NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC5865
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:9:49.1
Declination: +0:31:49
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, iE
Sub-type: E-S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5865 = NGC 5868. Here, RC3 followed Dreyer (1912) who writes that NGC
5865 should be deleted since NGC 5868 is = H II 684 (WH's position is enough
off that JH thought N5868 a "nova"). Dreyer is right -- there are only two
bright galaxies in the area, not three (or four as Tempel claims; see NGC 5871
for more on this).
So, I will let RC3 stand as is. However, since both NGC numbers clearly refer
to the same object, there can be no confusion if N5865 is adopted.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5865
See observing notes for NGC 5868.