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NGC5414

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:2:3.5
Declination: +9:55:46
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: S, F * in centre, * 10ยท11 nf
Sub-type: P

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5414 17.5" (6/14/96): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, 0.6'x0.4', fairly high surface brightness, bright core, faint stellar nucleus at moments with direct vision. A mag 11 star is 2.0' NE. Located at the north edge of the NGC 5416 cluster (30' N of NGC 5416) and brightest in small subgroup with CGCG 074-043 6.0' SW and two extremely faint anonymous companions 1.8' NW and 2.1' N.