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NGC5448
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:2:50.4
Declination: +49:10:21
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, cL, vmE 90° ±, smbMN
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5448
17.5" (5/22/93): moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, 2.4'x0.8', very small brighter core, stellar nucleus. A mag 12 star lies 4.4' S of center. Brightest in a group (LGG 372) including NGC 5377, 5425, 5448, 5480, 5481, 5500 and 5520.
8" (4/24/82): faint, very elongated E-W.