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NGC5503

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:9:33.9
Declination: +60:24:36
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 15.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, v diffic, 2 st nr
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5503.  See NGC 5502.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5503

17.5" (6/23/01): extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter.  Requires averted vision to glimpse and only visible intermittently.  Located just 1.3' NE of a mag 12 star and 2' NW of a mag 11 star.