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NGC5805
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:57:11.7
Declination: +49:37:43
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 15.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: S
Sub-type: C
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5805. Bob Erdmann points out that this is MCG +08-27-039 (with its
declination corrected), a faint double galaxy also mentioned in the UGC Note
for N5804, though not called N5805 there. Nor is it noted as a double object
in either catalogue, though all the surveys clearly show the fainter
companion just to the southeast.
This was discovered by Lord Rosse east-southeast of N5804. His sketch shows
N5805 as well as N5794, N5797, and N5804 clearly in relation to the 6th mag
star mentioned in JH's descriptions for the three brighter galaxies. In spite
of the good NGC positions for all four objects, RNGC has unfortunately put the
numbers on the wrong galaxies in this field.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5805
18" (6/21/09): very faint, fairly small, round, 22" diameter, small slightly brighter core. Located 2.6' SSE of NGC 5804 and faintest in a quartet with NGC 5794 and NGC 5795. Located 8' E of mag 5.6 HD 132254.
17.5" (6/21/93): extremely faint, very small, round, just visible continuously with averted. Located on line between a mag 14 star 1.4' SSE and NGC 5804 2.6' NNW. Last of four in a group.