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NGC 2146
NGC 2146, LEDA 18797, MCG+13-05-022, UGC 3429, GC 5357
Type: galaxy (in pair), S
Mag: B=11.1, V=?
Size: 5.495′ x 3.235′
PA: 123°
Published comments
Hardcastle, J.A. (1914)
Hardcastle, J.A. (1914) Nebulae seen on the Franklin-Adams plates. MNRAS, 74(8), 699-707. [commentary in Shapley, H. & Ames, A. (1932) A survey of the external galaxies brighter than the thirteenth magnitude.]
Classified as "probably spiral."
PA given as 125°
Notes: NGC 1784, NGC 2146 and NGC 3686 described as spiral in Lick Obs. Bull. 248.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 11.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads S,HISB CT,PD,VDIF DKLN ACROSS CT.
Photo index
by Jim Lucyk: Rev.Shapley-Ames Cat.of Bright Gal. (Sandage,Tammann 1981) p121, Galaxies (Ferris,1982) p126.
Modern observations
Tom Lorenzin
Lorenzin, in the electronic version of "1000+ The Amateur Astronomers' Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing", notes: "11.6M; 5'x 2.5' extent; fairly large oblong with little, if any, center brightening; axis oriented NNW-SSE; SP GAL N2146a (12.5M; 2'x 1' extent), very soft oblong 15' to ENE just N of 8M star (SAO 5818); good supernova prospect."
Brian Skiff
RSA: br part in pa135, halo pa~120.
15cm - 90x: f, sm, rising little to center. 1'.5x1'.
- lg fairly br gx @ 80x w/grp of br *s on E. 140x: elong SE-NW, 5'x1'.5,
mod even concen to oval core and occas-vis *ar nuc. halo extends SE past
string of three *s on E. threshold *(?) in halo due S of center. BS,
27Nov1992, Anderson Mesa.
25cm - seen @ 47x. 180x: fairly br but diffuse w/o much concen. vf sm core pops
out occas w/averted vis. 3'x1'.5 in pa120, oval.
30cm - lg, br, elong @ 140x. 5'x2'. pretty well concen. 220x: broad, lg core not
as elong as halo, mottled, partic nr nuc. f *ar nuc. 5'x1'.8 in pa120. br
grp of six *s E of gx, incl a close pair nrby.
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2011 3 1 20:35:13
Observing site: Little Bennett Regional Park
Telescope: C-11
[6h 18m 42s, 78° 21m 0s] A relatively bright galxy, elongated in pa 160°, Sb? Burnham: Sb.
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