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The brighter of the two galaxies is NGC1596 in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy appears to be an edge-on spiral galaxy, with a magnitude of 12.1 it's not real bright, about 63,000 times fainter than you can see with the naked eye. Its size is 3.7 x 1.0 arc min.
The second galaxy (shown as the fainter smudge above NGC1596) is NGC 1602, a fainter galaxy of magnitude 13.33, that's around 158,000 times fainter than the faintest star you can see with your eye. It's size is 1.9 x 1.0 arc min.
The exposure is a single frame 240 second exposure.
Can any one identify the galaxies around the star SAO 233523, some of which are circled in red.
1- GSC 8512:61
(Non-Stellar:3) Magnitude:13.2
2- GSC 8505:1679 (Non-Stellar:3) Magnitude:16.1
3- GSC 8512:73 (Non-Stellar:3) Magnitude:14.7
4- GSC 8512:80 (Non-Stellar:3)Magnitude:14.5