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NGC5470

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:6:31.9
Declination: +6:1:45
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, mE, vglbM
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5470.  The nucleus is hidden in this galaxy seen almost exactly edgewise
to our line of sight.  The position is therefore more uncertain than usual.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5470

17.5" (5/10/91): very faint, moderately large, edge-on 6:1 WSW-ENE, low surface brightness, weak concentration but no nucleus, 2.0'x0.3'.  An easy double star mag 10/11 at 21" separation located 4.5' S.