o'clock from brighter NGC1399. It appears uniformly bright, with only a slight elongation giving a hint that it is an elliptical galaxy.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Eri
Mag	10.2
PA
Class	E1

ID #	15	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1433		Center (RA, hms): 03h 42m 07.845s Center (Dec, dms): -47° 12' 15.634" Size: 17.7 x 17.7 arcmin Radius: 0.209 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240213_010953 Similar to NGC1398 (#13 above), we see a bright bar crossing a bright round core. We can see fuzzy vertical streaks in the haze at the east and west tips giving the impression of buzzing movement in the outer shell. A dark void encircles the central core.
Alt Names	D 426
Common Name	Bennett 21
Type	Gal
CON	Hor
Mag	9.8
PA	99
Class	SBa

ID #	16	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1453		Center (RA, hms): 03h 46m 21.611s Center (Dec, dms): +24° 08' 11.416" Size: 1.17 x 1.17 deg Radius: 0.826 deg Pixel scale: 3.08 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.4 degrees E of N	SLOOH Canary3 20221120_212741 Everyone's favorite of the Seven Sisters, the star Merope is famous for its nebulosity which shows off here in rose and blue hues.Some of the other sisters have nice nebulosity as well. This short exposure (LRGBx50 seconds) gives a nice sharp look to the Pleiades "tea cup".
Alt Names
Common Name	Merope Nebula
Type
CON	Tau
Mag	13
PA
Class	RN

ID #	17	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1499		Center (RA, hms): 04h 02m 22.341s Center (Dec, dms): +36° 36' 24.480" Size: 1.71 x 1.24 deg Radius: 1.056 deg Pixel scale: 2.39 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 184.6 degrees E of N	Seestar S50 DAV 20240213 22:06 Mosaic of 7 images, each 10 minute live stacks of 10" exposures The California Nebula is so big that I had to put together a stack of 10 overlapping images. Beautiful glowing clouds of rosy pink are unevenly illuminated and give a lovely 3D appearance to this emission nebula.
Alt Names
Common Name	California Nebula
Type	BN
CON	Per
Mag	5.0
PA
Class	EN

ID #	18	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1512		Center (RA, hms): 04h 03m 55.207s Center (Dec, dms): -43° 20' 04.787" Size: 18.7 x 18.7 arcmin Radius: 0.220 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 4.0 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240215_031215  Yet another propellor-like barred spiral enclosed in its shimmering bubble of haze! Very nice!
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Hor
Mag	10.6
PA	90
Class	SB(r:)b

ID #	19	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1515		Center (RA, hms): 04h 04m 02.945s Center (Dec, dms): -54° 05' 50.132" Size: 18.2 x 18.2 arcmin Radius: 0.215 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 4.0 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240215_033126  This drawn-out galaxy looks like it was stepped on and damaged. The bright core appears like it is leaking and there is uneven debris reaching out of its top right and lower left edges .(Actually when zooming in, the top one looks like it might be an arm.) The galaxy's pointed tips fade out fo ragged haze. There is a teeny tiny galaxy to the lower right of our target galaxy. It looks like a faint star until zooming the view bigger.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Dor
Mag	11.4
PA	18
Class	Sc

ID #	20	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1514		Center (RA, hms): 04h 09m 17.581s Center (Dec, dms): +30° 46' 47.003" Size: 29.3 x 29.3 arcmin Radius: 0.345 deg Pixel scale: 2.15 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.4 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240306_2122083 This is a beatiful planetary nebula, all aglow in its bright turquoise shell! It is very approrpriately nicknamed the "Crystal Ball Nebula". It looks it has a dumbbell shape, oriented at an angle NW-SE The central star is blown out in this exposure but is easily seen. Big bright colorful field stars really set this object off nicely.
Alt Names
Common Name	Crystal Ball Nebula
Type	PN
CON	Tau
Mag	10.9
PA
Class	PN

ID #	21	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1532		Center (RA, hms): 04h 12m 04.356s Center (Dec, dms): -32° 52' 20.508" Size: 16.7 x 16.7 arcmin Radius: 0.197 deg Pixel scale: 2.32 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240215_030745 This striking needle-like galaxy has deep dark gouges along its vertical axis and a bright disturbed core. Mottled and streaky bits are evident along its edges. It is interacting with its small neighbor, NGC 1531,which seems to be heading directly towards it from the right. Or perhaps the little one has just passed right through its big neighbor and is now squirting out? This pair is catalogued as AM 0410-330 by Arp and Madore in their southern peculiar galaxy catalog
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Ari
Mag	10.6
PA	33
Class	Sc II-III

ID #	22	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1543		Center (RA, hms): 04h 12m 44.001s Center (Dec, dms): -57° 44' 02.494" Size: 16.7 x 16.7 arcmin Radius: 0.196 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240216_030124  Although we don't see much detail here, this galaxy gets my attention with its stark simplicity. Its core is round and bright with a swath of haze extending across it from left to right. It reminds me of the moon behind a wispy streak of clouds. A pretty drizzle of field stars reaches down from above it.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Ret
Mag	10.3
PA	93
Class	SB0

ID #	23	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1559		Center (RA, hms): 04h 17m 38.072s Center (Dec, dms): -62° 47' 28.980" Size: 25.8 x 25.8 arcmin Radius: 0.304 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240208_021250  Boy is this galaxy beat up! This is another "peculiar" galaxy catalogued by Arp and Madores (AM 0417-625). It has bright knots on clumpy broken-looking arms. A haze exudes out from the main body, with the most noticeable portion coming out of the left end. Delicate strings of stars can be seen across the field.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Ret
Mag	10.7
PA	64
Class	SBc

ID #	24	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1579		Center (RA, hms): 04h 30m 11.371s Center (Dec, dms): +35° 16' 54.282" Size: 29.8 x 29.8 arcmin Radius: 0.352 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 0.5 degrees E of N	SLOOH Canary2 20240215_220727  This red emission nebula sports a prominent dark lane and lagoon-like bays. The dark rift on the east (left) is quite broad and almost bow-tie shaped. The bulk of the bright red clouds are on the west (right) side with an uneven wavy "shoreline" adding a bulging little lobe to the edge.
Alt Names
Common Name	Northern Trifid
Type	BN
CON	Per
Mag	9.9
PA
Class	EN + RN

ID #	25	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1617		Center (RA, hms): 04h 31m 40.174s Center (Dec, dms): -54° 35' 58.179" Size: 34 x 34 arcmin Radius: 0.400 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 0.1 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240307_011442 Big & bright spiral NGC 1617 dominates this field with its elongated oval core and short bright arms encased in a wispy shell. Look carefully and you can find teeny tiny IC 2085 floating high in the frame.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Dor
Mag	10.7
PA	107
Class	Sba

ID #	26	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1672		Center (RA, hms): 04h 45m 43.076s Center (Dec, dms): -59° 14' 50.974" Size: 16.9 x 16.9 arcmin Radius: 0.199 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 4.0 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240216_031213 This looks like a Tie-Fighter flying straight at us, lifting its one wing to say hello. Unusual in its asymmetry, it looks as if its right arm has been blown into thin fragments and is almost totally dispersed.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Dor
Mag	10.2
PA	170
Class	SBc I-II

ID #	27	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1783		Center (RA, hms): 04h 59m 08.924s Center (Dec, dms): -65° 58' 59.199" Size: 29.9 x 29.9 arcmin Radius: 0.353 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 0.1 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240210_040928  If this is an open cluster, it is one of the most compressed and dense ones I've seen. It looks like a globular to me. I cannot resolve any stars in the center but I see a nice sprinkling of stars surrounding the core, with two little sprays of them straggling out at 3 o'clock and 11 o'clock. Surrounding the cluster are dark areas very sparse in stars, providing a nice background for the cluster to shine.
Alt Names	Bennett 28
Common Name
Type	OC (??!)
CON	Dor
Mag	10.9
PA
Class

ID #	28	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1818		Center (RA, hms): 05h 04m 13.886s Center (Dec, dms): -66° 24' 29.213" Size: 17.8 x 17.8 arcmin Radius: 0.209 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240212_062241  This is a star cluster with a compressed triangular core and a few individual scattered cloe around it. Another target in the field is the smaller NGC 1810 to the upper right and extremely faint smudge of a cluster, KMHK 507, to the upper left.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Dor
Mag	9.7
PA
Class

ID #	29	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1792		Center (RA, hms): 05h 05m 14.316s Center (Dec, dms): -37° 58' 09.645" Size: 18.5 x 18.5 arcmin Radius: 0.218 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240216_035241 This is another disturbed and knotty spiral galaxy, and, sure enough, it's another Arp-Madore peculiar galaxy, AM 0503-380. It's also a Seyfert 1 galaxy which means in  addition to visible light it has considerable X-ray and UV emissions caused by heavily ionized gas.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Col
Mag	10.2
PA	137
Class	Sc

ID #	30	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1808		Center (RA, hms): 05h 07m 42.892s Center (Dec, dms): -37° 30' 33.101" Size: 17.1 x 17.1 arcmin Radius: 0.201 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240216_040714  A pattern is starting to emerge here - this is another peculiar Arp-Madore galaxy, AM 0505-373. It is obviously distorted, with broken knotty arms and a stretched-out core. This is a Seyfert II galaxy which differs from the previous Seyfert I galaxy in that its emissions feature infrared light as well as visible; these galaxies are characterized by having an extremely bright core.
Alt Names	D 532
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Col
Mag	9.9
PA	133
Class	SBa

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