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NGC5422

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:0:41.8
Declination: +55:9:53
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, pmE 45° ±, vsvmbMN
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5422

13.1" (5/26/84): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated, brighter core.  A mag 11 star lies 2.3' E and two slightly fainter stars are about 5' S.  Located 50' NNW of M101 and 40' NW of NGC 5473.

8" (4/24/82): faint, small, edge-on streak N-S.