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NGC5498

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:11:4.4
Declination: +25:41:52
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, lbM, r?
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5498

17.5" (6/8/96): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.8' diameter.  Fairly symmetrical concentration to a brighter core and occasional faint stellar nucleus.  HCG 71 (IC 4381 and IC 4382) lies 11' S.