Object: Galaxy NGC 5812 Constell: LIB RA: 15h 00.8m Decl: -07° 28' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 11.2m (v) Size: 2.2x'x1.9' Type: E0 Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 12./13.4.1994, 00.00 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Weather: A few degrees below 0 °C. No Moon. Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: Suprisibgly easy. Visible at 40x as a small glow. 133x: Diameter about 1.8'. Round and moderately concentrated, no stellar nucleus. A by-the-book elliptical galaxy.