IC 5056
Overlaid DSS image of IC 5056, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right
Aladin viewer for the region around IC 5056
| Type | Non-Existent |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | Right Ascension | 20h 48' 59.5" (2000) |
| Declination | 39° 10' 51" S |
| Constellation | Microscopium |
| Description | F, cL, eE 150deg |
Observing Notes
Harold Corwin
IC 5056 is probably a plate defect. It was the only new nebula that Stewart found on the one-hour Bruce plate (no. 3836) on which it appears. He described it as "F, cL, eE at 150 deg, no * N". There are no spindle galaxies within several degrees matching that description.
ESO-B and Wolfgang Steinicke picked a galaxy at 20 49 13, -39 13.4 (J2000; ESO 341-IG016), but this is not "eE", it has the wrong PA, and it also has a stellar nucleus. All of these comments also apply to a galaxy at 20 48 28, -38 51.4 (J2000) that I suggested during my work on SGC.
So, probably a plate defect.
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IC 5056