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NGC5526

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:13:53.3
Declination: +57:46:20
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, E, r
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5526

17.5" (5/27/95): very faint, thin edge-on 6:1 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.2'.  Appears as a low surface brightness sliver with no concentration.  A mag 14 star is 0.8' NNE of center.