Bright Southern Objects
This is a list of the 20 brightest galaxies south of declination -20 degrees.
The list gives the name or NGC number, the constellation, the visual magnitude (brightness), the size in arc minutes, the RA (x axis) in hours and the declination (y axis) in degrees. The list is sorted by magnitude.
Name Con Mv Size' RA Dec
LMC DOR 0.4 645.7 5.393 -69.75
SMC TUC 2.3 316.2 0.878 -72.83
5128 CEN 6.8 25.7 13.425 -43.02
253 SCL 7.2 27.5 0.793 -25.29
M83 HYA 7.5 12.9 13.617 -29.87
55 SCL 7.9 32.4 0.252 -39.22
300 SCL 8.1 21.9 0.915 -37.68
6744 PAV 8.3 20.0 19.163 -63.86
1291 ERI 8.5 9.8 3.288 -41.11
1316 FOR 8.5 12.0 3.378 -37.21
4945 CEN 8.6 20.0 13.091 -49.46
1313 RET 8.7 9.1 3.304 -66.50
7793 SCL 9.1 9.3 23.964 -32.59
247 CET 9.1 21.4 0.786 -20.76
2997 ANT 9.4 8.9 9.761 -31.19
1553 DOR 9.4 4.5 4.270 -55.78
1097 FOR 9.5 9.3 2.772 -30.28
1399 FOR 9.6 6.9 3.641 -35.45
1395 ERI 9.6 5.9 3.642 -23.03
1365 FOR 9.6 11.2 3.560 -36.14
Last edited by glenc; 16-02-2008 at 09:49 AM.
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