NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC5851
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:6:53.3
Declination: +12:51:29
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1791
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, np of 2
Sub-type: Sc
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 5851
24" (6/13/15): fairly faint, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, ~40"x14", weak concentration. Second in a trio with NGC 5852 1.1' SE and CGCG 077-007 1.8' WSW. Mag 10.7 HD 133925 lies 3.1' NW. CGCG 077-007 appeared extremely faint, small, 15"x10".
17.5" (5/2/92): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE. A mag 10 star is 3.1' NW. Forms a close pair with NGC 5852 1.0' SE within the NGC 5837 group.