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NGC5539
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:17:37.7
Declination: +8:10:43
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, pL, iF, gbM
Sub-type: S
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5539
17.5" (7/18/01): faint, small, 0.5'x0.3', elongated SW-NE. A faint star is attached at the NE end. Irregular surface brightness and shape. This galaxy is identified as NGC 5535/5539 in MCG and CGCG although NGC 5535 is a separate galaxy 2.4' NW (also observed). At a distance of ~780 million light years (z = .057), this is one of the most distant galaxies in the NGC.
17.5" (5/15/99): this galaxy is the brightest in AGC 1890 and appeared surprisingly faint and small. Very faint, very small, 20" diameter, irregular appearance - appears to have a faint star involved or the galaxy may be double. On the DSS there are several faint stars and/or stellar companions very close. NGC 5535 is 2.4' NW (not seen).