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NGC5500

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:10:15.2
Declination: +48:32:48
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, cS, iR
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5500

17.5" (5/27/95): faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, weak concentration.  Two bright stars (mag 8.6 SAO 63883 and a mag 9.5 star) oriented E-W lie 5.8' WSW and 8.3' SW.