NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC5833

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:11:54.1
Declination: -72:51:32
Constellation: APS
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, lE, glbM, am st
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 5833

24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, ~2.5'x1.8'.  Broad concentration with a large, brighter core.  Located 6' SW of mag 6 HD 133981.  Surrounded by a large number of nearby stars including a 50" pair of mag 10.8/11.6 stars ~2' N and a mag 7.9 star 4' ESE.  NGC 5822 lies 39' NW.