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NGC5417

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:2:13.0
Declination: +8:2:12
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, S, R, psbM, * p
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5417

17.5" (6/8/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.6'.  Sharp concentration with a small, bright rounder core.  A 10' string of mag 12-13 stars precedes the galaxy with a mag 10 star at the west end.  A second mag 10 star is 5.7' SW.  NGC 5418 lies 21' S.