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NGC5405

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:1:9.5
Declination: +7:42:7
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Hartwig
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 6.8

Observational


Summary description: vF, iF, bM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5405 17.5" (6/8/02): faint, small, round, 25" diameter, low even surface brightness. Located 8' SW of a mag 10 star and about 1.5¡ SSW of the NGC 5416 cluster. NGC 5418 lies 17' E.