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NGC5426

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:3:24.9
Declination: -6:4:8
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, cL, R, gmbM, sp of 2
Sub-type: Sc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5426.  See NGC 5428.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5426

13.1" (6/4/83): faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, small faint nucleus.  Forms a close interesting pair with NGC 5427 2.3' N.  A mag 13.5 star is 0.9' NNE of center directly between the two galaxies.