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NGC5394
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:58:33.7
Declination: +37:27:13
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, S, np of 2
Sub-type: SBb/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5394
48" (4/1/11): bright, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 30"x24", sharply concentrated with a bright, stellar nucleus. A faint arm is visible attached at the SW end that hooks SE towards the NW side of NGC 5995. A fainter arm, which was only visible intermittently, is attached at the NE end and hooks NW.
18" (4/26/08): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, 20"x15". A faint star is off the east end (due north of NGC 5395). Forms the NNW component of a contact pair with NGC 5395, just 1.8' between centers.
17.5" (6/6/86): this is the fainter northern member of a contact system with brighter NGC 5395 connected at the south tip (2.0' between centers)! Fairly faint, very small, round, brighter core.