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NGC5517

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:12:51.3
Declination: +35:42:40
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, eS, R, bMN
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5517

17.5" (6/2/00): faint, fairly small, irregularly round, weakly concentrated to a slightly brighter core and a quasi-stellar nucleus.  Located 7' N of mag 8 SAO 63990. NGC 5499 lies 28' NW.