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NGC5399

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:59:31.2
Declination: +34:46:24
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, pmE 90°
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5399

17.5" (6/2/00): faint, thin edge-on E-W, 1.0'x0.25', weak concentration.  Forms the western vertex of a triangle with two mag 11/12 star 3' NE and 4.4' E.  MCG +06-31-035 lies 19' SW.