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NGC5418

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:2:17.5
Declination: +7:41:2
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, R, bM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5418

17.5" (6/8/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.5'.  Only a weak concentration to a slightly brighter core.  No foreground stars lie within 5' of galaxy.  NGC 5417 is in the same low power field 21' N and NGC 5405 lies 17' W.