Bode's Original Object Positions

Below we give a list of Johan Elert Bode's original object positions, as published in his 1777 catalogue of "Nebulous Stars and Star Clusters". The positions are given as in Bode's catalog (ecliptical coordinates for 1780 and precessed and converted to RA/Dec for 2000) and where applicable, compared to modern coordinates (RA/Dec 2000.0). 
Bode   ID     EcL (1780) EB  RA (2000) Dec   RA (2000) Dec
 No.               Bode          Bode           modern

  1             3:23 +57:30  22:09.1 +52:55  
  2     M32    23:25 +32:24  00:39.9 +39:54  00:42.7 +40:52
  3     M31    24:48 +33:22  00:42.6 +41:18  00:42.7 +41:16
  4            29:37 +45:55  00:22.9 +53:57
  5     M33    29:53 +18:30  01:34.2 +29:46  01:33.9 +30:39
  6            38:25 +27:05  01:53.4 +40:44
  7     M34    48:56 +25:36  02:43.4 +42:48  02:42.0 +42:47
  8     M45    56:55 +04:01  03:47.5 +24:06  03:47.0 +24:07
  9     M38    79:05 +12:55  05:22.1 +36:08  05:28.4 +35:50
 10     M42    79:49 -28:39  05:34.5 -05:20  05:35.4 -05:27
 11      M1    81:01 -01:23  05:34.5 +21:57  05:34.5 +22:01
 12     M36    81:05 +10:20  05:32.3 +33:40  05:36.1 +34:08
 13     M37    83:27 +08:56  05:43.7 +32:21  05:52.4 +32:33
 14     M35    89:17 +00:40  06:10.3 +24:07  06:08.9 +24:20
 15     M41    98:49 -43:00  06:36.9 -19:55  06:47.0 -20:44
 16     M50   104:27 -30:36  07:00.7 -08:03  07:03.2 -08:20
 17     M81   116:19 +52:15  09:59.4 +69:40  09:55.6 +69:04
 18     M82   116:48 +51:21  09:56.6 +68:45  09:55.8 +69:41
 19           118:29 -55:13  07:24.5 -34:03
 20     M44   124:21 +01:06  08:40.5 +19:30  08:40.1 +19:59
 21    2477?  130:12 -57:59  07:50.8 -38:37  07:52.3 -38:33
 22           136:04 -54:20  08:12.9 -36:24
 23     M40?  147:59 +53:03  12:22.3 +58:05  12:22.4 +58:05
 24           148:52 +53:59  12:30.0 +58:26
 25     M51   171:36 +51:06  13:29.2 +47:29  13:29.9 +47:12
 26     M53   186:43 +23:36  13:14.0 +17:46  13:12.9 +18:10
 27     M83   210:32 -18:20  13:37.1 -29:51  13:37.0 -29:52
 28           221:39 +05:52  14:56.0 -10:40
 29      M5   223:30 +19:39  15:18.5 +02:04  15:18.6 +02:05
 30     M13   236:24 +57:55  16:41.5 +36:31  16:41.7 +36:28
 31      M4   245:23 -04:50  16:23.4 -26:31  16:23.6 -26:32
 32     M12   247:56 +20:06  16:48.7 -02:12  16:47.2 -01:57
 33     M10   250:20 +18:35  16:57.0 -03:59  16:57.1 -04:06
 34       -   250:30 +35:29  17:05.4 +12:47
 35     M19   254:05 -03:28  17:02.7 -26:18  17:02.6 -26:16
 36      M9   257:13 +04:38  17:19.3 -18:29  17:19.2 -18:31
 37     M14   260:58 +20:05  17:37.6 -03:16  17:37.6 -03:15
 38       -   261:45 +71:50  17:50.3 +48:25
 39      M6   262:40 -08:49  17:40.1 -32:13  17:40.1 -32:13
 40       -   264:00 +63:28  17:53.2 +40:01
 41           265:38 -11:25  17:53.8 -34:53
 42           266:09 +04:38  17:56.7 -18:50
 43       -   266:53 -00:20  17:59.8 -23:48
 44     <M8   266:59 -00:48  18:00.2 -24:16  18:03.8 -24:23
 45      M8?  267:11 -01:30  18:01.1 -24:58  18:03.8 -24:23
 46      M7? /267:27 -10:04  18:02.5 -33:32  17:53.9 -34:49
             *273:50         18:32.6 -33:20
 47     M20   267:31 +00:27  18:02.6 -23:01  18:02.6 -23:02
 48       -   267:35 -00:48  18:02.9 -24:16
 49       -   267:48 -00:53  18:03.8 -24:21
 50     M21   267:56 +00:56  18:04.4 -22:32  18:04.6 -22:30
 51     M24   270:39 +05:02  18:15.6 -18:23  18:16.9 -18:29
 52     M16   271:26 +09:35  18:18.3 -13:49  18:18.8 -13:47
 53     M18   271:45 +06:15  18:20.1 -17:08  18:19.9 -17:08
 54     M17   271:46 +07:06  18:20.0 -16:17  18:20.8 -16:11
 55           274:09 +09:05  18:29.4 -14:12
 56     M25   274:25 +04:19  18:31.6 -18:57  18:31.6 -19:15
 57     M22   275:15 -00:42  18:36.4 -23:54  18:36.4 -23:54
 58     M28?//277:54 -01:43  18:48.4 -24:43  18:24.5 -24:52
             =272:30 -01:30  18:24.6 -24:51
 59     M26   278:25 +13:36  18:45.6 -09:25  18:45.2 -09:24
 60       -   279:24 +00:09  18:54.2 -22:44
 61       -   279:37 +00:12  18:55.1 -22:40
 62     M11   280:12 +16:30  18:51.2 -06:23  18:51.1 -06:16
 63     M55   288:30 -09:20  19:40.1 -30:57  19:40.0 -30:58
 64           299:39 +00:31  20:19.5 -19:04
 65           301:40 +00:59  20:27.4 -18:09
 66           302:09 +00:29  20:29.8 -18:31
 67     M27   305:21 +42:15  19:59.6 +22:42  19:59.6 +22:43
 68     M30   316:38 -08:48  21:40.5 -23:16  21:40.4 -23:11
 69     M29   321:04 +55:28  20:23.9 +38:34  20:23.9 +38:32
 70      M2   322:20 +13:09  21:33.1 -00:39  21:33.5 -00:49
 71     M15   326:13 +25:30  21:30.2 +12:12  21:30.0 +12:10
 72           333:06 +61:06  20:39.8 +46:30
 73           337:24 +13:23  22:27.7 +04:45
 74           349:10 +67:37  20:49.0 +55:52
 75     M39   349:13 +57:30  21:31.8 +48:09  21:32.2 +48:26
[76]    M92   251:00 +66:00  17:24.9 +43:01  17:17.1 +43:08
[77]    M64   181:00 +26:00  12:58.3 +22:07  12:56.7 +21:41
The position of M7 was stroken out and replaced by another (even worse) one, as was that of M28 (where it helped).

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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