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NGC5518

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:13:47.6
Declination: +20:50:56
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, gbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5518

17.5" (7/17/01): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 25: diameter.  Weak concentration but embedded is a sharp, stellar nucleus, easily seen with direct vision.  Squeezed between two mag 10/12 stars 1.2' NW and 1.2' SE, respectively.  NGC 5513/NGC 5509 lies 28' SSW.