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NGC5515

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:12:38.1
Declination: +39:18:36
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, vlE
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5515 17.5" (5/27/95): faint, small, elongated 4:3 E-W, 0.8'x0.6', weak concentration to a small brighter core. Forms east vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 13.5 stars 2.3' WNW and 2.3' WSW.