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NGC5554

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:19:15.0
Declination: +7:1:16
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5554 = NGC 5564.  See NGC 5558.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5554

17.5" (5/10/91): very faint, very small, slightly elongated.  A mag 14 star is 1.4' W.  Forms a similar pair with NGC 5552 2.8' WNW.  NGC 5563 lies 12' ENE.