Koehler's Original Object Positions

Below we give a list of Johann Gottfried Koehler's original object positions (keeping in mind that Bode and probably he himself called them approximate. 
Koehler M    Bode   EcL (1780) EB   RA (2000) Dec   RA (2000) Dec
                       Koehler         Koehler         modern

 1      M22   57    275:10 -01:00   18:36.2 -24:12  18:36.4 -23:54  
 2      M28  [58]   272:30 -01:30   18:24.6 -24:51  18:24.5 -24:52
 3      M8          266:   -00:45   17:55.9 -24:13  18:03.8 -24:23
 4      M10   33    250:20 +17:35   16:56.6 -04:59  16:57.1 -04:06
 5      M12   32    247:   +20:     16:45.2 -02:11  16:47.2 -01:57
 6      M27   67    305:   +43:     19:57.7 +23:21  19:59.6 +22:43
 7      M71         301:50 +39:     19:52.1 +18:52  19:53.8 +18:47
 8A     M81   17
 8B     M82   18
 9      
10      M36   12
11      M38    9
12      
13      M5    19
14      M2    70
15      M15   71
16
17A
17B
18      M13?  30?
19      M67   
20      M11?  62?

        M59
        M60

        M3     -    203:04 +29:25                   13:42.2 +28:23

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