Hickson 23 in Eridanus

HICKSON	NAME	SIZE (M)	MAG (V)	SB
23a	NGC 1214	1.3X0.3	14.0	12.8
23b	NGC 1215	1.5X1.1	14.1	14.5
23c	NGC 1216	0.8X0.2	14.8	12.8
23d	MCG-02 08-050	0.6X0.4	16.3
23e	MCG-02-08-054	0.6X0.2	17.6

Hickson 23 is a trio of spirals consisting of NGC 1214 ("A"), NGC 1215 ("B") and NGC 1216 ("C"). The "A" component appears faint, very small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, small bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 2.7' N. The "B" component lies 4' SE and appears faint, small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE with a well defined small bright core and faint extensions. An additional 2' SE is the faintest component "C" which was very faint, extremely small with a stellar nucleus or faint star superimposed. The extensions of this edge-on are oriented SW-NE and difficult to view. - Steve Gottlieb