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[Database Corrections] NGC 5173 / IC 5173

Jeremy P. Carlo

August 10, 2020 18:22

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Hi,

I'm not sure I'm submitting this to the right place, but I believe I have found a catalog error in SkySafari Pro v6.

The description of the galaxy NGC 5173 in Canes Venatici describes it as the "Southern Integral Sign Galaxy."

This cannot be correct, since (a) this galaxy is in the northern hemisphere and (b) it looks nothing like an integral sign (it's a roughly round galaxy).

However, the "Southern Integral Sign Galaxy" appears to be IC 5173 in Indus.

So it appears the catalog descriptions for IC 5173 and NGC 5173 have been mixed up.

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  Jeremy P. Carlo August 10, 2020 18:27

  IC 5173 info (it looks like an integral sign!):  http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=IC+5173

  IC 5173 described as "Southern Integral Sign Galaxy:"
  http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?i5173
  https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=9851

  Note that the Southern Integral Sign Galaxy is distinct from the Integral Sign Galaxy in Camelopardalis:  https://observing.skyhound.com/archives/feb/UGC_3697.html

  
  NGC 5173 info: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+5173
  https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC5173