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NGC1803

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:5:26.5
Declination: -49:34:3
Constellation: PIC
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, vglbM, * 11 sf, ? neb
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1803.  This has a companion glimpsed by JH that did not receive an NGC
number.  See the story in the "notngc" files where the companion is ESO 
203-G019.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1803

14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 30"x24", fairly high surface brightness.  NGC 1803 is situated 4.7' ENE of mag 5.0 Eta-2 Pictoris and the bright glare hampers the observation.

Forms a close pair with ESO 203-019 2.2' SE.  The companion appears as a slightly soft mag 13 "star".  This is the stellar nucleus of the galaxy.