NGC 5820
DSS image of NGC 5820
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 5820, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 5820
H II 756, h 1898, GC 4029, GC 4025, MCG +09-25-001, ARP 136, UGC 9642, PGC 53511, 2MASX J14583982+5353100

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11.9
Size  1.7' x 1.1' @ 90°
Right Ascension  14h 58' 39.8"  (2000)
Declination  53° 53' 10" N
Constellation  Boötes
Description  B, E 90° ±, sbM, B D * f 8', brightest of 3
Classification  SO
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Apr 19, 2012    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Small, faint, 1' diameter, modest core

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
94mm f/18 Tully Achromat

Faint: guide to 7.5 mg. pair f, from which a straight line of small stars extends.
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
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NGC 5820