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NGC5783
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:53:28.3
Declination: +52:4:36
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, iR, F * inv
Sub-type: SBc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5783 = NGC 5785. Both objects are nominally from Swift's 6th list, but we
need to note that he sent that 6th list bit by bit to Dreyer in several
letters during 1886 and 1887 before he later published it. NGC 5785 appeared
in the published version of the list, but NGC 5783 did not. The position for
N5783 is closer to the true position of the galaxy, but the description for
N5785 is mostly appropriate, and the RA is just 30 seconds out. The part of
the description that is not accurate is Swift's note "np of 2." The galaxy
is actually the north-following of the pair (the other is NGC 5788, which
see).
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5783
17.5" (6/18/93): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 1.0'x0.7', even surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star is at the north edge 20" from the center. Forms a pair with MCG +09-24-049 = (R)NGC 5788 2.6' SW.