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NGC5516

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:15:54.6
Declination: -48:6:53
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pF, S, R, psbM, S ** nf
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5516 14" (4/2/16 - Coonabarabran, 160x): moderately or fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated N-S, 50"x40", contains a small bright core with a relativelylarge halo. Resides in a pretty rich star field with a pair of mag 11.1/11.4 stars at 11" separation 3.4' ESE. This pair is at the north tip of a very distinctive "Y" or "T-bone" asterism with three stars due south, branching into two "arms" (actually a semicircle) branching southwest and southeast. Three mag 12-12.5 form a small triangle less than 2' NNE. A double star HJ 4666 = 8.5/10.5 at 11" lies 12' ESE. NGC 5516 forms a close pair with ESO 221-034A just 1.8' SE. It was visible as a very faint to faint patch, small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, 20"x14", low surface brightness. The two galaxies have similar redshifts so form a physical pair.