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NGC5544
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:17:2.4
Declination: +36:34:16
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, pS, E 80°, D neb or biN
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5544
18" (5/3/08): NGC 5544 is the southwest component of an interacting, contact pair with NGC 5545 (Arp 199). At 280x it appeared as a fairly faint, small, round knot, ~25" diameter (very faint outer halo not seen), weak even concentration. NGC 5544 has a slightly higher surface brightness than elongated NGC 5545.
17.5" (3/23/85): very elongated streak WSW-ENE, moderately large, uneven surface brightness. This is a contact pair appearing as two brighter knots at the SW end (NGC 5544) and the NE end (NGC 5545).