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NGC5542

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:17:53.2
Declination: +7:33:31
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1851
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5542

17.5" (7/17/01): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.5', small bright core.  In a trio with NGC 5546 4.0' E and NGC 5543 6.4' NE.  Accidentally ran across the trio while looking for NGC 5528.

17.5" (5/10/91): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  In a trio with NGC 5546 4' E and NGC 5538 6' SW.