10-inch Newtonian, StarlightXpress MX716, 26 minutes
Arp 120 (NGC 4435 & 38)
10-inch Newtonian, StarlightXpress MX716, 26
minutes
Arp 120 is another member of the class E-like Galaxies Perturbing Spirals. The Atlas note says "E galaxy breaking up a spiral". The E-like galaxy NGC 4435, to the northwest, is an early type spiral, SB(s)0 in the Hubble classification. There is a fairly prominent bar running almost N-S. NGC 4438, the larger galaxy, shows some extremely dark absorption regions along the west side of the nucleus. This pair is also called "The Eyes in Markarian's Chain".
