April 6, 2024

Hickson 35

Elevation 800 m, telescope D = 508 mm, F = 2000 mm. Sky 21.80 mag/sq arcsec, seeing 2-3 arcsec. Hickson 35, galaxy group, Lyn. Visible already in a 26-mm ocular as a N-S streak. Starting to be resolved in 13 mm. In 5.5 mm, component B is the brightest, round. Component A to the N is elongated NW-SE. C to its NW is round. D much fainter, elongated EW. Component E is essentially starlike immediately S of B. [It does not appear on the sketch.] F not seen. An extended triangle of stars is NW of the group.