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NGC5522

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:14:50.2
Declination: +15:8:48
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, E
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5522

17.5" (5/11/02): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.3', weakly concentrated.  Nearly collinear with a mag 11 star 2.0' SW of center.