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NGC5808
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:54:2.7
Declination: +73:7:55
Constellation: UMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, iR, bet 2 st
Sub-type: SBbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5808 = NGC 5819. In spite of what Dreyer says in his notes to WH's
Papers, the galaxy is very nearly between two stars about 6 arcmin apart, just
as WH claims. D'Arrest's description ("Forms a triangle with two stars") is
also correct -- the triangle is quite flat. D'A's position is pretty good,
WH's less so: it is out by a minute of time in RA, and 6.5 arcmin in Dec.
But there is no doubt concerning the identity; the stars nail it down.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5808
See observing notes for NGC 5819.