U 323
09:20 to 09:52
-17° to -28°
Ant, Hya

FEATURED OBJECTS: NGC 2935, NGC 2986, NGC 2865, NGC 2983, NGC 2921.

NGC 2935
ESO565-G023
RA 09:36:44
Dec -21°07.7'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel (H II-556) "pB, cL, iR, vgmbM."

h: "pF, R, gpmbM, 40 arcseconds." On a second occassion he called it "pB, vS, gmbM, lE, 25 arcseconds long, 20 arcseconds broad."

Steve Coe, observing with a 17.5” f/4.5 at 100X, notes: “pretty Bright, somewhat elongated, brighter in the middle”

Tom Lorenzin: “12.4M; 3.2' x 2.4' extent; faint little oblong with brighter center; bright star 50' due E is 5M SAO 177642.”

This galaxy is listed in the "Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies" as having an outer ring of 2.80 arcminute diameter.

A supernova erupted in this galaxy in 1975 (15.0v)

NGC 2986
ESO566-G005
RA 09:44:16
Dec -21°16.7'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel (H II-311) "cB, S, mbM."

Tom Lorenzin: “12.2M; 1' diameter; bright, small and round; with much brighter center”

Steve Coe (1992, The Deep-Sky Observer, Webb Society, Issue 1) observing with a 17.5-inch f/4.5 at 100x notes: "pB, R, BN, pretty large companion faint, small, somewhat brighter in the middle."

NGC 2865
ESO498-G001
RA 09:23:29
Dec -23°09.8'
Galaxy

h: "B, S, R, pgmbM; the borders very dilute." On a second occassion he called it "pB, S, R, vlbM, 15 arcseconds."

Steve Coe (1992, The Deep-Sky Observer, Webb Society, Issue 1) observing with a 17.5-inch f/4.5 at 100x notes: "pF, S, little elongated."

NGC 2983
ESO566-G003
RA 09:43:40
Dec -20°28.7'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel (H III-289) "F, vS, large stellar, little brighter in the middle."

h: "pB, R, bM, resolvable."

Steve Coe (1992, The Deep-Sky Observer, Webb Society, Issue 1) observing with a 17.5-inch f/4.5 at 100x notes: "."pB, R, much brighter in the middle, pretty small in field of 7th mag stars, like NGC 404”

NGC 2921
ESO565-G017
RA 09:34:30
Dec -20°55.3'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1786 by William Herschel (H III-597) "vF, S, R, vglbM."

h: "vF, pL, lE, the following of two." On a second occassion he called it "F, lE, glbM." The other object is NGC 2920.

The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 13.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads S,RG,BM,EL,SEV*SUP.