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NGC5543

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:18:4.0
Declination: +7:39:15
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5543 17.5" (7/17/01): faintest in a trio with NGC 5546 5.5' SSE and NGC 5542 6.4' SW. Faint, very small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.4'x0.2'. Collinear with two mag 13-14 stars equally spaced 1.2' N and 2.3' N. 17.5" (5/10/91): very faint, very small, irregularly round. Three collinear equally spaced (1' separation each) mag 14 stars trail off to the N. In a group with NGC 5546 5' SSE.