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NGC5314
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:46:11.1
Declination: +70:20:23
Constellation: UMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, eS, stellar, eF * v close
Sub-type: S
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5314. Swift's position is nearly a minute of time off, but the galaxy is
clearly identified by the double star 4 arcmin to the south. Swift comments,
"... the 2 components of a D* point to it." The "double" star is actually
triple, but the third star is faint enough that it would probably be missed by
Swift.
Swift also mentions "An eF * v close; ...," but I do not see any star "very
close" that he could have seen. In particular, the * 27 arcsec south of the
galaxy is too faint for Swift's telescope. This, however, is the only
unresolved puzzle about the object.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5314
17.5" (6/5/99): faint, very small, slightly elongated. At 280x, appears 0.5'x0.3' E-W, very small slightly brighter core. A mag 15 star is close south [28" from center]. Nearly collinear with a mag 10.5/12.5 double about 3.5' S.