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NGC5407

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:0:50.0
Declination: +39:9:24
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM, in Cl
Sub-type: E?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5407

17.5" (5/27/95): faint, small, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located with a group of brighter stars and just follows a striking isosceles triangle of mag 11 stars (a mag 13 star is along one side).  Also mag 9 SAO 63883 lies 3.8' W and mag 6.7 SAO 63881 is 9.2' SW!  In same field with NGC 5406 15' SSW.