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NGC5456

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:4:58.8
Declination: +11:52:18
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pS
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5456

17.5" (6/14/96): faint, small, roundish, 30" diameter, broad weak concentration.  A mag 14 star lies 1.0' NE and a mag 15 star 1.8' ENE.