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NGC5315
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:53:57.1
Declination: -66:30:48
Constellation: CIR
Visual Magnitude: 9.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Copeland
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 6.1
Observational
Summary description: planetary, stellar = 10.5 mag
Sub-type: PN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5315
18" (7/5/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): picked up by blinking at 128x with an OIII filter, though immediately noticed as non-stellar at this power. At 228x, appeared as a bright, compact, very high surface brightness 5" disc with a bluish color distinctive of high surface brightness planetaries. There was only a modest contrast gain with a UHC filter. Excellent view at 293x, though there was no sign of a central star within the high surface brightness haze. Located 4' E of mag 7.1 HD 120680. A couple of fainter stars are close following.