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NGC5549

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:18:38.7
Declination: +7:22:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5549

17.5" (5/10/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, broadly concentrated.  Mag 8.9 SAO 120396 lies 7' E.  Located at the south side of the NGC 5546 group with NGC 5546 15' NNW.