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NGC5415

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:56:56.8
Declination: +70:45:18
Constellation: UMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, 2 F st nr
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5415.  Swift's position is between two faint galaxies, but he notes that 
his nebula forms a triangle with two faint stars nearby.  This makes his 
object the preceding and brighter of the two.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5415

17.5" (6/7/97): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, weak concentration.  Forms east vertex of a nearly equilateral triangle with two mag 13/14.5 stars ~1.5' W and a similar distance NW.