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NGC5340

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:48:59.8
Declination: +72:39:16
Constellation: UMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

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

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5340

17.5" (6/5/99): faint, small, round, 0.6' diameter, weak even concentration to a slightly brighter core.  Located 2.6' ENE of a mag 10.5 star.