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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

===== 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

===== 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.