U 358
05:00 to 05:40
-28° to -39°
Cae, Col, Lep

TWO COMET-LIKE GALAXIES, NGC 1808 and NGC 1792, can be ferreted out amongst the host of fainter galaxies shown on this map.

FEATURED OBJECTS: A0510-33, ESO362-G009, ESO422-G041, IC 2122, IC 2135, MCG-06-12-010, MCG-06-12-012, NGC 1792, NGC 1800, NGC 1808, NGC 1827, NGC 1879, NGC 1963.

NGC 1792
Bennett 29
MCG-06-12-004
RA 05:05:12
Dec -37°60.0'
Galaxy

Dunlop 531: "a long or rather elliptical nebula, about 2' long and 50 arcseconds broad, a little brighter in the middle, and well defined. There is a group of small stars on the north side."

h: "B, vL, mE, regular elliptic; resolved. I see severl small stars in it." On a second occassion he called it "vB, vL, mE, glbM, 5' long, 2' broad, pos 314 degrees, stars seen in it. Visible with moonlight and lamp illumination" His third observation was recorded as "vB, vL, vmE, gbM, 4' long. Taken as Dunlop 531 but too late for transit, the observation having been missed by relying on Mr Dunlop's place."

Hartung notes: “Stars near the edge of this fine interesting field are fairly bright and contrast well with a bright elliptical nebula 3.5’ x 1.5’ in pa 135 degrees which is fairly well defined. It rises in brightness broadly to the central axis, and 7.5cm will show it.”

RNGC: S,EL,HISB,DIF APP S ARM OR APP NP SIDE,MW CLOUDS NR.

Sanford calls it a "fairly bright 10th magnitude galaxy, elliptical in shape and 3' x 1' in size."

Houston observed this 10th mag 3'x1' spiral with 5-inch binoculars and "saw it immediately at 20x. It has a neighbour 2/3 degree away, very similar in size and shape but a bit fainter [NGC 1808]."

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty bright, pretty large, gradually brighter middle, elongated 2 X 1 in PA 165, there is a 13th mag star on the North tip of this galaxy and it is mottled at 100X.”

Steve Gottlieb, 17.5-inch: “bright, large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 3'x1.5', pretty diffuse. Two faint mag 14.5 stars are superimposed. Appears brighter along the W side.”; 8-inch: “moderately bright, moderately large, slightly elongated.”

Tom Lorenzin: “10.7M; 3'x 1' extent; bright and oblong; little brighter center”

NGC 1800
ESO422-G030
RA 05:06:26
Dec -31°57.3'
Galaxy

h: "pB, pmE, gpmbM, has a star 13th mag following."

RNGC: SLEL,E,BM,APPORCOM P.

Steve Gottlieb, 13-inch: “faint, small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, even surface brightness. A mag 13 star is off the NE edge 1.3' from center.”

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Faint, small, pretty much elongated 1.8 X 1 in PA 90, gradually pretty much brighter in the middle, there is a 13th mag star on the Eastern tip at 100X.”

NGC 1808
Bennett 31
MCG-06-12-005
RA 05:07:36
Dec -37°31.1'
Galaxy

Dunlop 549: "a faint nebula, about 2.5' long, and fully 1' broad, extended S.p. and N.f.; a very minute star near each extremity, not involved." He observed it twice.

h: "B, E, 3' long, 1.5' broad; in a field strongly illuminated by the moon in her first quarter." On a second occassion he called it "B, L, lE, first gradually then psmbM."

Hartung notes: “This is another fine interesting field with a long bring elliptical nebula 4.5’ x 1.5’ in pa 145 deg constrasting well with scattered stars. It has a small bright lengthened nucleus about 20 arcsec across which 7.5cm will show.”

Houston observed this galaxy with 5-inch binoculars: "[NGC 1792] has a neighbour [NGC 1808] 2/3 degree away, very similar in size and shape but a bit fainter."

William P. Clarke (San Diego, California, USA) writes in the The Webb Society Nebulae and Clusters Section Report No. 10, July 1992: "Bright streak with an elongated nucleus. No dust lanes or other detail seen. (21-inch f/20, x140)."

Gerd Bahr-Vollrath (Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia) writes in the The Webb Society Nebulae and Clusters Section Report No. 11, January 1993: "A fairly large and bright spindle. The whole galaxy appears to be mottled. The broad nucleus seems to be broken into fragments of bright patches. (8-inch f/12 SCT)"

Tom Lorenzin: “11.2M; 4'x 1' extent; bright, large oblong with very faint outer arms; bright nucleus”

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty bright, pretty large, elongated 2 X 1 in PA 165, much brighter middle with an almost stellar nucleus at 135X.”

Steve Gottlieb, 17.5-inch: “bright, fairly large, small elongated core, long thin arms 4:1 NW-SE. A mag 14 star is off the NW end. This is a very pleasing galaxy.”; 8-inch: “fairly bright, elongated NW-SE, moderately large, bright core.”

Included in the CCD-atlas of Ryder S.D. & Dopita M.A. (1993) “An H-alpha Atlas of Nearby Southern Spiral Galaxies” Astrophys.J.Suppl. 88, 415. They note: “This galaxy is in fact somewhat abnormal, displaying nuclear hot sports and starburst activity rather reminiscent of M82. Optical images reveal dusty filements emanating radially from the nucleur region.”

NGC 1827
MCG-06-12-008
RA 05:10:07
Dec -36°58.3'
Galaxy

h: "vF, vmE, a long ray through a star 11th mag."

RNGC: EON S,*SUP.

Steve Gottlieb, 17.5-inch: “faint, fairly large, edge-on 5:1 WNW-ESE, even surface brightness. Unusual appearance as a mag 11 star is superimposed on the E side of the center.”

ESO422-G041
MCG-05-13-011
RA 05:10:45
Dec -31°35.9'
Galaxy

MCG-06-12-010

RA 05:11:57
Dec -32°58.5'
Galaxy

A0510-33
D 231
RA 05:11:57
Dec -32°58.5'
Galaxy

ESO362-G009
Ka 26
RA 05:11:59
Dec -32°58.4'
Galaxy

MCG-06-12-012

RA 05:16:38
Dec -37°05.8'
Galaxy

IC 2122
MCG-06-12-017
RA 05:18:59
Dec -37°04.0'
Galaxy

NGC 1879
ESO423-G006
RA 05:19:47
Dec -32°08.5'
Galaxy

h: "vF, L, R, vgvlbM, 2', has a star 12 seconds preceding and 3' north."

Steve Gottlieb, 17.5-inch: “faint, moderately large, almost round, low even surface brightness. Located 3.3' SE of mag 9.8 SAO 195756.”

NGC 1963
ESO363-SC005
RA 05:32:15
Dec -36°23.9'
Open cluster

h: "The cusp of a cluster of stars, 8..11th mag, arranged pretty exactly in a figure of three with appendages. Star 8th mag in cusp taken."

The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a nonexistent object.

IC 2135
MCG-06-13-004
RA 05:33:14
Dec -36°23.0'
Galaxy