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NGC5448

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.