[AZ-Observing] Re: NGC5906
- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:15:56 -0700
On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 08:32 -0700, Bernard Miller wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Thanks. I wonder why a "knot" got its own NGC number?
NGC 5906 is simply the part of the galaxy on the
west side of the dust lane. The proper name for
the galaxy used throughout the amateur and professional
literature is NGC 5907.
See the notes section for NGC/IC objects at
Harold Corwin's Web site, which was updated last month:
http://haroldcorwin.net/ngcic
\Brian
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