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NGC5523
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:14:51.4
Declination: +25:19:6
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, pL, pmE 90°, * 10 np
Sub-type: Sc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5523. There is a bit of a mystery concerning the RA. Several lists have
the RA at 14 14 51.5+-, while several others have 14 14 52.4+-. I have no
explanation of the one second discrepancy. If it were just one source, I
could suggest a simple digit error, or another blunder of some sort. As is,
it's a mystery. I've adopted the 2MASS PSC position as the 2MASS XSC, SDSS,
and my own measurements on DSS2 images agree with that.
Also see the "notngc" files where the story is told how NGC 5548 was confused
with this galaxy at the eyepiece of LdR's big telescope.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5523
13.1" (6/4/83): faint, edge-on streak ~E-W, moderately large, almost even surface brightness. Located 2.6' SE of a mag 10.5 star. NGC 5548 lies 45' ESE.