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Type: galaxy
Mag: B=15, V=?
Size: 0.794′ x 0.794′
PA: ?
NGC 6065 and NGC 6066. When Swift finally got around to publishing these two (in his 9th list), he interchanged the declinations. Dreyer noticed this and commented on it in the notes to the first IC. Howe noticed the note, and reobserved the galaxies, showing that Swift's original positions (sent in a private communication to Dreyer) are correct. So, too, are Swift's descriptions, expanded somewhat for the 9th list.
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 15.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads E,R,BM,SEV*CLOSE.
Lacaille's catalogue
The Messier objects
Dunlop's catalogue
The Bennett objects
The Caldwell list
Named DSOs
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