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NGC5402

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:58:16.5
Declination: +59:48:52
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5402

17.5" (6/2/00): faint, thin edge-on 5:1 NNW-SSE, 60"x15".  Contains a very small brighter core with very thin extensions.  A mag 15 star is off the south end, 1.1' from center.  Located 4' SSE of a mag 11.5 star.  A pair of galaxies, NGC 5389 and NGC 5379 lie ~20' WSW.