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NGC5342

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:51:25.9
Declination: +59:51:50
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5342

17.5" (6/5/99): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.3'.  Sharp concentration with a very small bright core and stellar nucleus.  Located 25' SE of NGC 5322.