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NGC5437

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:3:47.3
Declination: +9:31:25
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: 3 vF in a line, 2'-3' dist, n one brightest, nf * 8.6
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5437 = IC 4365, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5437

17.5" (6/4/94): faint, small, round, even surface brightness.  A mag 12 star is 3.3' SSW of center.  This galaxy is the south member of a trio with NGC 5436 3.4' NNW and NGC 5438 5.2' N.  The double system NGC 5434A and NGC 5434B is 7.5' SW.  Member of the NGC 5416 cluster.