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NGC5305

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:47:55.7
Declination: +37:49:34
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5305 17.5" (6/7/97): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.7', weak concentration. Located 6' SE of mag 7.1 SAO 63747.