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NGC5505

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:12:31.6
Declination: +13:18:17
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, bet * and D *
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5505

17.5" (5/11/02): fairly faint, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.6'.  The surface brightness is irregular and the brighter core seems offset to one side from the center (this is a Seyfert galaxy with an unusual appearance on the DSS).  Situated between a mag 10.5 star 2.6' SSW and a 17" pair of mag 12 stars 3' NE.