Object: Galaxy NGC 23 Constell: PEG RA: 00h 09.3m Decl: +25° 55' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 12.0m (v) Size: 2.1'x1.4' Type: SB(s)a Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Helsinki, Finland Date/Time: 18./19.9.1996, 00.45 Telescope: C 209/2000 Magn: 160x Filter: Field: 19' NE Lim.mag: 5.5m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 2 Weather: +8 °C, no Moon. Good. Brightness: 4 Alt: 55° Description: Easy but quite faint at 80x. 160x: A mag. 13 stellar nucleus and a slightly brighter star 40'' SE. (No supernova - I've checked). PA about 20°, size 1,5'x1,0'. NGC 26 not seen.