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NGC5486
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:7:24.9
Declination: +55:6:11
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, pL
Sub-type: Sm
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5486
18" (4/26/08): fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated E-W, 1.2'x1.0', weak concentration, fairly low surface brightness. Located 6.5' NNE of NGC 5485 in a trio.
17.5" (5/10/86): fairly faint, moderately large, diffuse, very small brighter core. Last of three with NGC 5485 6.4' SSW and NGC 5484 7.1' SW.
13" (6/29/84): very faint, averted only, very elongated ~E-W, no details. Located 6.5' NNE of NGC 5485.